Senior Israeli analyst Brig. Gen. Yossi Kuperwasser explains that assassination of Col. Hassan Sayad Khodaei in Tehran struck a "major blow" to the Iranian regime, exposing its vulnerability.
It is unclear if the two incidents are related, although Israel has in the past been accused of assassinating senior Iranian figures as part of its effort to derail Iran's nuclear program.
The Revolutionary Guards' naval division is the second largest in the elite military organization, with only the IRGC’s air force being larger. The less equipped Iranian Navy, meanwhile, continues to send warships to accompany Iranian oil tankers, as they set sail to destinations as far away as Venezuela.
The production plant will manufacture Iran's new military drone, the Ababil-2, which is said to be able to carry out attacks as well as surveillance missions at a distance of 200 kilometers (124 miles) with a range of 90 minutes.
Protests began in some cities last week sparked by the government's subsidy cut decision that caused price hikes in Iran by as much as 300% for a variety of flour-based staples.
Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan's expected ascension formalizes his position as leader of the Gulf kingdom. “Sheikh Khalifa’s bold leadership contributed so much to the advancement of the UAE and its people and to the growing partnership between our countries and is a great legacy for his successors," President Herzog says.
Speaking on the sidelines of a G7 meeting in Germany, Josep Borrell says EU envoy to nuclear talks's Tehran visit had “gone better than expected." "Let’s say the negotiations were blocked and they have been unblocked," Borrell says.
Protests spring up in Iran's impoverished south over food price hikes government supporters have described as “necessary economic surgery." Internet outages reported across Iran as government appears to prepare for the worst.
EU special coordinator for the Vienna talks Enrique Mora heads to Tehran as the bloc makes a last-ditch effort to salvage the nuclear deal.
As part of effort to salvage nuclear talks, EU set to go to Iran in order to propose separate talks on IRGC's designation as terrorist organization.
