US Secretary of State Marco Rubio cast Venezuela as a regional platform for Iranian influence, describing Nicolás Maduro’s government as a narcotics transit hub that hosts Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah.
Category: 1. Iran
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Rubio says Venezuela is ‘anchor’ for Iran’s IRGC, Hezbollah in Americas
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US offers reward for information on two Iran-linked cyber actors
The announcement came after an Afghan national opened fire on West Virginia National Guard on the day before Thanksgiving last week, killing Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and severely injuring Andrew Wolfe, 24.
“This feels like a form of collective…
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U.S. Naval, Air Assets Seen Over Puerto Rico Amid Rising Caribbean Tensions
Why it matters:The movements point to a growing U.S. interventionist footprint in the region, signaling a more assertive posture toward Venezuela as an independent country.
Key points:
- Trump has declared…
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Iraqi President Calls For Strengthening Ties With Iran
Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid, in a meeting with Iran’s Ambassador to Baghdad Mohammad-Kazem Al Sadegh, has stressed the importance of strengthening relations between the two countries.
Rashid met and held talks with Al Sadegh in Baghdad,…
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How Iran’s regime intentionally devalues its currency to fund terror and repression
The Iranian regime has pushed the nation to a new level of economic despair as the national currency has collapsed to a historic low. In recent days, the US dollar shattered all previous records, soaring past the 1,210,000 rial mark for the first…
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Iran Rapidly Expands Surveillance Camera Network Across Cities
The cameras appeared gradually at first. A few new lenses on bridges. Some updated systems on street corners. But over the past year, t …
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New quotas spur Chinese buying of discounted Iranian oil – BBG
The previous $10,000 reporting threshold has been eliminated in favor of a zero-dollar threshold for any financial transaction to or from Iran.
Ottawa tightened the rules after the international anti-money laundering body the Financial Action…
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Autumn landscapes of Iran's Kermanshah
TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) – The final days of autumn have covered Kermanshah in sweeping displays of falling leaves, giving the city a fresh and striking seasonal atmosphere.
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Defending Iran ‘religious obligation’ for Islamic Ummah: Algerian thinker
An Algerian thinker says defending Islamic Iran is a “religious obligation and strategic necessity” for the Islamic community.
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Middle East Needs ‘new Attitudes’ To Reject Violence: Pope
He made the appeal on his third day in the country at the end of his first trip abroad as pontiff, after arriving on Sunday from Turkey.
Pope Leo said he wanted “to come as a pilgrim of hope to the Middle East, imploring God for the gift of…
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