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Senior Iranian Cleric: We Increase Missile Range to Target Israel, “Deprive White House of Sleep”
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  • Senior Iranian Cleric: We Increase Missile Range to Target Israel, “Deprive White House of Sleep”

    During Friday prayer in Tehran today, a senior Iranian cleric said that the Islamic Republic will further enhance the range and power of its ballistic missiles to threaten America and annihilate Israel, Iran’s Fars News Agency reported. “We have missiles and we produce missiles. And we increase the range of our missiles as much as we can so that we deprive the residents of the White House of sleep.

    December 8, 2017

    Iran-Backed Militia Calls U.S. Troops in Iraq “Legitimate Target”
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  • Iran-Backed Militia Calls U.S. Troops in Iraq “Legitimate Target”

    Harakat al-Nujaba, an Iranian-sponsored Iraqi militia group fighting in Iraq and Syria, today threatened to attack American troops in Iraq and the broader region in response to President Donald Trump’s announcement yesterday about the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

    December 7, 2017

    Iran-Backed Iraqi Groups Threaten Violence Following U.S. Terrorism Bill
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  • Iran-Backed Iraqi Groups Threaten Violence Following U.S. Terrorism Bill

    Two Iranian-backed Iraqi militia groups have threatened violence against the United States in Iraq and the broader region after a proposed U.S. congressional bill designated them as terrorist organizations. On November 3, a bill was introduced the U.S.

    December 6, 2017

    Iranian Leaders Celebrate Saleh’s Killing by Houthi Allies
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  • Iranian Leaders Celebrate Saleh’s Killing by Houthi Allies

    Iranian leaders celebrate the killing of Ali Abdullah Saleh and some media outlets express the hope that the former Yemeni president’s death will further empower the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.

    Ali Akbar Salehi, a senior aide to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, said Saleh got what he deserved. “The Yemeni people that are with the resistance front will ultimately emerge victorious similar to the people of Syria, Iraq and Lebanon,” he added.

    December 5, 2017

    Iran to Keep Its Forces in Syria in Defiance of International Pressure
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  • Iran to Keep Its Forces in Syria in Defiance of International Pressure

    Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Ali Larijani has said that Iranian forces will remain in Syria “as long as necessary” to continue to assist the embattled regime of Bashar al-Assad, Fars News Agency reported. “Iran will continue to help Syria to fight terrorism as long as it is needed,” the top Iranian lawmaker said in an interview with a state-run Russian outlet during his trip to Moscow. “The fight against terrorism has not ended.

    December 5, 2017

    Video Shows Protesters Tearing up Posters of Khamenei, Pro-Iran Iraqi Leaders in Najaf
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  • Video Shows Protesters Tearing up Posters of Khamenei, Pro-Iran Iraqi Leaders in Najaf

    Iraqis in the city of Kufa of Najaf Province held a protest rally against Iran and its Iraqi proxies and attacked the offices of the Badr Organization, according a video clip circulating in social media and published in some Arab outlets. It is not clear when the protest occurred. In the video, protesters are seen ripping up images of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Hadi al-Amiri, the leader of the Badr Organization, a powerful group within Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (P.M.F.) and with close to Tehran.

    December 5, 2017

    Iranian Navy Adds New Warship to Caspian Sea Fleet
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  • Iranian Navy Adds New Warship to Caspian Sea Fleet

    The Iranian Navy today added a new missile-launching corvette to its fleet in the Caspian Sea, the Iranian media reported. Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami participated in the inauguration ceremony of the homegrown vessel called Separ (shield). According to Tasnim News Agency, the new ship can sail at a maximum speed of 35 knots and is equipped with surface-to-surface missile systems, naval guns and radar systems.

    December 5, 2017

    Tehran Pressures Baghdad not to Disband P.M.F. despite Mounting Concerns
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  • Tehran Pressures Baghdad not to Disband P.M.F. despite Mounting Concerns

    Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has said that a “new foreign plot” is underway to dismantle Tehran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces (P.M.F.) in neighboring Iraq, the Iranian media reported. In a meeting with Deputy Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament Hammam Hamoudi in

    December 4, 2017

    The Middle East’s Next Big Challenge: Nuclear Security
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  • The Middle East’s Next Big Challenge: Nuclear Security

    Read the full piece, co-authored by Nilsu Goren, on The American Interest.

    Of all the calamities that have caused mass death and destruction in the Middle East in recent years­—including civil war, terrorism, ethnic cleansing, cholera, and famine—none is more potentially threatening to human life than the danger of nuclear power.

    December 1, 2017

    Iran Rejects France’s Proposal for Missile Talks, Threatens Europe
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  • Iran Rejects France’s Proposal for Missile Talks, Threatens Europe

    Senior Iranian officials have reiterated that the country will not negotiate with the United States and Europe powers over its missile program, the Iranian media reported.

    December 1, 2017

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    TEHRAN, IRAN – MARCH 10: Smoke rises among the residential buildings following an Israeli attack on Tehran, Iran on March 10, 2026. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)