After Israeli commandos apprehended a senior Hezbollah operative who specialized in maritime activities in the town of Batrun in northern Lebanon, Prof. Amatzia Baram, an expert in Middle Eastern studies, explained the Shayetet 13’s special operation had a significant impact on the terror organization and may even force it to move its bases and…
It is one of the world’s most prestigious universities, training the top engineers and scientists of the future. But a recent move by Switzerland’s ETH Zurich (Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) to restrict admission of students from countries including China has been heavily criticised, with one Chinese scientist who spent years working in the country…
Iran has been holding a US-Iranian journalist in prison for months, the Associated Press reportedBloomberg Terminal, raising the risk of further friction between the two countries. The US is aware of reports that a US-Iranian dual citizen has been arrested in Iran and is working with its Swiss partners to gather more information about the…
An American-Iranian journalist, who was once associated with a US government-funded broadcaster, is reported to have been detained for months in Iran, reported news agency Associated Press. The news came at a time when Iran marked the 45th anniversary of the US embassy hostage crisis and Tehran has been threatening to launch a retaliatory attack…
An American-Iranian journalist is thought to have spent months in “cruel” detention in Iran, the U.S. government has said, as questions swirl over whether Iran will strike back at Israel and the anniversary of U.S. personnel being held for over a year in Tehran looms. Reza Valizadeh, who had worked for the U.S. government-backed, Persian-language…
India summoned the representative of the Canadian High Commission on Saturday (Nov 2) after an Ottawa minister claimed that Home Minister Amit Shah ordered the targeting of Khalistani extremists in Canada. Meanwhile, as the West Asia crisis intensified, Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, vowed ‘tooth-breaking’ retaliation against Israel and the United States for their attacks…
Once a ballistic missile is fired into the air, a defender has only minutes to identify its precise trajectory and try to shoot it down. The target, an enemy warhead, is inside an object about the size of a car that typically flies through the edge of space at many times the speed of sound….
Iran is capable of making nuclear weapons and will change its doctrine to allow their production if it faces an “existential threat,” a senior adviser to the supreme leader of Iran has said. Kamal Kharrazi, head of the Islamic Republic’s strategic council of foreign relations, also said the country was “ready for war” amid speculation…
(Reuters) – Kamal Kharrazi, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, said on Friday that Tehran is likely to increase the range of its ballistic missiles and possibly review its nuclear doctrine, amid growing tensions with arch-enemy Israel and tit-for-tat missile and airstrikes. Asked by Lebanon-based pro-Iran broadcaster Al-Mayadeen whether Iran was ready if conflict were…