Iran & The Gulf

"The Zionists, together with reactionary regimes in the region, emphatically opposed the nuclear deal from the outset." They thought the Iranian regime would collapse when Trump withdrew from the deal, "but that was a miscalculation," Iranian President Rouhani says.

The indictment in Manhattan federal court describes the plot as part of a wider plan to lure three individuals in Canada and a fifth person in the United Kingdom, along with individuals in the United Arab Emirates, to Iran.

Prompting came at meeting in Baghdad last week, according to numerous sources. However, Iranians advised Iraqis not to "go too far."

Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, the former chairman of the Iranian parliament's national security and foreign policy committee, laments that "no one has given a serious thought to the problem."

"This is part of the Iranian strategy to become regional hegemons. Hence, the first thing that needs to be done, mostly by the United States and the international community, is to stop Iranian activation of these militias,” says Col. (res.) Shaul Shay.

In an about-face, Iran denies a cyberattack was the reason its railway system was paralyzed over the weekend. Reports by local media agencies detailing the scale of disruption have been deleted.

Massive blast takes place near a compound housing the Islamic republic's state broadcasting company, Tehran police insist the explosion caused no harm. Hackers who cripple the country's railroad system post fake messages on platform display boards, listing the number of the supreme leader's office as an information hotline.

The signatories congratulated Bennett for his recent appointment as prime minister, adding that the two peoples have much in common. 

The electronic billboard in the heart of Tehran predicting the demise of the Jewish state in 2040 falls victim to the widespread power cut threatening to plunge the country into chaos.