Iranian diplomat is jailed for 20 years over Paris bomb plot

An Iranian diplomat who plotted a thwarted bomb attack against a rally in Paris attended by British MPs and Rudy Giuliani was convicted and jailed for 20 years today.  Assasollah Assadi masterminded the plot and supplied explosives to target the 25,000-strong rally held by an exiled Iranian opposition group in 2018, a Belgian court heard.  … Read more

G4S denies providing US forces with information on Iranian general Qassem Soleimani 

British security firm G4S denies providing US forces with information so they could assassinate top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani G4S denied allegations they tipped American forces off about Iranian General General Qassem Soleimani was blown up by missiles last January He was killed near Baghdad airport, which G4S handles security for By Dora Allday For … Read more

G4S denies providing US forces with information on Iranian general Qassem Soleimani 

British security firm G4S denies providing US forces with information so they could assassinate top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani G4S denied allegations they tipped American forces off about Iranian General General Qassem Soleimani was blown up by missiles last January He was killed near Baghdad airport, which G4S handles security for By Dora Allday For … Read more

Israel ‘launches air strikes against Iranian military targets in Syria killing six’

Israel ‘launches air strikes against Iranian military targets in Syria killing six’ Syria’s official news agency reported explosions in the central town of Masyaf  Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said attack killed six foreign paramilitaries Israel has previously acknowledged carrying out dozens of airstrikes in Syria  By Joe Davies For Mailonline Published: 16:51 GMT, 26 … Read more

Iranian parliament backs plan to end nuclear inspections and start enriching more uranium

Iranian parliament backs plan to end nuclear inspections and start enriching more uranium after assassination of chief scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Draft bill calls on government to end UN inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities Government has said it considers the proposal ‘neither necessary nor useful’ Fakhrizadeh was assassinated on a major road outside Tehran on Friday  … Read more

Iranian parliament backs plan to end nuclear inspections and start enriching more uranium

Iranian parliament backs plan to end nuclear inspections and start enriching more uranium after assassination of chief scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Draft bill calls on government to end UN inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities Government has said it considers the proposal ‘neither necessary nor useful’ Fakhrizadeh was assassinated on a major road outside Tehran on Friday  … Read more

Airstrike ‘kills Iranian commander’ days after ‘Israeli assassins took out country’s nuclear chief’

An air strike killed a commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards along the Iraq-Syria border at the weekend, Iraqi security and local militia officials have confirmed.  A drone is said to have killed Muslim Shahdan, a senior commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, in a targeted strike on his car, Iraqi security forces told Saudi-based … Read more

Iranian nuclear scientist is ‘assassinated near Tehran’ reports in Iran claim 

Iranian nuclear scientist is ‘injured in attempted assassination near Tehran’ reports in Iran claim Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi was target of ‘terrorist operation’, reports claim  In 2007, he was named as chairman of Field for the Expansion of Deployment of Advanced Technology (FEDAT) FEDAT was the cover for organisation behind Iran’s nuclear weapons programme By Jemma Carr … Read more

Iranian nuclear scientist is ‘assassinated near Tehran’ reports in Iran claim 

Iranian nuclear scientist is ‘injured in attempted assassination near Tehran’ reports in Iran claim Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi was target of ‘terrorist operation’, reports claim  In 2007, he was named as chairman of Field for the Expansion of Deployment of Advanced Technology (FEDAT) FEDAT was the cover for organisation behind Iran’s nuclear weapons programme By Jemma Carr … Read more

US threatens to destroy any Iranian missiles shipped to Venezuela

The United States has threatened to destroy any long-range missiles sent to Venezuela from Iran, after a UN embargo on Iran buying or selling weapons expired last week. The warning comes a few days after Venezuela President Nicholas Maduro announced the creation of a Scientific and Technological Military Council that will seek the independence of … Read more