Iran
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Our security and defence experts are analysing last night’s US and UK strikes against Iran-backed militia groups. One of the security and defence analysts said there seems to be a “fundamental contradiction” when it comes to what the UK is doing and saying. Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has said this round of strikes does not…
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US strikes were ‘inevitable’ but will not put an end to Iran-backed militia attacks, says former ambassador In the last few moments, MEZIESBLOG has been speaking to the former British ambassador to Libya and Iran, Sir Richard Dalton. He said the strikes on Iraq and Syria were “inevitable” – but the difficulty is the conflict…
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The US has bolstered defences at its Tower 22 base in Jordan as it prepares to respond to the drone attack that killed three service members there, an American official has said. A second official said the military had carried out self-defence strikes inside Yemen today against Houthi military targets deemed an imminent threat. British…
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We have been reporting this week that the United States is preparing its response to a drone attack on a military base in Jordan which killed three US service members and injured at least 40 others on Sunday. The US has blamed the attack on Iran-backed militants and has warned of retaliation. In a news…
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The United States Treasury has issued new Iran-related sanctions. The sanctions target four Iran and Hong Kong based companies for providing materials and technology to Iran’s ballistic missile and drone programmes and a Hong Kong-based firm for selling Iranian commodities. Six officials from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp’s Cyber Electronic Command have also been sanctioned for malicious…
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Explosions heard near Syrian capital Several explosions have been heard near a shrine on the outskirts of Damascus, the Syrian capital, according to reports. Local news outlet Sham FM and one witness cited by Reuters reported multiple explosions at the Sayyeda Zeinab complex, but we’ve had no comment from the Syrian authorities yet. Reuters says…
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More on the explosions reported near the Syrian capital now. At least two people have been killed and scores injured in Israeli strikes near a shrine outside Damascus, according to Iranian reports. Three Israeli rockets were fired at the area, according to Iranian state media citing Iraqi reports. MEZIESBLOG has not verified these reports and…
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Officials in Washington will be having “complicated discussions” about how to respond to a drone attack that killed three US personnel in Jordan, a Middle East and security analyst has said. Jonathan Paris told Sky News that any US response must be strong enough to deter Iran and its proxies – which Joe Biden has…
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Regional militant groups act at their “own discretion” when responding to “American aggression”, the Iranian intelligence minister has said. Amid accusations Tehran was involved or ordered yesterday’s attack on US personnel in Syria, Esmail Khatib repeated the long-maintained Iranian stance that it is not responsible for the actions of its proxies. Iran has backed, funded…
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Rising Iranian and Pakistani tensions appear to have eased after Tehran’s top diplomat visited Islamabad today. Tit-for-tat airstrikes threatened to escalate tensions in the Middle East, leading Iran to send Hossein Amirabdollahian for “in-depth” talks with his counterpart Jalil Abbas Jilani in the Pakistani capital this morning (see 8.16am post). After the meeting, the pair…
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The Houthis have been holding a military parade for new tribal recruits. The scenes come after US and British forces carried out a fresh round of strikes in Yemen, targeting a Houthi underground storage site as well as missile and surveillance capabilities used by the Iran-aligned group. The Houthis, who control the most populous parts…
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The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps has confirmed four military advisers have been killed in a strike on Damascus, Syria, reported Iran’s state-run Press TV. Revising the death toll up from two, they accused Israel of assassinating its members. An IRG commander and one of his deputies were among those killed, according to Syrian state media.…
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Iran has developed a new attack drone for Russia’s war in Ukraine and appears close to providing Moscow with surface-to-surface missiles, an informed security source has claimed. The Shahed-107 was described as an “explosive and reconnaissance” unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), possibly fitted with technology to seek out high-value battlefield targets such as British and American…
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Iranian islamic authorities on Wednesday executed the sentence of 74 lashes on Roya Heshmati, a woman who had been convicted for refusing to adhere to the compulsory hijab in accordance with a court’s orders in Tehran. Heshmati, a vocal critic of compulsory hijab, shared a distressing account of her experience during the execution of her…
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Palestinian resistance group Hamas on Wednesday denied Iranian claims that its Oct. 7 attacks against Israel were in revenge for the killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in 2020. Soleimani was assassinated in a US drone strike in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, in January 2020. Ramadan Sharif, a spokesman for Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary…
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The US, France, Germany and the UK on Thursday condemned Iran’s increased production of highly enriched uranium following a recent report. “We urge Iran to immediately reverse these steps and de-escalate its nuclear program,” the countries said in a joint statement. According to the report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran has increased…
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