Iran
December 11, 2024, 9:52 am
What accounts for the speed of the Syrian revolution?
The hatred of the approximately 74% of the Sunni Syrian population of the Assad regime continues unabated.
By Sarah N. Stern
The three Uzbek nationals arrested as suspects in the murder of Chabad Rabbi Zvi Kogan. (Source: UAE Interior Ministry/X, via JNS)
November 25, 2024, 3:52 pm
UAE IDs 3 Uzbek suspects in murder of Chabad Rabbi Zvi Kogan
The suspects, Olimpi Toirovich, 28, Makhmudjon Abdurakhim, also 28, and Azizbek Kamlovich, 33, could face the death penalty.
By JNS
Rabbi Zvi Kogan is pictured in an undated photo distributed by Chabad. In background: The Jewish Community Center of the UAE hosts Yom Kippur prayers in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sept. 15, 2021 (Andrea DiCenzo/Getty Images)
November 24, 2024, 5:21 pm
Chabad rabbi killed in United Arab Emirates
Zvi Kogan is one of five Chabad rabbis to move to the UAE since Israel normalized relations in 2020.
By Philissa Cramer
Remnants of a Kfar Aza home that was destroyed by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7. (Photo by Rabbi Seth Adelson)
November 18, 2024, 11:59 am
Unsealing secret Hamas papers, families of October 7 victims sue Iran in US court
Documents include itemized list of payments made by Iran to Hamas leaders over several years, discussions of mutual defense agreement between Palestinian terror group, Tehran, proxies
By ToI Staff
An FBI agent listens to the operation pre-briefing for Operation Dead Hand in Los Angeles on Jan. 30, 2024. (Credit: Federal Bureau of Investigation)
November 13, 2024, 10:44 am
FBI captures suspect in leaked intel on IDF Iran-strike prep
Asif William Rahman was indicted on two counts of willful retention and transmission of national defense information.
By JNS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-President Donald Trump at a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House on Feb. 15, 2017. (Credit: Leslie N. Emory/White House Photo)
November 10, 2024, 4:30 pm
Netanyahu: Trump and I ‘see eye-to-eye on Iranian threat’
"In recent days, I have spoken three times with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump," the prime minister revealed.
By JNS
New-generation centrifuges on display in Tehran during Iran's National Nuclear Energy Day, April 10, 2021. (Credit: Iranian Presidency Office/WANA)
November 3, 2024, 10:25 am
Khamenei adviser: Iran can produce nuclear weapons
“If the survival of Iran comes under serious threat, we reserve the right to reconsider,” said Kamal Kharrazi.
By JNS
Tehran, Iran. (Photo by daniyal62, courtesy of flickr.com)
October 30, 2024, 1:38 pm
Israel restored deterrence against Iran…for now
In this strike, the Israel Defense Forces demonstrated an operational capacity normally reserved for major powers.
By Amos Yadlin
A general view of Tehran after several explosions were heard in Tehran, Oct. 26, 2024. (Atta Kenare, AFP via Getty Images))
October 27, 2024, 1:20 pm
Israel hits Iranian military targets in retaliation for Oct. 1 missile barrage
The operation, which comes four weeks after Iran fired nearly 200 missiles at Israel, appears to have steered clear of oil and nuclear targets.
By Ron Kampeas
U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris receive a briefing on a potential attack on Israel by Iran, Oct. 1, 2024. (Credit: Adam Schultz/White House)
October 1, 2024, 9:01 pm
US: We will help Israel exact ‘severe consequences’ from Iran for missile attack
Pledge to assist goes further than DC’s support after April attack, when Biden sought to limit Israel’s response; president says strike unsuccessful partly due to US assistance
By Jacob Magid
October 1, 2024, 8:45 pm
Chronicle poll results: War with Iran and its proxies
We asked our readers if they think the war with Iran and its proxies will conclude in the coming year. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
September 25, 2024, 10:48 am
Chronicle poll question
Do you think that the war with Iran and its proxies will conclude in the coming year?
September 22, 2024, 2:09 pm
Join the Chronicle Book Club!
“Target Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination — and Secret Diplomacy — to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East”
By Toby Tabachnick
From left to right: Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and Shin Bet security services director Ronen Bar at a special operations room overseeing a mission to release hostages in the Gaza Strip, June 8, 2024. (Shin Bet security service)
September 19, 2024, 10:10 am
Israeli Jew accused of helping Iran plot Netanyahu assassination
According to the Shin Bet, the suspect, Moti Maman, 73, demanded $1m to become an Iranian asset.
By JNS
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Photo courtesy of the Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/ AP Images)
August 21, 2024, 10:45 am
So now we’re not allowed to eliminate terrorists?
"We have a choice. There is good and evil in the world. Liberal democracies represent justice, morality, and freedom, while terrorists are murderers..."
By Yair Lapid
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