Satellite photos show Iran had another failed space launch

In this satellite photo from Maxar Technologies, trucks and other equipment surround a scorched launch pad at Iran's Imam Khomeini Spaceport in rural Semnan province Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. (AP)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates: Iran likely suffered another failed launch of a satellite-carrying rocket in recent days attempting to reinvigorate a program criticized by the West, even as Tehran faces last-minute negotiations with world powers to save its tattered nuclear deal in Vienna.

Satellite images from Maxar Technologies seen by The Associated Press show scorch marks at a launch pad at Imam Khomeini Spaceport in Iran’s rural Semnan province on Sunday. A rocket stand on the pad appears scorched and damaged,

Alto diplomático de Baréin en Israel: el acuerdo nuclear con Irán alimentó violencia

Enlace Judío.- De visita en Israel el domingo, un alto diplomático de Baréin criticó el acuerdo nuclear con Irán de 2015 y dijo que había alimentado la violencia y los disturbios en la región y había causado la muerte de inocentes.

El subsecretario de Relaciones Internacionales del reino de Baréin dice que el JCPOA (acuerdo nuclear con Irán) ha causado inestabilidad y muertes de inocentes y culpa a Irán de los conflictos en la región.

“¿Con qué nos dejó?” El jeque Abdullah bin Ahmad al Khalifa, subsecretario de Relaciones Internacionales de Baréin, dijo sobre el acuerdo en una conferencia de

IAEA Inspection Reports Mostly Bad News

Map of the main sites of Iran's nuclear program, image via Wikimedia Commons

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,091, July 8, 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The latest IAEA inspection reports on Iran show a continued escalation in a wide array of nuclear activities prohibited by the JCPOA, including accumulation of enriched uranium in quantities that exceed the limits set in the agreement as well as increasing levels of enrichment. Moreover, the reports complain that the Iranian regime is constantly hindering the Agency’s verification measures, leading to an ever

Iran, China sign huge 25-year strategic deal; could reduce US regional influence

Beijing to invest $400 billion in Iran in exchange for oil, report says; agreement will strengthen military ties and may undermine US leverage in Middle East.

By AGENCIES and TOI STAFF

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (R) and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, pose for a picture after signing an agreement in the capital Tehran, on March 27, 2021. Iran and China signed what state television called a "25-year strategic cooperation pact" on today as the US rivals move closer together. (AFP)

TEHRAN — Iran and China on Saturday signed a 25-year strategic cooperation agreement addressing economic issues amid crippling US sanctions on Tehran, according to Iranian state media.

The agreement, dubbed the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, covers a variety of economic activity from oil and mining to promoting industrial activity in Iran, as

IAEA inspectors in Iran said to find evidence of possible nuclear weapons work

Diplomats tell Wall Street Journal UN agency seeking explanations for radioactive materials found in locations where Tehran blocked access last year.

By TOI STAFF

Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, speaks during a press conference during an IAEA Board of Governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters of the UN in Vienna, Austria, November 18, 2020. (Christian Bruna/Pool Photo via AP)

United Nations nuclear inspectors have found traces of radioactive material at Iranian nuclear sites that could indicate work on nuclear weapons, according to a report Saturday.

The Wall Street Journal story cited several unnamed diplomats briefed on the matter, who said the locations in which the material was found contributed to suspicions.

Los acuerdos de paz de Israel son una pesadilla estratégica para Irán

El Comandante de la Armada de Irán, Almirante Habibollah Sayari, señala un mapa durante una conferencia de prensa en Teherán el 22 de diciembre de 2010. HAMED JAFARNEJAD/AFP A TRAVE DE GETTY IMAGES

Cuando el presidente de los Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, anunció el 13 de agosto el Acuerdo Abraham, que normalizó las relaciones entre los Emiratos Árabes Unidos e Israel, el mundo tomó nota de ello como un momento histórico. En Irán, el acuerdo también se registró como una grave amenaza. En una notable muestra de unanimidad, diversos funcionarios de todo el establecimiento político denunciaron el acuerdo y advirtieron sobre sus consecuencias. Fue una señal de un próximo e inevitable cambio de estrategia por parte de Irán.

El día después del acuerdo, el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores iraní condenó el pacto como “una idiotez estratégica” y “una puñalada de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos en la espalda del pueblo palestino”. Un día después, el Cuerpo de la Guardia Revolucionaria Islámica (IRGC) emitió una ardiente declaración,

Day after sweaty press conf, Iran deputy health minister says he has coronavirus

Iraj Harirchi isolates himself at home; revelation comes a day after he was seen sweating and coughing during press conference in which he denied mass deaths from disease.

Screen capture from video if Iran's Deputy Health Minister, Iraj Harirchi, during a press conference about the spread of the coronavirus, February 24, 2020. (Twitter)

Iran’s deputy health minister, Iraj Harirchi, has been infected with the new coronavirus, he said on Tuesday, amid a major outbreak in the Islamic republic.

Harichi said in a video clip he was “formally announcing” that he has the virus, but that he was sure “Iran will overcome” the outbreak.

Iran’s undivided and indivisible regime

This week, we saw the true face of the Iranian regime at home and abroad.

For forty years, Western policymakers have been lying to themselves about the nature of the Iranian regime and basing their Iran policies on the lies they tell themselves. The main lie has been that there is an ongoing, existential struggle for power and control within the ranks of the regime’s leadership.

Tehran Might Be Preparing to Withdraw from the 2015 Nuclear Agreement

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani and Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, image via Wikimedia Commons

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,363, December 4, 2019

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Iranian president Hassan Rouhani’s recent announcement of the renewal of uranium enrichment at the Fordow fuel enrichment plant, as well as high-level Iranian gloating about recent progress in the development and operation of uranium enrichment centrifuges, may indicate that Tehran intends to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear agreement and effect a breakout toward nuclear weapons production in 2020. 

Netanyahu: “No habrá otra alternativa que una guerra en Gaza para derrocar a Hamás”

Benjamín Netanyahu Foto: GPO Haim Zach vía Flickr

El primer ministro, Benjamín Netanyahu, manifestó que Israel se verá probablemente obligado a entreverarse en una guerra con el grupo terrorista islámico Hamás, en la Franja de Gaza, en un futuro cercano, bajo el telón de fondo de la escalada de violencia en el frente sur, en las últimas semanas.

Rouhani: Starting Friday, Iran to develop faster nuclear enrichment centrifuges

Iranian president says third step away from 2015 nuclear deal will be of ‘an extraordinarily significant nature’ unless Europe comes up with solution.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani (L) addresses parliament in the capital Tehran on September 3, 2019. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian officials ratcheted up pressure Wednesday ahead of a weekend nuclear deadline for European nations to come up with a solution for Iran to sell its oil abroad in the aftermath of escalated US sanctions.

President Hassan Rouhani reiterated a threat that Tehran would take additional steps away from the 2015 nuclear accord on Friday and accelerate nuclear activities if Europe fails to provide a solution, calling it Iran’s third, “most important step” away from the deal.

Iran halting curbs on enrichment in partial withdrawal from nuke deal

Year after US pullout, Rouhani says Tehran keeping excess uranium and heavy water; will resume high-level enrichment in 60 days if no new terms with remaining partners.

Iranian President's Office, President Hassan Rouhani visits the Bushehr nuclear power plant just outside of Bushehr, Iran, January 13, 2015. (Iranian Presidency Office, Mohammad Berno/AP)

Iran said Wednesday it was suspending some of its commitments under the landmark 2015 nuclear deal it signed with major powers, and that was abandoned by Washington last year, setting up a possible return to high-level uranium enrichment.

Nuclear deal crumbling: France threatens sanctions as Iran says it will enrich uranium

French President Emmanuel Macron (AP/Thibault Camus)

Iran announced on Wednesday it will keep excess uranium despite warning from France that any pullout from nuclear deal could lead to the reimposing of international sanctions.

By World Israel News Staff and AP

Iran’s president said Wednesday that it will begin keeping its excess uranium and heavy water from its nuclear program, setting a 60-day deadline for new terms to its nuclear deal with world powers before it will resume higher uranium enrichment.

This despite France’s warning on Tuesday that even a partial pullout could lead to the reimposing of international sanctions, Reuters reports.