MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS: From Tunisia to Syria, the uprisings of 2011 showed how revolutions often give way to chaos or renewed authoritarianism, a lesson Jerusalem cannot ignore as Iran convulses.
In a parallel action to the US sanctions, Defense Minister Israel Katz issued an official statement defining the Iranian State Bank Melli as a terrorist organization.
When it comes to the spy agency and Iran, there is always far more than meets the eye.
Since the eruption of Iran’s protests, SMK has carried out a number of successful operations targeting Ayatollah regime elements in Kermanshah and Isfahan.
As reports of Iraqi fighters in Iran circulate, flight patterns and eyewitness descriptions suggest an organized pipeline
Analysts warn that a strike could strengthen Tehran’s internal cohesion even as it weakens Iran’s regional network and raises the risk of wider conflict.
Earlier on Thursday, Pakistani outlet Dawn reported that Trump had informed Tehran that the US would not strike the country.
“It was a secret poll which said that 92% of the Iranian people hate their regime,” Sabti said, according to a transcript provided to The Jerusalem Post.
Iran's foreign minister claimed that “terrorist elements from the outside” were seeking to drag the US into a conflict.
The officials are concerned that the Iranian regime is not yet weak enough to be effectively ended through US strikes.
"All the signals are that a US attack is imminent, but that is also how this administration behaves to keep everyone on their toes," a Western military official said.
