Eurasia Press & News
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for an investigation into the leak of a tape meant for posterity. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani ordered an investigation April 27 into the leak of an audiotape containing containing confidential statements by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Government spokesman Ali Rabiee said Iran’s Intelligence …
Read More »Iran Nuclear Pact Talks Resume
World powers resumed talks Tuesday in Vienna about revitalizing the 2015 international pact to restrain Iran’s nuclear development program and bring the United States back into the accord that former U.S. President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from in 2018. Current U.S. President Joe Biden wants to rejoin the pact aimed …
Read More »Iran FM Zarif bemoans IRGC, Soleimani overreach in leaked interview
The Iranian foreign minister complained about how he was forced to act for military interests instead of diplomatic ones. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed discontent with the influence the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps has over diplomatic affairs, expressing rare criticism of former IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, …
Read More »Iran’s secret tapes: Is Iran’s Zarif really sidelined by the IRGC?
Leaked tapes appear to show Zarif claiming that Russia wanted to sabotage the Iran nuclear deal signed in 2015. Leaked recordings are the latest twist in a strange saga that appears to pit Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif against the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. IRGC Quds Force commander Qasem …
Read More »Iranian fuel tanker attacked by drone, Israel suspected
The report comes following recent escalations between Iran and Israel with regard to multiple tanker attacks. An Iranian tanker was reportedly attacked off the Syrian coast on Saturday, according to the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. It was unclear what had happened, as Iran media was slow to report …
Read More »Iran’s Revolution Guards eliminate ‘terrorist team’
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ (IRGC) forces “smashed a team of terrorists” in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, killing three. Iran’s Tasnim news reported the IRGC Ground Force’s Quds Base said in a statement that the team had plans to carry out further anti-terrorist operations in the region. …
Read More »Iran army chief threatens to ‘teach Israel a good lesson’ after tanker targeted
Mohammad Bagheri warns of military response, implies Israel behind attack on Iranian vessel off Syria, amid sky-high tensions and talks over renewing nuclear deal Iran’s Armed Forces chief Mohammad Bagheri on Sunday threatened to “teach Israel a very good lesson,” appearing to hint the Jewish state was behind a reported …
Read More »Iran: Israel stole nuclear archive
A senior Iranian official has admitted that Israel stole the archive of his country’s nuclear programme in an alleged Mossad operation carried out in 2018, Israeli newspaper The Jerusalem Post reported on Thursday. Momeen Rezaei, advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told Iran’s Mehr News Agency on Wednesday …
Read More »Iran seeks US ‘withdrawal under fire’ from Iraq
BEHIND THE LINES: Around 20 attacks against US personnel and facilities have been carried out since President Joe Biden’s inauguration in January. But the slow build-up of attacks started earlier. A notable uptick in attacks on US personnel and facilities in Iraq has taken place in recent weeks. In the …
Read More »What is going on with Israel and Iran?
“The Tehran of today poses a strategic threat to international security, to the entire Middle East and to the State of Israel.” Israeli intelligence sources were quoted by multiple media outlets as confirming that Israel was behind a cyberattack at the Natanz nuclear facility on April 11 that knocked out …
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