Iran

IntelBrief: How will Iran Seek to Consolidate its Gains in Syria??

Iran is attempting to consolidate the gains it achieved by intervening and investing extensively in Syria’s civil conflict. Syria’s Assad regime is facilitating Iran’s plan to develop a secure land-based supply line to Tehran’s main regional ally, Lebanese Hezbollah. Iran has had mixed success in using Syria to circumvent international …

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Airstrikes in Syria pinpoint Iranian influence

Once again it appears that pro-Iranian militias, such as the Fatimiyoun which are recruited from Afghan Shi’ites, were impacted by the airstrikes. Airstrikes have targeted an area of “pro-Iranian militia” influence in the vicinity of Al-Bukamal on the Euphrates River in the Deirez-Zor Governorate of eastern Syria near the border …

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Iran hosts Afghan Taliban leader as peace talks stalled

Iran supports an inclusive Afghan government that would include all ethnic groups and sects, Zarif was quoted as saying. Iran has hosted the political leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban during the past week, offering Tehran’s own help as a mediator in peace talks between the insurgents and the Afghan government that …

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Taliban visit Iran, hope to sideline US

Tehran wants to undermine US role in Kabul, promote Taliban as either rulers of Afghanistan or equals to gov’t The Taliban rode high during US president Donald Trump’s administration because they knew he wanted to leave Afghanistan. They hoped for a trip to Camp David and acted like the rulers …

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Will the Biden Administration Seek to Rejoin the Iran Nuclear Agreement?

The Biden Administration is intent on rejoining the 2015 multilateral Iran nuclear agreement, despite calls by many experts to renegotiate. The Administration is replete with officials who supported the initial deal as the optimal means of preventing an Iranian nuclear weapons capability.

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Leader’s advisor: US attack on Iran could trigger ‘full-fledged’ regional war

A military advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei warns that an act of military aggression by the US against Iran that could lead to an even limited conflict is likely to set off a full-scale war that would afflict other parts of the region too.

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Iranian UAVs: forgiveness for Seraphim

Iran’s drone power has always been one of the world’s most sought topics by military observers and analysts, and according to many military experts, Iran is one of the world’s most advanced in drones technology.

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Iran Sends Missiles to Iraqi Hezbollah in East Syria

Iranian military trucks carry surface-to-air missiles during a parade on the occasion of the country’s Army Day, on April 18, 2017, in Tehran. Short and medium range surface-to-surface Iranian missiles were delivered Friday to the Iraqi Hezbollah near the regime-controlled town of Al-Tabani in the western countryside of Syria’s Deir …

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Deir Ezzor | Violent explosions hit Iranian-held positions in rural Al-Bokamal

Syrian Observatory activists have reported hearing loud explosions in areas under the control of Iranian-backed militias in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor. The explosions hit Al-Abbas area of Al-Bokamal where Iranian forces and their proxy militias are stationed. No further information have been reported yet about the nature and …

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