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The Trump administration effectively cut off the regime from the worldwide fiscal system with an exception for humanitarian purposes.

“This judgment is the first step in the pursuit of justice for Robert Levinson, an American patriot, who was kidnapped and subjected to unimaginable suffering for more than 13 years,” said his family.

“This location is one of the country’s most strategic defensive points,” said the IRGC Naval Commander.

The population of Bahrain is 60 percent Shiite while the royal house is Sunni.

"The State of Israel and the IDF in particular are monitoring these sites ... and are very knowledgeable in regard to the PGM project. They will continue to extensively operate against it."

"Here is where the next explosion could take place... the Beirut neighborhood of Janah, right next to the international airport. And here, Hezbollah is keeping a secret arms depot..., a meter away from a gas company."

The Mihan Dairy & Ice Cream company has a 65% market share for ice cream and 50% market share for UHT (Ultra-high-temperature processing) Milk.

“Having Chinese tanks, or Chinese air-defense systems or defensive missile systems in Iran in the first instance threatens the people of Iran, in the second instance, threatens the people of the Middle East, and the next people who come under threat are the people who live in Europe,” said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

The move comes as the U.N. arms embargo on the regime is set to be extended indefinitely.

In August 2020, Yasmin Jaber, a female resident of the Old City who works at the Hebrew U. National Library, was arrested on suspicion that she had been recruited by Hezbollah.

“You can’t allow Iran to have more money, power and arms, and at the same time try to disconnect Hezbollah from the disasters it provoked in Lebanon,” says the U.S. secretary of state.

The ambassador has been the target of an Iranian plot, hatched by Iran's embassy in Pretoria, since the spring.

It would be interesting to see if a Biden administration, should the Democrats win the White House in November, would choose to support the sale.

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned six companies based in Iran, the United Arab Emirates and China for allegedly supporting Triliance’s continued involvement in the sale of Iranian petrochemical products.

“The attack intended to weaken missile production in Syria, probably for Hezbollah, by harming its crucial elements,” says ImageSat International.

Americans who engage in transactions with them would risk being hit with secondary sanctions.

The new hall would replace a production hall that experienced a fire in July in what Iran has alleged was sabotage.

For many Lebanese, the state's failure to deliver electricity in a reliable fashion is the most obvious representation of its being a failed state – like Gaza, but with Hezbollah instead of Hamas.

Syrian air defenses were deployed in response to the attack.

"The airstrikes resulted in significant material losses at the targeted sites."

Ashkenazi called on Germany to “join and support the joint global effort against the Iranian threat and the restoration of the arms embargo on Iran.”

Iran has more than three tons of uranium enriched to four percent, and at least 1,000 tons of yellowcake.

The warning by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo came one day after the United States initiated the mechanism for the U.N. Security Council to snapback sanctions on Iran.

"I opposed the deal because it was based on a fundamental lie: that somehow Iran had given up on its quest for nuclear weapons."

The sanctions come despite the historic U.S.-brokered agreement last week to normalize relations between Israel and the UAE.

The Iranian military leadership made direct and blatant threats to the Gulf states and in particular to the United Arab Emirates.

“We’ll be doing a snapback. You’ll be watching it next week,” says the U.S. president.

“The Security Council’s failure to act decisively in defense of international peace and security is inexcusable.”

The administration hopes the seizures will deter shipping companies from dealing with Iran and Venezuela.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday welcomed the deal.