TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN Majid Takht Ravanchi called on the international community to ensure full, effective and non-discriminatory implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, and said that the Tel Aviv regime must be forced to accept and implement the convention. Takht Ravanchi made the remarks during a speech at…
Category: Israel
Israel’s ‘Security Bubble Has Burst’ Amid String of Mysterious Security Incidents
Ilya Tsukanov Tehran has repeatedly threatened to “exact revenge” against Israel following last year’s murder of a senior nuclear scientist and last month’s sabotage of a nuclear enrichment plant, stressing it will retaliate “at a time and place of its choosing”. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement in these incidents. The recent string…
War in the Caucasus: Turkey-Azerbaijan-Israel, Turkey-Azerbaijan-Georgia, Turkey-Azerbaijan-Pakistan Axes
Ways of reviving the Turkey-Azerbaijan-Israel triangle Cavid Veliyev Excerpts: Turkey and Israel made important contributions to “Operation Iron Fist.” Turkey’s unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) Bayraktar TB2 and Israel’s drones Harop contributed to the breaking of the defense line of the Armenian army, which occupied Azerbaijan’s territories, and to the Azerbaijani army’s successful liberation operation….
Syrian Air Defences Intercept Israeli ‘Rocket Aggression’ Against Latakia
Daria Bedenko State-run Syrian news agency SANA reported on Wednesday that explosions were heard on the coast, near the cities of Latakia and Tartous. According to the SANA report, the explosions were caused by air missile defense systems “confronting enemy targets” while responding to what was described as “Israeli aggression”. The reported “enemy missiles” targeted…
Israel Behind US War on Syria
TEHRAN (FNA)- Richard Medhurst, journalist, says Washington aims to make a regime change in Syria, and establish a pro-Israeli regime in the Arab country. Speaking in an interview with FNA, Medhurst said, “Efraim Halevy, former head of Israel’s intelligence service the Mossad, even admitted in an interview that Israel had provided aid to Al Qaeda…
A Brief History of Israeli Interventionism in Lebanon
Yanis Iqbal Israel has a long-standing interest in Lebanon. These interests have periodically manifested themselves in bloody attacks against the small Arab state. Two important sources on the Zionist plans for Lebanon are the diary of Moshe Sharett, who was the Prime Minster of Israel in 1954-1955 and who was considered a “soft Zionist”, and…
Iranian General Vows to ‘Bring Israel to Its Senses’ if Tel Aviv Continues to Target Syrian Soil
Oleg Burunov Over the past few years, Israel has conducted a spate of airstrikes on Syrian soil, which Tel Aviv says are aimed at countering the alleged Iranian military presence in the country. Mohammad Baqeri, chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, has pledged retaliation against Israel’s possible moves to take aim at what…
The Iranian Nuclear Program and the Current International Agenda
Viktor Mikhin Iran began enriching 60 percent uranium at its plant in Natanz a few days after the explosion that occurred at the facility – something for which Tehran legitimately laid the blame on Israel. “Our response to the anger of our enemies,” stressed President Hassan Rouhani, “is to replace the damaged centrifuges with more…
Tightening the Noose Around Syria
Yanis Iqbal The US – with the help of Israel – has been repeatedly waging attacks on the high seas against oil tankers bound for Syria. In recent statements to parliament, Syria’s Prime Minister Hussein Arnous revealed that oil tankers loaded with crude allocated for Syria are being attacked or intercepted on the high seas. The goal…
Iran: Natanz Plant Incident an ‘Act of Nuclear Terrorism’
Tim Korso Israeli media earlier alleged that the incident was not an “accident” but the result of a cyberattack, possibly carried out by Tel Aviv. The outlet did not reveal its sources, but Natanz in the past had already fallen victim to a hacker attack via the Stuxnet virus. Iran’s Vice-President Ali Akbar Salehi has…
Lebanon On the Brink
Elijah J. Magnier Hezbollah militants and political sympathizers wave their flags in caravan (Photo: Aziz Taher / Reuters) It is not surprising to hear Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and his army chief of staff, Aviv Kochavi, knocking on the door of the Elysée Palace, the residence of the President of the French Republic, criticizing Hezbollah…
‘If You Attack Our Cities We’ll Attack Yours’, Hezbollah Warns Amid Massive Israeli Air Force Drills
Ilya Tsukanov The Israeli Air Force carried out 60 hours of exercises ending Tuesday. The drills involved some 85 percent of all Air Force personnel, and simulated attacks against more than 3,000 Hezbollah targets, as well as Lebanese civilian infrastructure, in response to a hypothetical Hezbollah attack on an IAF plane. Hezbollah is not interested…
