#US Embassy in Baghdad targeted in rocket attack

#US Embassy in Baghdad targeted in rocket attack

“#US Embassy in Baghdad targeted in rocket attack” The US Embassy in Baghdad was targeted with eight Katyusha rockets on Sunday, causing some damage to buildings inside the city’s heavily fortified Green Zone, officials said. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed Iran-backed militias for the attack that he said wounded Iraqi civilians. “The people of…

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#Joe Biden’s dangerous delusion on Iran: Goodwin

#Joe Biden’s dangerous delusion on Iran: Goodwin

“#Joe Biden’s dangerous delusion on Iran: Goodwin” More from: The assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist counts as a rare piece of good news from the mad mullahs’ gulag. It eliminates a key player in the bid to get nuclear weapons and creates a safer world. The event is being celebrated by the Trump administration,…

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#With Biden win, some Iranians lose hope ayatollahs will fall

#With Biden win, some Iranians lose hope ayatollahs will fall

“#With Biden win, some Iranians lose hope ayatollahs will fall” For some Iranians, President Donald Trump’s hard-line strategy against their country brought political hope even as it brought economic misery. But they expect just the opposite from President-elect Joe Biden: the economy might improve, but the chances that the dictatorial ayatollahs could fall are fading…

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#Iran’s Mohsen Fakhrizadeh killed hit squad, report says

#Iran’s Mohsen Fakhrizadeh killed hit squad, report says

“#Iran’s Mohsen Fakhrizadeh killed hit squad, report says” The assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was carried out by a highly trained hit squad of 62 people — pouncing in six vehicles after the local power supply was cut, according to local reports. The killers — who Iranian officials have insisted were sent by…

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#Iran’s supreme leader vows revenge over slain nuclear scientist

#Iran’s supreme leader vows revenge over slain nuclear scientist

“#Iran’s supreme leader vows revenge over slain nuclear scientist” TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday called for the “definitive punishment” of those behind the killing of a scientist linked to Tehran’s disbanded military nuclear program, a slaying the Islamic Republic has blamed on Israel. Israel, long suspected of killing scientists a decade ago…

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#Iran has been cheating this whole time

#Iran has been cheating this whole time

“#Iran has been cheating this whole time” Friday’s apparent assassination of the founder of Iran’s nuclear weapons program wasn’t just a setback for the regime’s nuclear ambitions — it was a timely reminder that the Iran nuclear deal was built on Iranian deception from the start. In May 2018, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dramatically…

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#British-Australian journalist prisoner freed in Iran prison swap

#British-Australian journalist prisoner freed in Iran prison swap

“#British-Australian journalist prisoner freed in Iran prison swap” A British-Australian scholar who was serving a 10-year sentence for spying in Iran was freed in a prison swap. Kylie Moore-Gilbert, 33, a professor at Melbourne University who taught Islamic studies, had been jailed in Iran since Sept. 2018. Moore-Gilbert said she felt “bittersweet” leaving Iran despite…

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