Iran’s continued nuclear advances challenges IAEA credibility
Geostrategy-Direct There are strong indications that Iran has made progress on enriched uranium metal, which can be used as part of the core of a nuclear weapon, a former (more…)
Explosion reported on Iran ship in Syria as CIA’s Burns arrives in Israel
Geostrategy-Direct An Iranian fuel ship docked in the Syrian port of Latakia was rocked by an explosion on Aug. 10, reports say. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported (more…)
Israel’s new PM seeks joint international response to attack on tanker
Geostrategy-Direct Israel says it has intelligence information which links Iran to the fatal attack late last month on an Israeli-managed oil tanker off the coast of Oman. Israeli Prime (more…)
Iran has achieved nuclear threshold status: Israel conveys intel warning to U.S.
Geostrategy-Direct Israel has warned the United States that Iran is near the point of having the operational capacity to build a nuclear weapon. The message was conveyed in several (more…)
The ‘executioner’, sanctioned by Trump, set to take power in Iran
Geostrategy-Direct Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-liner known to Iranians as an “executioner and imprisoner,” is set to take office as the Islamic Republic’s next president in August. Raisi, who wears (more…)
Iran’s regime under siege; Blames Mossad for embarrassing cyber attack, explosions at strategic sites
Geostrategy-Direct It was another unsteady week in Iran: A large explosion in the northern section of Teheran and mysterious fire at a military facility in the capital city’s western (more…)
Fire reported in Karaj, days after attack damaged centrifuge facility
Geostrategy-Direct A large fire was reported at a warehouse or factory near an Iranian centrifuge production facility that days earlier had been reportedly damaged in a sabotage operation. The (more…)
Pompeo reminds Team Biden that new Iran leader executed political prisoners
Geostrategy-Direct Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline cleric elected as Iran’s new president, was heavily involved in the 1988 mass execution of political prisoners, and the Biden administration should not negotiate (more…)
Israeli agents operated at highest levels of Iran’s counterintelligence, Ahmadinejad charges
Geostrategy-Direct The intelligence agency in Iran that is tasked with foiling Israeli espionage has long been infiltrated by Israeli agents, former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said. In accusations seen (more…)