Pentagon spox confirms rocket attack on Baghdad embassy compound, no further details. Attacks are "obviously meant to cause harm, if not death, to our people," @PentagonPresSec says "We have made it very clear in other channels to the Iranians, how seriously we're taking this
Macron describes Iran's return of French-Iranian researcher Fariba Adelkhah to prison as an arbitrary decision
2 year agoIran-backed Houthi militias have published a video of downing a Wing loong II over Shabwah
2 year agoWholesale AIS spoofing of maritime vessels occurring right now from the Imam Khomeini International Airport south of Tehran, Iran. Around 50 vessels (domestic and foreign-flagged), including a couple of tankers, are falsely identifying themselves from an airport 900km away
2 year agoIranian Supreme Leader Khamenei just posted this animated video to his website, depicting the government targeting and assassinating former President Donald Trump
Prime Minister of Israel to Putin: We must ensure that Iran does not reach nuclear weapons
In a phone call with Russian president Putin Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says the international community must act with resolve and stop the progress of Iran's nuclear program
Iranian police arrest dozens of protesting teachers in various Iranian cities
2 year agoShiraz, SW Iran Teachers in Shiraz confront riot police and chant in support of free education. Security forces have been deployed to prevent Iran Protests despite the teachers' peaceful nature. Similar protests took place in dozens of cities for higher wages
2 year agoShiraz, SW Iran Teachers in Isfahan rallied to demand higher wages, the release of detained teachers, and to express their economic woes. Several teachers are languishing in Iran's prisons for standing against the government/demanding their rights. Iran Protests
2 year agoA blast and fire has been reported at Eshtehard Industrial Town west of Tehran. Firefighters are reportedly trying to contain the fire, which has apparently erupted in a waste oil refining plant. Emergency officials say the number of casualties is not clear yet
Per @US_CYBERCOM, this is the 1st time the US government has publicly connected the actions of MuddyWater to Iran's Ministry of Intelligence & Security re cyber threats
Sada Al Sharqiah sources from Albukamal. Military reinforcements belonging to the 47th regiment of the Iranian militias leave for the Al-Bukamal desert to comb the desert in search of cells belonging to ISIS in the Al-Bukamal desert.
. @CNMF_CyberAlert identified & disclosed multiple open-source tools actively used by Iranian hacker group MuddyWater. The group is subordinate to Iranian intelligence MOIS and collects intel & conducts malicious cyber activity
2 year agoPer @US_CYBERCOM, it's not just MuddyWater - other Iranian APTs are also using some of the techniques US is warning about
Eight countries that include Iran, Venezuela and Sudan have lost their right to vote at the United Nations because of unpaid dues
2 year agoIsrael has arrested 4 women and a man who are accused with working for Iran, including spying after US embassy in Jerusalem. This is the picture of their Iranian operator, according to Security Services
2 year agoHamed Mortazavi, a 32 yr old man from Behbahan, SW Iran was sentenced to 4yrs of prison for "spreading propaganda against the state", "insulting the founder & leader" of the government & "membership in a group with more than two members with the intention of disrupting security"
2 year agoIran's foreign minister met with Hamas' Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar today
2 year agoUK Maritime Trade Operations just reported a suspicious approach of a vessel off of Muscat Oman
Speaking of airstrikes, which are being fueled by drones from UAE, Turkey and Iran @JakeSullivan46 had a call today with Turkish presidential adviser Ibrahim Kalin, in which he "noted the critical need to support efforts to end the conflict in Ethiopia"
The White House: We are following with concern the Iranian incitement against members of the former US administration
Ryabkov on Iranian JCPOA talks. 'The talks are ongoing. We think the chance of getting an agreement are increasing. All parties are demonstrating their willingness to find a solution'
2 year agoKhuzestan province, southwest Iran. Marun petrochemical complex workers are on strike demanding higher wages and voicing their economic grievances
2 year agoTehran, Iran Signatories for the medical college exams rallying outside the government's Majlis (parliament) and protesting being denied a chance to study medicine in college despite meeting the necessary criteria
Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Mutaqi confirms he met Ahmad Masoud and Ismael Khan in Iran and told them that they can return to Afghanistan. Ahmad Masoud, son of Ahmad Shah Masoud, announced National Resistance Front to fight the Taliban after August 15
2 year agoIn a 50-car chain reaction crash in Behbahan-Ahvaz road in southwestern Iran today, at least four people were killed and 27 others injured, emergency officials said Monday
Local sources: After the 8th Brigade of the 5th Corps refused to fight alongside Iranian militias against ISIS, Russia has stopped paying their salaries. The 8th Brigade is made up of former FSA in Busra al-Sham, Daraa, who were the 1st to sign the reconciliation agreements
2 year agoJake Sullivan: " As Americans, we have our disagreements on politics. We have our disagreements on Iran policy. But we are united in our resolve against threats and provocations. We are united in the defense of our people. We are united in the defense of our people
White House says Iran will face severe consequences if it attacks any Americans, including the 52 people Tehran imposed sanctions on
