IRGC colonel assassinated in Tehran, Iran vows revenge
Colonel Hassan Sayyad Khodaei, who had served in the al-Quds forces in Syria against ISIS, is the second high ranking IRGC official assassinated after General Qassem Soleimani in January 2020
Iraqi parliament introduces bill to criminalize establishment of relations with Israel
The bill is considered to be an attempt to block the growing US pressure on Arab countries to “normalize” relations with Israel under its so-called Abraham Accords
Israeli jets violate Syrian airspace, bomb areas west of capital Damascus
Israel has carried out thousands of unprovoked attacks inside Syria since the war in the country began in 2011. Thursday’s attack was the second such strike in less than a week and eighth since the beginning of 2022
Day after Erbil strike, Iran claims to have foiled Israeli sabotage at its Fordow nuclear facility
Reports in Middle East Eye as well as some US media outlets claimed that Israel has been operating anti-Iranian bases in Iraqi Kurdistan and was responsible for the attack on Iran’s drone facility in Tabriz a few weeks back
Iran fires missiles in Erbil in Iraq, claims Israeli bases were targets
Muqtada al-Sadr, whose party emerged as the largest party in last year’s parliamentary elections in Iraq, initially condemned the attack but later issued a statement asking for investigation into Iranian claims of Israeli bases in the country
Iran claims to have thwarted US attempt to steal oil from its ship in Sea of Oman
According to the Tasnim News Agency, Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel landed on a tanker which the US was trying to confiscate and later steered it into Iranian waters
US navy admits it fired on Iranian vessels in the Persian Gulf
Discussions are on regarding the US re-joining the nuclear deal but its aggression against Iran in its own neighborhood continues
US claims seizure of oil supplies bound for Venezuela, Iran contests claim
Iranian ambassador to Venezuela stated that the US claims of seizure of ships belonging to Iran was false and an attempt at “psychological warfare”
US files to seize Iranian shipments en route to Venezuela
Federal prosecutors have alleged that the shipments being made are done at the behest of the IRGC, an organization included in the US terror list.
Retaliatory attack by Iran heightens tensions with the US
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei has called the move a “slap in the face for US” and has demanded the end of US presence in the region
Iran confirms strike on US airbase in Iraq
The attack on US airbase Ain al-Assad is seen as the first retaliatory measure after the assassination of Qassem Soleimani on Friday January 3 by the US
Tensions to rise further in West Asia as UK joins US task force to ‘protect’ tankers
The UK’s decision to join the US in patrolling the Strait of Hormuz is ironic considering that the latest round of seizure of tankers began with its marines taking over Iran’s Grace I in the first week of July
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