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Iran Says Acclaimed Filmmaker to Serve Out 6 Year Sentence
Iran's judiciary on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, ordered Panahi, perhaps Iran's best-known film director, to serve out a six-year prison sentence from a decade ago that had never been enforced.
Iran Wants Turkey, Russia Backing for its Syria Policy
In a conversation on the eve of the meeting of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, Putin and Erdogan, Iran’s Fars News says that the meeting will seek to reduce any tensions in Syria.
Putin, in Tehran, Gets Strong Support from Iran Over Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin won staunch support from Iran on Tuesday for his country’s military campaign in Ukraine,…
IDF Downs Drone That Enters Israeli Airspace from Lebanon
Small commercially made craft apparently sent by Hezbollah terror group, likely brought down using electronic warfare means.
Survey: Growing Minority in Persian Gulf Countries Approve of Informal Ties with Israelis
Only 39 percent of Gazans expressed a negative opinion of the Abraham Accords.
U.N. Committee Against Torture to Review Palestinian Authority’s Record
UN Watch report says the P.A. and Hamas routinely torture human-rights activists, women, members of the LGBT community, political opponents, “collaborators” with Israel, and Palestinians who sell land to Jews.
Gaza Airstrike Significantly Sets Back Hamas Rocket Production, Says IDF
16 tons of explosives destroyed when jets dropped bunker-busting bombs on subterranean facility on Saturday in response to rocket fire; IDF: Drones also manufactured at site.
IDF Chief: ‘Diplomacy Can Fail,’ Attack on Iran ‘At the Center’ of IDF Preparations
Aviv Kohavi acknowledges ‘possibility’ IDF will need to strike Iranian nuke facilities, says Israel has ‘moral obligation’ to be ready with military response.
Iran Unveils Ominous New Naval ‘Drone-Carrier Division’
The unit, supported by drone-laden ships and submarines, is another sign of the asymmetric capabilities unmanned aerial vehicles provide.
Top Aide to Khamenei Boasts Iran Has Technical Ability to Manufacture Nuclear Bomb
Kamal Kharazi, head of Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, says country choosing not to make weapon, warns any attack from neighboring countries will trigger reprisal at Israel.