In these traumatic days, the war casts a shadow over the skies of Israel and Iran like an ugly specter. The civilized, cultured, and authentic peoples of Israel and Iran are not inclined toward war. The government of Israel has always distinguished the people of Iran from the thuggish regime in Tehran. Israel has … Read more
A security source in Iran, who requested to remain anonymous in an interview with the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar, claimed that Israel’s response to Iran was restrained due to fear of strong Iranian retaliation. “The Israeli attack at Isfahan was smaller in scope than the recent Iranian attack that involved 300 missiles,” the source explained. … Read more
In the latest indication of improving relations, the first batch of Iranian pilgrims has departed for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) to perform Umrah after a nine-year hiatus. On Monday morning, April 22, the official seeing-off ceremony for pilgrims took place at Imam Khomeini International Airport, in the presence of Saudi Ambassador to Iran … Read more
Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation – a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war. The limited scale of the attack and Iran’s muted response both appeared to signal … Read more
Iranian nuclear scientist Mahmoud Reza Aghamiri declared on Sunday that the construction of a nuclear weapon is not complicated for a nation like Iran that has high atomic capabilities. Aghamiri’s comments during an interview on Iran’s Channel 2 provide a key window into the court of Tehran’s energetic drive to build a nuclear weapons … Read more
Israel National Cyber Directorate Chief Gaby Portnoy discussed what a joint Iranian and Hezbollah October 7-level cyber attack on Israel will look like at the Cybertech Conference in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. Portnoy said that Tehran and the Lebanese terror group had already tripled the pace of their attacks on the Jewish state since … Read more
Iranian President Ibrahim Raisi spoke to Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani on Wednesday evening. Raisi said that Israel would pay a “heavy price” for an airstrike in Damascus, for which Tehran blames Jerusalem. He discussed the “martyrdom” of Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Reza Zahedi, an IRGC leader, was killed in the Syrian capital. Sudani … Read more
The targeted assassination this week in Damascus – allegedly by Israel – of Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi, commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Quds Forces in Syria and Lebanon, was long overdue. As part of its post-October 7 updated doctrine of security, Israel can no longer make do with fighting Iran’s … Read more
Iran held a funeral on Friday for seven officers killed in a suspected Israeli airstrike on the Iranian embassy compound in Syria this week, an unprecedented attack for which Tehran has vowed to take revenge. State television showed demonstrators carrying pictures of those killed and banners with slogans such as “Death to Israel” and … Read more
Iran faces a dilemma following an Israeli attack on its embassy in Syria: how to retaliate without sparking a broader conflict that Middle East analysts said Tehran doesn’t appear to want. Monday’s strike, which killed two Iranian generals and five military advisers at Iran’s embassy compound in Damascus, comes as Israel accelerates a long-running … Read more
