Iran says activating ‘advanced’ centrifuges after IAEA censure | Nuclear Weapons News

Iran says activating ‘advanced’ centrifuges after IAEA censure | Nuclear Weapons News

UN nuclear watchdog condemns Iran for failing to cooperate fully and seeks answers on uranium found at two locations. Iran has said it will activate “new and advanced” centrifuges in response to a resolution adopted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) board censuring it for lack of cooperation. The…

Pakistan preparing major offensive against Balochistan separatists | Military News

Pakistan preparing major offensive against Balochistan separatists | Military News

The military has not elaborated on the details of the operation, which comes after a series of deadly attacks. Pakistan has announced a “comprehensive military operation” against separatist groups in the restive southwestern province of Balochistan, which has seen a surge of deadly attacks in recent months. Prime Minister Shehbaz…

Iran warns European powers IAEA censure will ‘complicate’ nuclear talks | Nuclear Weapons News

Iran warns European powers IAEA censure will ‘complicate’ nuclear talks | Nuclear Weapons News

Tehran has reportedly offered to stop expanding its stockpile of high-enriched uranium during a visit by the UN nuclear watchdog chief. Tehran, Iran – Iran has warned three European nations against pursuing a new censure resolution against it at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) shortly after the head of…

Israeli strikes hit ‘component’ of Iran’s nuclear programme: Netanyahu | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Israeli strikes hit ‘component’ of Iran’s nuclear programme: Netanyahu | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country’s air attack on Iran last month hit “a component” of Tehran’s nuclear programme and degraded its defence and missile production capabilities. “There is a specific component in their nuclear programme that was hit in this attack,” Netanyahu said in a speech in…

Spies like them: The intelligence war between Iran, Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Spies like them: The intelligence war between Iran, Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The charging of CIA official Asif Rahman for allegedly leaking US intelligence of Israeli preparations for retaliatory strikes on Iran in October has brought into open view the shadow war of espionage and counterespionage that has raged between actors locked in a regional conflict for decades. The Iran-based Telegram channel…

US military strikes ‘Iranian-backed’ fighters in Syria for a second day | Military News

US military strikes ‘Iranian-backed’ fighters in Syria for a second day | Military News

The US military said it carried out strikes against an Iranian-backed armed group in Syria, its second such operation in two days. The United States military has again carried out air strikes in Syria targeting “Iranian-aligned targets” following a recent rocket attack against US forces at a base in Syria’s…

Saudi armed forces chief visits Iranian counterpart for rare meeting | Politics News

Saudi armed forces chief visits Iranian counterpart for rare meeting | Politics News

Iran’s General Mohammad Bagheri calls for increased security cooperation between the two countries. Saudi Arabia’s top military official has visited Tehran for talks with Iranian officials in a rare high-level meeting since the countries restored ties last year, Iran’s state media reported, General Chief of Staff Fayyad al-Ruwaili of the…

Iran dismisses DOJ report of assassination plot against Trump
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Iran dismisses DOJ report of assassination plot against Trump

Iran’s Foreign Ministry dismissed a report released by the Department of Justice on Friday stating that it thwarted an Iranian plot to assassinate President-elect Donald Trump. A criminal complaint filed in a New York City federal court stated that an unnamed official in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps told Farhad Shakeri,…

US charges man allegedly tasked by Iran to plot Trump killing pre-election | Donald Trump News

US charges man allegedly tasked by Iran to plot Trump killing pre-election | Donald Trump News

Iranian citizen tapped to create plan to assassinate former president, DOJ alleges, although he never followed through. The United States Department of Justice has unsealed criminal charges against a man allegedly tasked by Iran with “surveilling and plotting to assassinate” Donald Trump before the presidential election. The criminal complaint filed…

Iran’s Khamenei: Hamas and Hezbollah resistance means ‘defeat’ for Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Iran’s Khamenei: Hamas and Hezbollah resistance means ‘defeat’ for Israel | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Tehran, Iran – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said the fact that Hamas and Hezbollah are still fighting in Gaza and Lebanon signifies a defeat for Israel. Israel wished to uproot Hamas but “massacred people, showed its ugly face to the whole world, proved its malice, condemned and…