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Top secret Iranian drone site used by IRGC, terror proxies exposed by opposition group

The People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK), an exiled Iranian resistance group, provided a report to Fox News Digital presenting evidence of a top-secret unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) site in the Islamic Republic of Iran, north of Qom City in the Ganjine region. According to the report, members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) are trained to use “all …

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US treasury official raises alarm on environmental risks from illicit transfers of Iranian oil off Malaysia

A U.S. treasury official warned of environmental risks from illicit transfers of Iranian oil off Malaysia, news portal Malaysiakini reported on Thursday, as the United States narrows its focus on financing for militant groups routed through Southeast Asia. The United States sees Iran’s capacity to move its oil as being reliant on service providers based in Malaysia, a senior U.S. …

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Iran sentences award-winning director to prison ahead of Cannes

The award-winning Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof has been sentenced to eight years in prison and lashings just ahead of his planned trip to the Cannes film festival, his lawyer told The Associated Press Thursday. Rasoulof, 51, known for his film “There Is No Evil,” has become the latest artist targeted in a widening crackdown on all dissent in the Islamic …

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Biden's Iran envoy kept classified material on personal email, cellphone that was hacked: GOP lawmakers

Republican lawmakers revealed “troubling allegations” against President Biden’s embattled special envoy to Iran, Robert Malley, who is said to have stored classified material on a personal email account and cellphone that were later accessed by a “hostile cyber actor.” The top Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs committees sent a letter to the State Department on …

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China and Iran use 'sophisticated' tactics to target political dissidents on US soil, FBI says

After a participant in the historic Tiananmen Square protests entered a 2022 congressional race in New York City, a Chinese intelligence operative wasted little time enlisting a private investigator to hunt for any mistresses or tax problems that could upend the candidate’s bid, prosecutors say. “In the end,” the operative ominously told his contact, “violence would be fine too.” As …

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UN atomic watchdog chief travels to Iran, grapples with Tehran's escalating nuclear program

The head of the United Nations’ atomic watchdog traveled Monday to Iran, where his agency faces increasing difficulty in monitoring the Islamic Republic’s rapidly advancing nuclear program as tensions remain high in the wider Middle East over the Israel-Hamas war. Rafael Mariano Grossi already has warned Tehran has enough uranium enriched to near-weapons-grade levels to make “several” nuclear bombs if …

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Houthis would welcome students suspended for anti-Israel protests to the militia's own university

Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi militia, which has disrupted global shipping to display its support for Palestinians in the Gaza conflict, is now offering a place for students suspended from U.S. universities after staging anti-Israeli protests. Students have rallied or set up tents at dozens of campuses in the United States in recent days to protest against Israel’s war in Gaza, now …

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New York's last GOP gov condemns Biden's inaction, says Iran state TV is playing scenes of US 'anarchy'

New York State’s last Republican governor condemned President Biden Thursday for his relative inaction on antisemitic protests enveloping college campuses in the Empire State and warned Iran is using images of the chaos as propaganda. Former Gov. George Pataki, who left office at the end of 2006 upon the election of Eliot Spitzer, the protests constitute “acts of anarchy” at …

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Iran offers scholarships to students expelled from US, European universities over anti-Israel protests: report

The head of a major Iranian university reportedly offered scholarships to students expelled from U.S. and European universities over anti-Israel protests broiling with antisemitism. Mohammad Moazzeni, who runs Shiraz University in the Fars province, made the announcement at a gathering of students meant to show “solidarity” with anti-Israel agitators in the West on Wednesday.Of the police response to the encampment …

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Iran is impotent at conventional warfare. Israel has proven it

Israel’s recent retaliatory strike inside Iran, in response to Tehran’sunprecedented missile and drone assault on Israel proper the weekend before, was a brilliant work of what practitioners of intelligence statecraft call “strategic signaling.” The message delivered to the ayatollahs on April 19 by the Jewish state was so daring, direct and unequivocal that it will likely compel Iran to abandon …

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