Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Wednesday that Tehran shared intelligence with Iraq about what it said were activities of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region. Iran has said its Revolutionary Guards attacked Israel’s “spy HQ” in Iraq in the city of Erbil on Monday. Iraq later denied that … Read more
Pakistan said neighbouring Iran has violated its airspace resulting in the death of two children, hours after Iranian state media said missiles targeted two bases of militant group Jaish al Adl on Tuesday. Islamabad warned that the incident could have “serious consequences” and was “completely unacceptable” in a statement released by Pakistan’s foreign office … Read more
Three armed drones were shot down on Tuesday over Erbil airport in northern Iraq, where US and other international forces are stationed, Iraqi Kurdistan’s counter-terrorism service said. A statement from the service did not say if there were any casualties or damage to infrastructure as a result of the attack. Comes after IRGC’s attack … Read more
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they attacked the “spy headquarters” of Israel in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, state media reported late on Monday, while the elite force said they also struck in Syria against the Islamic State. The strikes come amid concerns about the escalation of a conflict that has spread through the Middle East … Read more
The American consulate in Erbil in the Kurdistan region of Iraq was attacked Monday evening by drones belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), according to a report on Al Jazeera. The IRGC took responsibility for the attack in northern Iraq announcing that they had attacked an “intelligence headquarters and gathering place of … Read more
If I didn’t know any better, I’d say the ayatollahs in Iran have been reading the Bible and using it as the basis of a screenplay for another Ayatollah-wood film production. Last week, some 100 Iranians were killed and more than 200 wounded in a carefully timed twin blast in the city of Kerman, … Read more
An oil tanker caught up in a dispute last year between the United States and Iran was boarded by armed individuals off the coast of Oman on Thursday and appeared to have changed course towards Iran, according to UK maritime sources. The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker St Nikolas was boarded by armed intruders as it … Read more
The commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards vowed on Saturday to reach “the enemy” far and near as tensions soar on key shipping routes where Tehran’s allies have been attacking vessels. “Today, we are facing an all-out battle with the enemy,” said Guards commander Hossein Salami at a ceremony in the southern Gulf port city … Read more
The United States “disturbed the regional balance” in the Middle East, Iranian Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani said on Wednesday, after the targeted killing of Hamas’s deputy leader outside of Gaza, Saleh al-Arouri, along with at least five other people in an alleged Israeli drone strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut. “We will … Read more
Iranian pro-government media have claimed that more than 70 people were killed and 170 injured due to “two terrorist explosions” near Kerman’s “Martyr’s Cemetery” on January 3. The explosions occurred on the anniversary of the killing of IRGC Quds Force leader Qasem Soleimani. At this time, there are many details lacking about what exactly … Read more
