Since a Tehran-backed militia in Iraq killed three U.S. soldiers in a drone trike in Jordan, there has been mounting speculation about how Washington might retaliate against Iran. While unnamed U.S. officials speaking to the media have ruled out a direct strike on Iranian territory, they have suggested that Washington …
Read More »Iran Reportedly Used UK Banks to Evade U.S. Sanctions
Latest Developments Iran used two banks in the United Kingdom to evade U.S. sanctions via front companies secretly owned by Iran’s Petrochemical Commercial Company (PCC), the Financial Times reported on February 4. The report claims that PCC’s UK division (PCC UK) owns front companies called Pisco UK and Aria Associates …
Read More »Iran has crossed American’s ‘red line’…regime’s terror chiefs should prepare to be wiped out, warns former US ambassador
Mark Wallace told The Sun that Iranian terror chiefs should be preparing to be wiped out as the only “correct action” is a large-scale blitz of their military bases inside Iran. Wallace, former US ambassador to the UN, said: “President Biden established his red line with Iran, which was that …
Read More »FORCES OF EVIL Iran-backed Houthis ‘hold secret terror meetings with al-Qaeda chiefs to plot horrific wave of suicide attacks on West’
THE Iran-sponsored Houthi rebels allegedly held secret terror meetings with al-Qaeda to plot a wave of “suicide attacks” against the West, sources revealed. The Yemen-based militia reportedly tried to “persuade” their Islamist terrorist allies to join their fight in the Red Sea to help inflict further pain on their “mutual …
Read More »Iran Update, January 29, 2024
Key Takeaways: Jordan: Iran and its proxies are advancing an information operation to obfuscate the origin of the January 28 attack that killed three US service members in Jordan. Statements from Kataib Hezbollah before the attack and Iraqi militia actions afterward suggest that the attack came from Iraq.Northern Gaza Strip: …
Read More »Iran To Equip Hovercrafts With Long-Range Missiles
The Iranian Navy is going to furnish its new hovercrafts with long-range missiles, the commander of the force said. In remarks on Saturday, Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said the Iranian Navy’s fleets of vessels, submarines and aerial vehicles have been renovated by reliance on domestic capabilities. He noted that a …
Read More »Iran Update, January 28, 2024
Key Takeaways: Jordan: An Iranian-backed militia conducted a one-way drone attack targeting US forces in northeastern Jordan, killing three American service members and wounding another 25. This attack is part of the ongoing Iranian-led campaign to expel US forces from the Middle East. The Iranian-backed attack highlights the growing prominence …
Read More »Playing Chess With Iran: Deterrence Without Provocation – Analysis
The Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 came out of the blue. The Palestinian terrorist group struck at a time when the White House believed there wasn’t any major threat to stability in the Middle East and was expecting a process of normalizing the relationship between Israel and …
Read More »Iran-Backed Drone Attack Kills Three U.S. Servicemembers in Jordan
Latest Developments An Iran-backed drone attack killed three U.S. servicemembers and injured 25 others in Jordan on January 28. The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a U.S. official, that the overnight attack targeted Tower 22, a U.S. outpost near the Jordanian-Syrian border. These are the first deaths of U.S. servicemembers …
Read More »Demands in Congress for war with Iran after drone kills 3 US soldiers in Jordan
US Central Command claimed Sunday that three US soldiers were killed and 25 injured in a drone strike against a US base in Jordan near the Syrian border. US officials told the New York Times that the strike hit a barracks housing troops at a US base known as Tower …
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