Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. (AP) May 23, 2020 Iran’s Supreme Leader on Friday denounced Israel as a “tumor” to be removed and hailed Tehran’s supply of arms to Palestinians, drawing swift condemnation from the United States, European Union, and Israel. Opposition to Israel is a core belief for Shia Muslim-led Iran. The [...]
Palestinian members of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, take part in a military parade in Gaza City on December 14, 2014. (REUTERS) February 28, 2020 Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett signed an order Thursday to seize some $4 million in funds which Israel said were transferred from Iran to Hamas movement [...]
Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei. (Getty) February 5, 2020 Iran will support Palestinian armed groups as much as it can, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday, urging Palestinians to confront a US plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace. “We believe that Palestinian armed organizations will stand and continue resistance and the [...]
Israeli soldiers block the road on the border with Lebanon in the northern town of Metula, December 4, 2018. (AP) January 7, 2020 The United states has warned its citizens in Israel and Palestinian territories Monday to be vigilant considering the risk of rocket fire, days after the targeted killing of a top [...]
Israeli soldiers patrol near an Iron Dome defense system, January 20, 2015. (AFP) By Sirwan Kajjo, Mehdi Jedinia November 20, 2019 Two days of intense fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) militant group last week once again highlights Iran's expansionist ambitions in the Middle East, experts say. Founded in 1981, PIJ is a [...]
The US Treasury Department building in Washington.. (AFP) August 30, 2019 The United States sanctioned on Thursday four Iran-linked individuals for moving money from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The four were accused of being at the center of a criminal funding network, connecting the Iranian [...]
Former Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh gestures as he delivers a speech in front of portraits of late Iranian revolutionary founder Khomeini, left, and supreme leader Ali Khamenei, at a rally in Tehran, February 11, 2012 (AP) August 7, 2019 Iran has agreed to increase Hamas’ monthly payments in exchange for “information about [...]
Al Sabreen movement activity expanded in Gaza when it was under the control of Hamas. (Supplied) March 1, 2019 Hamas arrested Hisham Salam, the leader of the Iran-sponsored al-Sabrin organization in Gaza. Local reports revealed that Hamas gunmen had raided Salem’s residence, arresting him. The campaign which took in Iran’s top colluder in [...]
A missile displayed by Al-Quds Force. (Asharq Al-Awsat) February 27, 2019 Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, has announced the development of a new accurate missile, which said it is capable of reaching Tel Aviv and Netanya in the center of Israel, threatening to turn Israeli cities into "hell" [...]
Slipping popularity. Iranian President Hassan Rohani poses at the inauguration a newly built extension of the Chabahar port last December. (AP) February 25, 2019 Afghanistan began exports to India through an Iranian port on Sunday, official said, as the landlocked, war-torn nation turns to overseas markets to improve its economy. Officials said 23 [...]
