Washington, April 16 (IANS) The Trump administration has intensified its economic campaign against Iran, warning of tougher sanctions, including secondary penalties on countries and banks dealing with Iranian oil, as part of what officials described as a broader strategy combining financial and geopolitical pressure. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Washington was escalating its financial offensive against Iran under what he described as “Operation Economic Fury.”“For over a year, …
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Dublin, April 12 (IANS) An analysis conducted for the Institute for Strategic Dialogue has found an Iranian information operation that seem to be allegedly targeting Ireland. During the analysis, certain impersonated social media accounts linked to Iran, Russia and China were found to be posting about Ireland.It was revealed that those might be a part of Storm-2035 — a covert influence operation affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said Ciaran O’Connor, a researcher …
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) An exhibition titled ‘Angels of Minab’, showcasing drawings made by children, has been organised at the Iranian Embassy in New Delhi, featuring artwork retrieved from the debris of a girls’ elementary school in Minab that was destroyed on February 28 following a series of joint strikes by the United States and Israel on Iran. The strike on the school took place during the early phase of the US-Israeli military offensive, resulting in the deaths of more than 165 childre…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Reuven Azar, the Ambassador of Israel to India, on Thursday said that the United States has chosen to use Pakistan as a facilitator for its own reasons and Jerusalem trusts Washington’s decision as long as the 15-point plan to end the war in the Middle East is implemented. “We have not seen Pakistan participating in the war, but they have not been playing a positive role. The United States has chosen to use them as a facilitator for their own reasons. We trust the Unite…
Tehran, April 7 (IANS) Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei extended condolences for a senior general of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), saying that “assassinations and crimes” against Iranian leadership will not halt the country’s course.In a written statement, Khamenei praised Majid Khademi, head of the IRGC’s Intelligence Protection Organization, for decades of “silent efforts in the security, intelligence, and defence fields” of Iran, Xinhua news agency reported.He also accused …
Jerusalem, April 6 (IANS): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed that Israel will continue its assault on Iran with full force on all fronts until the threat is removed and the war’s objectives are fulfilled. Netanyahu expressed Israel’s resolve while welcoming the killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) head of intelligence Majid Khademi and Commander of Unit 840 in the Quds Force, Asghar Bagheri. He also warned of severe consequences for those who direct terror …
Jerusalem, April 4 (IANS) The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Saturday said in a statement that it has struck key infrastructure sites across Tehran. Guided by intelligence, the IDF struck several defence sites, including an aerial defence facility of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) storing missiles intended to target aircraft, according to the statement.Also targetted were a military facility tasked with protecting weapons research and development sites, another facility used to store ba…
Tehran, April 4 (IANS) Iran has rejected a US proposal for a 48-hour ceasefire, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Friday.The proposal was delivered to Iran through a “friendly” country on Thursday, Fars quoted an informed source as saying.Washington has stepped up its diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire, particularly after an Iranian strike targeted a US “military forces depot” on Kuwait’s Bubiyan Island, Xinhua news agency reported quoting sources.According to Fars, assessment…
Tehran, April 3 (IANS) Shortly after Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced Friday that a second US F-35 fighter jet has been destroyed in the skies of central Iran by the “new advanced defence system” of its Aerospace Force, country’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported that that the US forces are conducting a search operation to recover the pilot who had ejected the fighter jet. “Sources told Tasnim’s correspondent in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province in western Iran…
Tehran, March 29 (IANS) Iran on Sunday accused the United States and Israel of deliberately targeting its academic institutions, alleging that strikes on universities such as Isfahan University of Technology and Tehran University of Science and Technology were part of a broader attempt to weaken the country’s scientific and cultural foundations.Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei rejected claims that the attacks were linked to nuclear concerns, describing them instead …