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US Expands Sanctions Against Iran In Response To Missile Attack On Israel

October 11, 2024 admin

This action intensifies financial pressure on Iran amid tensions with Israel. Washington: The United States on Friday expanded sanctions against Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical sectors in response to Iran’s missile attack on Israel, the Treasury Department said. “This action intensifies financial pressure on Iran, limiting the regime’s ability to earn critical energy revenues to undermine…

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Iran Hasn’t Decided To Build A Nuclear Weapon, Believes US

October 11, 2024 admin

Washington: The United States still believes that Iran has not decided to build a nuclear weapon despite Tehran’s recent strategic setbacks, including Israel’s killing of Hezbollah leaders and two largely unsuccessful attempts to attack Israel, two US officials told Reuters. The comments from a senior Biden administration official and a spokesperson for the Office of…

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A three-tier war with no endgame

October 6, 2024 admin

In an essay in Foreign Affairs magazine in October 2023, U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan wrote, “…Although the Middle East remains beset with perennial challenges, the region is quieter than it has been for decades… The Israeli-Palestinian situation is tense, particularly in the West Bank, but in the face of serious frictions, we have…

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Iran has prepared response to any Israeli attack: media

October 6, 2024 admin

Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on the southern suburbs on October 6, 2024, in Beirut, Lebanon. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Iran has prepared a plan to respond to a possible Israeli attack following the Islamic Republic’s retaliatory missile strike against it last week, local media reported on Sunday (October 6, 2024). “The plan…

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Iran Threatens Of “Even Stronger” Retaliation To Any Israeli Attack

October 5, 2024 admin

Damascus: Tehran’s top diplomat in Damascus on Saturday threatened an “even stronger” reaction to any aggression, as Israel readied its response to an Iranian missile attack earlier this week. “Our reaction to any attack by the Zionist regime is completely clear,” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters in the Syrian capital, where he met top…

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Khamenei’s Rare Sermon Amid Israel Crisis

October 4, 2024 admin

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to defeat the country’s “enemies” in his rare Friday sermon, backing Palestinians and Lebanese movements against Israel. Addressing a gathering of tens of thousands of supporters at a mosque in Tehran, Khamenei justified its missile strikes on Israel as a “public service”. “Israel will not in any way…

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How Israel Might Strike Back At Iran

October 4, 2024 admin

Washington: Israel has sworn it will retaliate for Iran’s missile barrage on Tuesday, which involved more than 180 ballistic missiles and was largely thwarted by Israel’s air defense systems. Below are some ways Israel, backed by the United States, could strike back. Go After Iran’s Military Installations Some analysts believe Israel is most likely to…

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Biden Declines Public Negotiation Of US Stance On Israel Attacking Iran

October 4, 2024 admin

Washington: Democratic US President Joe Biden said on Thursday he would not negotiate in public when asked if he had urged Israel not to attack Iran’s oil facilities. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Israel has been weighing options to respond to Tehran’s ballistic missile attack on Tuesday. The US said then it would work with Israel to…

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Israel Strikes Hezbollah Intelligence Headquarters In Beirut

October 3, 2024 admin

Beirut: Israel’s military said Thursday it had hit Hezbollah’s intelligence headquarters in the Lebanese capital, as troops battled militants near the border and warplanes bombarded their strongholds around the country. Israel announced this week that its troops had started “ground raids” into parts of southern Lebanon, a stronghold of Hezbollah, after days of heavy bombardment…

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Iran May Have Had Role In Israeli Embassy Attacks: Swedish Security Service

October 3, 2024 admin

Stockholm, Sweden: The Swedish intelligence agency Sapo said Thursday that Iran may have been involved in explosions and gunfire around Israeli embassies in Sweden and Denmark this week. In Denmark, police said they arrested three Swedish nationals on Wednesday after two blasts, likely caused by hand grenades, close to the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen. On…

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