Reports are emerging that the US and Israel are supporting separatist groups in Iran to launch attacks. The reports claim its part of an evolving US strategy to weaking Iran’s defences and possibly collapse the Islamic Republic. Soraya…
Category: 3. Middle East
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‘Iran cannot outlast us,’ says US defense chief – Middle East Monitor
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that “Iran cannot outlast us” as the US signaled a widening military campaign following coordinated strikes with Israel since Saturday, Anadolu reports.
“I stand…
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2 Palestinians killed by Israeli army fire in southern Gaza – Middle East Monitor
Two Palestinians were killed Wednesday by Israeli army fire in the southern Gaza Strip, medical sources told Anadolu.
The sources said the bodies of Maher Harb Samour and Montaser Saad Samour arrived at Nasser…
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards take wartime lead, ensuring harder line, sources say
By Parisa Hafezi and Angus McDowall
DUBAI, March 4 (Reuters) – Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have tightened their grip on wartime decision‑making despite the loss of top commanders, senior sources say, driving a hardline strategy that is…
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British premier – Middle East Monitor
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said he is “not prepared” for the UK to join a war without a clear legal basis and a detailed plan, after facing questions over why Britain has not launched offensive…
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Media – Middle East Monitor
The Israeli army killed Rahman Moqaddam, head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ special operations division, Israeli media claimed on Wednesday.
The daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported the killing, without giving any…
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Iran postpones farewell ceremony for slain Supreme Leader Khamenei – Middle East Monitor
Iran has postponed a farewell ceremony for slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a US-Israeli airstrike, Anadolu reports.
The ceremony was scheduled to begin on Wednesday evening, but…
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US says kills Iranian leader of Trump assassination plot
WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Wednesday that it killed an Iranian official who headed a unit behind an alleged assassination plot against President Donald Trump.
“The leader of the unit who attempted to assassinate…
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EU Council chief voices ‘full solidarity’ with Spain after US threat over Madrid’s stance on Iran – Middle East Monitor
European Council President Antonio Costa on Wednesday expressed the EU’s “full solidarity” with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez following threats from the United States over Madrid’s position on…
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Top Vatican cardinal calls US-Israeli strikes ‘truly alarming’
By Joshua McElwee
VATICAN CITY, March 4 (Reuters) – The Vatican’s top diplomat warned on Wednesday that the ongoing U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran undermine international law and said nations do not have a right to launch “preventive wars”, in an…
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