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Updated 3 weeks ago · Published on 4 Dec 2020 8:20AM · Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Iran of having taken advantage of its international nuclear deal — which allowed economic sanctions to be lifted, before they were reinstated and toughened by US President Donald Trump — in…

Israel’s new Saar-6 corvette cruises near a natural gas production platform in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Haifa on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters German-made vessel, dubbed ‘Shield’, will help protect Mediterranean gas rigs amid soaring tensions over the assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist The Saar-6 corvette and…

SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN, Associated PressDec. 1, 2020Updated: Dec. 1, 2020 1:40 p.m. 1of3FILE - In this March 6, 2014, file photo, empty nuclear waste shipping containers sit in front of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M. The U.S. government's efforts to clean up decades worth of Cold War-era waste from…

Iranian military personnel stand near the flag-draped coffin of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh during his funeral in Tehran, November 30, 2020. Iranian Defense Ministry via AP Days after the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a top Iranian nuclear scientist, retired US Navy Adm. William McRaven said that retaliation is all but inevitable. "The…

Barbara Slavin, New York Times November 29, 2020 (Agencia Fars vía AP)The assassination of a top nuclear scientist isn't about stopping a bomb — it's about preventing diplomacy. Joe Biden doesn't have to let it work.Read Full Article » Related Topics: Iran Comment Show comments Hide Comments Log In with your…

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DUBAI - Iran's president on Saturday accused Israel of killing a prominent Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb programme, state TV reported. Iran's clerical and military rulers have threatened revenge for Friday's killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who Iranian media said died in hospital…

Fakhrizadeh has long been described by Western, Israeli and Iranian exile foes of Iran's clerical rulers as a leader of a covert atomic bomb programme halted in 2003 Topics Iran | nuclear weapons Reuters  Last Updated at November 28, 2020 02:07 IST The scene of the attack in Damavand, near Tehran Photo:…

In BriefTrial begins today over alleged terror plot that ‘could have triggered World War Three’Five MPs cheated death after an Iranian diplomat smuggled a bomb onto a commercial flight for a planned attack in Paris, according to court documents.The agent had intended to use the “Mother of Satan” explosive device…

The emergency powers that Chief Executive Carrie Lam invoked last year to ban face masks at protests are a “missile launcher” which give the government “unrestricted nuclear power” to do whatever it wants, the Court of Final Appeal was told on Tuesday. This was the argument put forward by Senior…