Day: June 21, 2019

Articles & Reports IRGC, Basij, Hezbollah & Quds Force Terrorism 

The Priorities Behind the Iranian Regime’s Hostility Toward the US

June 21, 2019 Editor 416 Views Al Khalifa Monarchy, Ayatollah Mohammad Bagher Sadr, Democrats in Washington, Diyala Province, Gulf Arab States, Iranian policymakers, liberal democracy, marine barracks bombing in Beirut, Najaf and Karbala, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Qatif, Saudi Arabian cities, Shia Islamic doctrine, Shias in Eastern Saudi Arabia, US Navy drone

By M.J. Javani Source: Apadana Chronicle   Over the past several weeks, tensions between the United States and the Islamic

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Articles & Reports IRGC, Basij, Hezbollah & Quds Force Terrorism 

It’s Time the World Wakes Up to Iran’s Threat

June 21, 2019June 24, 2019 Editor 437 Views Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, destabilization efforts, European nations, financial lifeline, fundraising efforts, global actors, Gulf of Oman, Houthi missile strike, international community, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), maximum pressure, military and intelligence, proxy extremists, Saudi Aramco pipelines, seaborne oil supplies, Strait of Hormuz, terrorist activities

Attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman are an effort to signal to the rest of the world

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Articles & Reports IRGC, Basij, Hezbollah & Quds Force 

Is Iran close to collapse? Three things you need to know about the US-Iran showdown

June 21, 2019 Editor 400 Views Century Foundation, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Dancing with the Devil, Dina Esfandiary, Iran-Iraq war, maximum pressure campaign, Obama administration negotiator, Operation Praying Mantis, rogue regimes, terrorist groups, US diplomacy, Wendy Sherman

Washington must hold its red lines while not giving in to Tehran’s wishes or escalating into a shooting conflict. By

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International Iran IRGC, Basij, Hezbollah & Quds Force Middle East & Levant News Other News Terrorism 

Airlines reroute flights after Iran downs US military drone

June 21, 2019June 21, 2019 Editor 413 Views Atmosphere Research Group, British Airways, cocked & loaded, condition of anonymity, Etihad, FAA, flight paths, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Guard’s aerospace division, Gulf of Oman, Ian Petchenik, Iranian threats, Iranian weapons system, KLM, low-cost FlyDubai, Malaysia Airlines, Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, Mideast carriers, missile fire, Muslim countries, OPSGROUP, Persian Gulf, Qantas, Russian Buk system, Singapore Airlines, Strait of Hormuz, surface-to-air missiles, Tehran Flight Information Region, travel bans, unprovoked attack

By Jon Gambrell Source: Associated Press (AP) Airlines rerouted flights Friday to avoid airspace near the Strait of Hormuz after

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Articles & Reports IRGC, Basij, Hezbollah & Quds Force Terrorism 

The West must call Iran’s bluff or face the devastating consequences

June 21, 2019 Editor 396 Views bomb plot, British troops, External Action Service, Great Satan, Gulf of Oman, INSTEX, Instex transaction channel, Iranian aggression, Iranian naval forces, IRGC vessels, Tehran’s foreign policies, totalitarian regimes

By Colonel Richard Kemp Source: The Telegraph Neither the US nor Iran wants war. President Trump was elected partly on

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International Iran Middle East & Levant News Terrorism 

Trump halted military response to Iran because it was ‘not proportionate’

June 21, 2019June 24, 2019 Editor 296 Views cocked & loaded, death to America, Hesameddin Ashena, in no hurry, international waters, Iran nuclear deal, Nuclear Weapons, retaliatory strike, strong sanctions, terrible deal with Iran, unmanned drone

By Yaron Steinbuch Source: New York Post   President Trump confirmed Friday that the US was “cocked & loaded” to

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International Iran IRGC, Basij, Hezbollah & Quds Force Middle East & Levant News Terrorism 

Pentagon calls Iran’s shoot-down of drone an ‘unprovoked attack’

June 21, 2019June 23, 2019 Editor 301 Views air corridors, free flow of commerce, Gulf of Oman, innocent civilians, international waters, Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella, RQ-4 Global Hawk, Strait of Hormuz, surveillance drone, unprovoked attack, US Air Forces Central Command, US Military

By Mark Moore Source: New York Post   The US military on Thursday said Iran carried out an “unprovoked attack” on

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