Iran won’t bow to military action or sanctions and will retain nuclear program, country’s president tells UNGA

Iran won’t be bullied by military action or economic sanctions into giving up its nuclear program, the country’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, pledged to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday as the United States deliberates whether to resume the war it joined Israel in launching.  “We will never bow our head or bend at the […]

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2 top Iranian officials to face trial in absentia over deadly 1994 attack on Argentinian Jewish center

Two senior officials at the heart of Iran’s military and national security establishment are among the eight people set to face trial in absentia over their alleged roles in the 1994 terrorist bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.  Argentine Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas issued the 648-page ruling Monday, formally processing the […]

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Israel’s strike on Iran: How we got here, what we don’t know and what happens next

Israel’s strike on Iran starting early Friday morning followed a dizzying 24 hours in which the international community rebuked Iran for its nuclear malfeasance, Iranian officials said they would retaliate by accelerating nuclearization and signs piled up of a potentially imminent strike — along with warnings that Israel could be simply rattling sabers at a […]

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