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US official says Iran could be behind Yemen's Houthi rebels' seizure of Red Sea cargo ship: report

Yemen rebels who hijacked an Israeli-linked cargo ship in the Red Sea were backed, supported and potentially trained by Iranian authorities, according to a U.S. official. New photos of the helicopter-borne Houthi attack on the Galaxy Leader, a cargo vessel linked to Israeli billionaire Abraham “Rami” Ungar, shows “all the …

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Americans released in Iran prisoner exchange deal land in US

The five Americans who were released Monday from Iran as part of a prisoner swap have landed in the U.S. The Americans and two of their family members arrived in Doha, Qatar, on Monday after leaving Iran. White House officials touted the move as President Biden reuniting families. During the …

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Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei says 'we kiss the hands of those who planned' Israel attacks

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said during a televised speech Tuesday, “We kiss the hands of those who planned the attack” on Israel, a report says. Khamenei, who was wearing a Palestinian scarf and delivering his first broadcast remarks since Hamas launched attacks on Israel Saturday, also claimed Tehran …

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Iran: American pastor Saeed Abedini spends another birthday behind bars

The Abedini family never imagined that Pastor Saeed would spend his last three birthdays in captivity. But that’s exactly what’s happened. Instead of celebrating his birthday with his wife Naghmeh, and their two young children – Jacob and Rebekkah – at their home in Idaho, Pastor Saeed is once again …

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Why I cannot support Obama's Iran Deal

The U.S. House is expected to vote Friday morning on one of the most important nuclear weapons accords in history. I will vote against this deal because it jeopardizes the security of America and the world. Iran is the leading state sponsor of terrorism and has a clear history of …

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US, UK and a dozen other nations call out Iran attempts to ‘kill, kidnap, harass’ citizens

A joint statement issued by the U.S., U.K. and a dozen other Western nations on Thursday called out Iran’s attempts to “kill, kidnap and harass” foreign citizens by working with criminal networks abroad. The Western nations highlighted that dissidents, Jewish citizens and journalists, as well as current and former government …

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Trump credits Iran nuclear strikes for kickstarting Israel-Hamas peace deal

President Donald Trump told Fox News in an exclusive interview Monday that he credits the U.S. strikes on key Iranian nuclear sites for making the Israel-Hamas peace deal possible. Trump made the comments to Fox News’ Trey Yingst in Israel after Hamas freed the remaining 20 living Israeli hostages from …

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Pakistani national sentenced to long prison term for smuggling Iranian weapons to Houthis

A Pakistani national was sentenced to 40 years in federal prison for his part in running a smuggling ring that funneled Iranian-made advanced arms to the Houthis, a deadly mission that led to the deaths of two U.S. Navy SEALs in the Arabian Sea. A federal jury convicted Muhammad Pahlawan …

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