U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a new joint declaration expanding the security relationship between the United States and Israel on July 14. A senior White House official told reporters during a conference call that the pledge includes a renewed commitment to blocking Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. “This declaration…
US, Israel to Sign Joint Pledge Denying Nuclear Weapons to Iran
U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid will on Thursday sign a new joint declaration expanding the security relationship between the United States and Israel. A senior White House official told reporters on a conference call that the pledge will include reaffirming a commitment to block Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. “This…
US, Israel Sign Joint Pledge Denying Nuclear Weapons to Iran
President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid signed a new joint declaration expanding the security relationship between the United States and Israel on Thursday. A senior White House official told reporters on a conference call that the pledge will include reaffirming a commitment to block Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. “This declaration is…
Iran Enriches to 20 Percent With New Centrifuges at Fortified Site
TEHRAN, Iran—Iran announced Sunday that it has begun enriching uranium up to 20 percent using sophisticated centrifuges at its underground Fordo nuclear plant, state TV reported, an escalation that comes amid a standoff with the West over its tattered atomic deal. That Tehran is enriching uranium up to 20 percent purity—a technical step from weapons-grade…
Joe Biden Discovers the Realist Case for the US-Saudi Alliance
Commentary President Joe Biden, who faces four-decade-high inflation and record-high gasoline prices, is set to depart for the Middle East this week. As part of his trip, he will visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He may not explicitly beseech the kingdom’s precocious crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), for an increase in oil output,…
The Coming Revolution of the Hungry: Iran’s Regime Faces Biggest Challenge to Date
Commentary Iran’s revolution may well come by way of imperious necessity, and not, as experts have long posited, out of a yearning for democratic change. And though this isn’t to say that Iranians don’t long for their freedom—they most certainly do—it remains true that a lack of leadership on the part of the opposition has…
Telling the RINOS From the CHINOS for the Fourth of July
Commentary Almost all of us know what a RINO is—Republican in Name Only—the kind of Republican that votes with Democrats on key issues such as immigration and election integrity or virtue-signals by marching in support of obvious profiteers masquerading as civil rights organizations such as Black Lives Matter. But at this patriotic time of year,…
At Least 5 Killed in Magnitude 6.1 Quake on Iran Gulf Coast
DUBAI—At least five people were killed and 49 injured by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake in southern Iran early on Saturday, state media reported, with the area also hit soon after by two strong quakes of up to 6.3 magnitude. Some 24 tremors, two with a magnitude of 6.3 and 6.1, followed the 2 a.m. local…
Dual Citizen Pleads Guilty to Illegally Shipping US Technology to Iran
An Iranian–American dual citizen pleaded guilty on June 28 to conspiring to illegally export U.S. goods, technology, and services to the Islamic Republic, officials said. Kambiz Attar Kashani violated the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by shipping goods and technology to Iran without obtaining legal authorization from the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of…
Cyberattack Forces Iran Steel Company to Halt Production
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—One of Iran’s major steel companies said Monday it was forced to halt production after being hit by a cyberattack that also targeted two other plants, apparently marking one of the biggest such assaults on the country’s strategic industrial sector in recent memory. The Iranian government did not acknowledge the disruption or…
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