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Iran humiliated as head of anti-Israel intelligence unit was ‘a secret Israeli spy’
Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. HOME News Politics Royal Showbiz & TV Sport Comment Finance Travel Life & Style UK World Politics Royal US Weather Science History Weird Nature Sunday InYourArea On Saturday, it was reported that an Iranian mole tipped off Israel about Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s location before his killing.…
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Russia-Iran ties in spotlight as Russian PM visits Iran – analysis
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin’s visit to Iran highlights growing ties between the two nations, as they deepen economic cooperation and strengthen their anti-Western alliance. By SETH J. FRANTZMAN OCTOBER 1, 2024 14:47 Updated: OCTOBER 1, 2024 16:47 RUSSIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER Sergei Lavrov and Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani shake hands during a…
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Mending Fences: Europe’s stake in the Saudi-Iran detente
Summary Saudi-Iran rivalry has long deepened conflict lines in the Middle East. But growing mutual vulnerabilities prompted a quiet rapprochement, culminating in the 2023 Beijing de-escalation agreement. While it hasn’t led to conflict resolution, this detente has helped contain regional escalation. Dialogue between Riyadh and Tehran remains frequent amid the Gaza crisis and could become…
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The Consequences of Assassinating Hassan Nasrallah and the Future of the Dispute in the Middle East
Introduction In a significant development exposing Hezbollah’s vulnerabilities to Israel, the Israeli military announced on September 27, 2024, the killing of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, along with senior party figures Ali Karaki, Ibrahim Aqil, and several other mid-level leaders. Also reported killed was Brigadier General Abbas Nilforoushan, assistant commander-in-chief of operations for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary…
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Middle East Braces for Iran’s Next Move After Israel’s Killing of Hezbollah Leadership
When an Iranian consulate building was destroyed in Syria in April, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to punish Israel. What followed was a huge, yet telegraphed assault and no all-out war. Three months later, the military chief of Iran-backed Hezbollah and Hamas’s political head were killed within hours of each other. The wider regional…
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How will Iran respond to the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah?
Iran‘s leadership issued carefully crafted statements following Israel‘s assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, with conservatives and moderates bitterly divided on how to respond to the killing. Shock waves from Friday’s air strike that killed Nasrallah reverberated across Iran over the course of the weekend, with ordinary Iranians fearing an all-out war between the Lebanese…
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Is Iran’s new president presenting a moderating image to lure the West back into a nuclear deal?
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Israel’s attacks have revealed Hezbollah’s fatal flaw
John Bell and John Zada are co-founders of The Conciliators Guild, an international conflict-resolution organization based in Oxford, England. Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah assassinated by Israel on Friday, was a large and charismatic figure in the Arab and Islamic worlds. He was considered by many as the most able and articulate confronter of…
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Iran calls for UN Security Council meeting after Hezbollah’s leader killed
Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani addresses the delegates at the United Nations General Assembly during a ceremonial tribute to Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi at the United Nations headquarters in New York, U.S., May 30, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) – Iran on…
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Iran Revolutionary Guard general died in Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah leader, reports say
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A prominent general in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard died in an Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, Iranian media reported Saturday. The killing of Gen. Abbas Nilforushan marks the latest casualty suffered by Iran as the nearly yearlong Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip teeters on…
