"If [Esmail] Ghaani follows the same path of killing Americans then he will meet the same fate," US special representative for Iran Brian Hook tells the Arabic-language daily Asharq al-Awsat. Meanwhile, Iranian president tells European powers not to copy the US by undermining Tehran’s strained nuclear pact with world powers.
Recent uptick in the number of balloon-borne incendiary devices sent from Gaza Strip into Israel sparks concerns of renewed hostilities on the southern border.
The slain commander, Abdolhossein Mojaddami, was gunned down in front of his home in southern Iran by unknown assailants. The Basij, the paramilitary wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was recently involved in violently suppressing civilian protests in the area.
President Reuven Rivlin tells more than 40 world leaders gathering in Israel for the Fifth World Holocaust Forum: “Tomorrow we will gather at Yad Vashem to remember and to promise – never again. Yad Vashem is a leading center for Holocaust research and education, guided by historians. Historical research should be left to historians. The role of political leaders is to shape the future.”
The fact that world leaders have come to Jerusalem at the same time that Israel's elected leaders are openly working to extend Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley only underscores the wisdom and success of Netanyahu's model of statesmanship.
