The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Wednesday that Iran has accelerated its enrichment of uranium since the election of President Donald Trump in November, apparently racing toward a nuclear weapon before he can stop it.
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s efforts to assassinate President Donald Trump were far more extensive than previously reported, as was the president’s fear of having another attempt on his life.
“Law enforcement officials warned Trump last year that Tehran had placed operatives in the U.S. with access to surface-to-air missiles,” he wrote in a report published at Axios. “Trump’s team worried that the Iranians could try to down his easily recognizable personal jet — better known as ‘Trump Force One’ — as it was taking off or landing.”
President Donald Trump revealed on Tuesday that he had a contingency plan in place and had “left instructions” with regard to how the United States should respond if Iran ever succeeds in assassinating him.
Two Iranian cargo vessels carrying a chemical ingredient for missile propellant will sail from China to Iran over the next several weeks, the sodium perchlorate could produce 960 tons of ammonium perchlorate which could produce 1,300 tons of propellant, enough to fuel 260 midrange Iranian missiles.
President Joe Biden reportedly waived sanctions following the Democrats’ election losses last month that gave the Islamic Republic of Iran — the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism — access to billions of dollars of frozen assets.
The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday unsealed an indictment against a man identified as an “Iranian asset” and two others in the greater New York area who, prosecutors say, were “actively targeting nationals of the United States and its allies” for assassination, including President-elect Donald Trump.
Israel and the U.S. will endure “teeth-breaking” retaliation after Israeli forces struck Iran military sites in late October, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday.
Russia’s Vladimir Putin held talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Friday in Turkmenistan, where the two leaders hailed their countries growing economic ties and similar views on world affairs.
Gulf nations are concerned that any escalation between Iran and Israel will implicate them and threaten their oil facilities, leading to attempts to ingratiate themselves with Iran.
The U.S. is deploying an additional “few thousand troops” and aircraft to the Middle East amid escalating tensions between Israel, Hezbollah and the Houthis.
The Islamic Republic of Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, has reportedly hacked Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Saturday that it had struck the “Houthi terrorist regime” in Yemen for the first time, launching a long-distance airstrike on the Al Hudaydah Port.
Reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s runoff presidential election Saturday. He promised to reach out to the West and ease enforcement on the country’s mandatory headscarf law after years of sanctions and protests squeezing the Islamic Republic.