A British foreign office minister said on Thursday Britain was actively considering proscribing Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation but has not reached a final decision.

Source: https://canberraweekly.com.au/uk-condemns-barbaric-execution-of-alireza-akbari-in-iran/

After all, it was not Moscow that shaped Iran’s prospects in these fields so much as Iran’s ability, or lack thereof, to become a partner.

Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2023/04/16/moscow-needs-tehrans-support-more-than-beijing/

After all, it was not Moscow that shaped Iran’s prospects in these fields so much as Iran’s ability, or lack thereof, to become a partner.

Source: https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2023/04/16/moscow-needs-tehrans-support-more-than-beijing/

Akbari was a close ally of Ali Shamkhani, now the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, who was defense minister from 1997 to 2005.

Source: https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-pmn/iran-executes-british-iranian-accused-of-spying-prompts-western-condemnation-3

A military official in the region said given the location of the strike in central Iran and the size of the drones, it was likely that the attack was staged from within Iran’s borders.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/world/middle-east/did-warn-you-israel-linked-to-drone-strike-on-iranian-factory-20230130-p5cgd8.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

Amirabdollahian said on Thursday that Iran’s allies in the region would respond to Israeli “” against Palestinians and that Israel would then have to bear the consequences.

Source: https://www.pulse.ng/news/world/were-ready-to-intervene-in-israel-hamas-war-hezbollah-declares/vppdly4

And Israel’s threshold for military action, especially when it comes to Iran’s nuclear program, is far lower than the United States’.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/08/14/iran-us-prisoner-swap-deal-nuclear-negotiations-talks-sanctions-biden/

An estimated 500 terrorists belonging to Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad reportedly received specialized combat training in September from the Quds Force, the special operations unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Source: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/10/26/the-hamas-hostage-crisis-new-front-in-irans-proxy-war/

As recently as May 21, 2023, Iran’s Intelligence and Security Minister Esmail Khatib claimed that Iranian security forces had detained several Kurdish-Iraqi spies cooperating with Israel “that tried to cross the western borders of Iran.”

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/opinions/the-historic-ties-between-israel-and-the-kurds-of-iraq-will-continue/2023/06/06/

Ayatollah Abbas Ali Soleimani, the former representative of the Supreme Leader in Sistan and Baluchestan province and a member of the Assembly of Experts, was assassinated in an attack in the city of in Babolsar in Iran’s Mazandaran province on Wednesday.

Source: https://www.jewishpress.com/news/middle-east/iran-news/senior-ayatollah-assassinated-in-iran/2023/04/26/

Bolivia is Iran’s most successful foreign policy project in Latin America.

Source: https://www.19fortyfive.com/2023/08/irans-weapons-now-reach-the-western-hemisphere/

But perhaps for the first time since the chaotic days following Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, more women — both young and old — choose not to do so.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/as-more-women-forgo-the-hijab-iran%27s-government-pushes-back

“During the two days that Mr. Grossi was in Iran, the issue of access to individuals was never raised,” Kamalvandi told state news agency IRNA, adding that there was no agreement on installing new cameras at Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Source: https://www.mariontoday.org/iran-assures-full-cooperation-to-iaea-ahead-of-board-meeting/

Efforts to build partnerships in Europe and Asia to counter Russia, China, and Iran’s malign influence are required to compete in today’s era of great power competition.

Source: https://nationalinterest.org/feature/central-asia-could-be-graveyard-russia-china-alliance-207392

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry spoke by phone Monday with Iran’s chief diplomat, Hossein Amirabdollahian, on the war in Gaza, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said.

Source: https://halifax.citynews.ca/2023/12/25/egypt-floats-ambitious-plan-to-end-israel-hamas-war-and-create-transitional-palestinian-government/

Entitled “‘Prepare the Shelters’: With Hebrew Threat, Iran Unveils Armed Drone Which Can Hit Israel,” ‘s article is attributed to both AP and Reuters, with the information on Iran’s threat to attack Israeli communities clearly originating with Reuters.

Source: https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/08/23/why-is-iranian-threat-left-out-of-coverage-of-new-attack-drone/

Experts believe the artifact, reportedly worth more than £30 million, may have come from Iran’s southwestern Fars Province where a majority of Sasanian rock reliefs exist.

Source: https://en.mehrnews.com/news/202429/UK-returns-smuggled-ancient-artifact-to-Iran

“Fortunately Iran’s frozen assets in South Korea were released and God willing today the assets will start to be fully controlled by the government and the nation,” Mr. Kanaani said.

Source: https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2023/0918/Prisoner-swap-American-citizens-held-in-Tehran-on-their-way-home?icid=rss

He was convicted of harming Iran’s security and providing intelligence information.

Source: https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/01/22/the-internal-debate-in-the-iranian-elite-over-the-hijab-protests/

He was jailed on various charges, including espionage accusations that he calls bogus, as well as allegations of insulting Iran’s supreme leader.

Source: https://ktar.com/story/5537983/a-us-navy-veteran-got-unexpected-help-while-jailed-in-iran-once-released-he-repaid-the-favor/