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Supreme Leader of Iran Delivers Blistering Prayers

Khamenei delivered Friday prayers for first time in nearly 5 years

(Newser) - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei holds another title, that of Tehran Friday prayer leader, but he nearly always has subordinates fill in for him. On Friday, he assumed the role for the first time in nearly five years, delivering an exceedingly rare 40-minute sermon at Tehran's Mosalla mosque...

CIA Is Openly Recruiting Informants on Social Media

Anyone interested in North Korea, China, or Iran?

(Newser) - The CIA says it was successful in recruiting Russian informants following the invasion of Ukraine. Now, "we want to make sure individuals in other authoritarian regimes know that we're open for business," a rep said Wednesday as the agency put out a call for informants in China,...

Don't Expect Israel to Respond to Iran Like It Did in April

Analysts expect a far less narrow reaction

(Newser) - It's a matter of when, not if, Israel retaliates against Iran, which on Tuesday fired about 180 missiles toward Israel , reports NBC News . An Israeli official told the news outlet that Israel's political, military, and intelligence leaders are meeting at the defense ministry Wednesday to formalize the response...

Biden: US Helped Make Iran Attack 'Ineffective'

Officials say US helped shoot down incoming missiles

(Newser) - Iran fired around 180 missiles in an attack on Israel on Tuesday—but most of them were intercepted and President Biden says US support helped make the barrage "defeated and ineffective." Officials say two US naval destroyers based in the eastern Mediterranean helped shoot down many of the...

7 Killed in Shooting Attack as Missiles Hit Israel

Military says most missiles fired from Iran were intercepted but there were 'a few hits'

(Newser) - Israeli police say seven people were killed and at least eight injured in a shooting and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv on Tuesday evening. Police say two Palestinian men from the West Bank, one armed with a rifle and the other with a knife, attacked civilians on the city's...

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Iran Launches
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Iran Launches Missiles at Israel

White House had warned American government employees there to take shelter beforehand

(Newser) - Iran's expected strike on Israel has begun. "A short while ago, missiles were launched from Iran to Israel," the Israeli military said in a statement, per the New York Times . Air raid sirens could be heard in major cities including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, and flashes in...

US Offers $20M Reward in Plot Against Trump Official

Americans call scheme part of broader revenge plan that also targets the former president

(Newser) - The Biden administration has put up $20 million in reward money for a member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps charged in a plot to kill a former US national security adviser. The offer is good for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Shahram Poursafi, USA Today...

I Suffered 'Unutterable Indignities' in Iran's Evin Prison

Siamak Namazi speaks to CNN

(Newser) - Siamak Namazi spent eight years wrongfully imprisoned in Iran's infamous Evin Prison, watching as Americans were released three times while he stayed behind bars. He was finally freed with four other Americans one year ago . In an exclusive interview with CNN , he opened up about how he was taken,...

Iranians Listen Weekly to One Beloved 'American'

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar detective series has returned to Iranian radio decades after vanishing

(Newser) - While tensions remain high between the US and Iran, there's at least one American that state radio in Tehran invites on the air each week for its millions of listeners. It's just that he's a fictional detective who's been on the case since 1949. Yours Truly,...

Methane Gas Leak Sparks Fatal Blast in Iranian Mine

At least 34 are killed, others remain missing

(Newser) - An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed at least 34 workers and injured 17 others, officials said Sunday, marking one of the worst mining disasters in the country's history as others remained missing hours after the blast. The blast struck a coal mine in Tabas, about...

FBI: Biden Campaign Staffers Were Sent Hacked Trump Info

Unsolicited emails were sent by Iranian hackers, federal agencies say

(Newser) - Donald Trump's campaign said Wednesday that President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris should "come clean" about information Iranian hackers stole from it. Federal agencies said Wednesday that the hackers sent information to people associated with the Biden campaign in June and July. The FBI, the Office of...

Amid Mideast Tensions, a New Claim by Iran

Nation says it launched satellite into space on rocket built by Iranian paramilitary group

(Newser) - Iran launched a satellite into space on Saturday with a rocket built by the country's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, state-run media reported, the latest for a program the West fears helps Tehran advance its ballistic missile program. Iran described the launch as a success, which would be the second such...

'I Looked at the Window and Saw a Ball of Fire'

Woman dies after Ukraine launches what's said to be largest drone strike on Moscow since war began

(Newser) - Ukraine has reportedly launched its biggest drone attack on the Russian capital since war erupted between the countries two and a half years ago. Russia's Defense Ministry said Tuesday that 144 Ukrainian drones were shot down around the country amid a wave of overnight attacks. "Half were in...

Critic Tweets a Period to Iran Leader, Gets 12 Years

Lawyer argues Hossein Shanbehzadeh's sentence stems from false allegations

(Newser) - Iranian blogger Hossein Shanbehzadeh is no stranger to incarceration. A longtime critic of Iran's leadership, he was jailed in 2019 for online comments insulting supreme leader Ali Khamenei. But he's now been hit with a 12-year sentence "for doing next to nothing," Vice reports. According to...

Investigators: No Foul Play in May Death of Iran Leader

Official report blames weather for causing fatal helicopter crash in May that killed president

(Newser) - An official investigation into the helicopter crash in May that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has concluded that it was caused by the weather, not foul play. "The main reason for the helicopter crash was complicated weather conditions in the region," the final report concluded, per Reuters . Among...

Iran's Supreme Leader OKs Talking to 'Enemy' US on Nukes

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says there'd be 'no harm' in talking to US about Tehran's nuclear program

(Newser) - Iran's supreme leader opened the door Tuesday to renewed negotiations with the United States over his country's rapidly advancing nuclear program, telling its civilian government there was "no harm" in engaging with its "enemy." Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's remarks set clear red lines for any...

FBI, Intelligence Agencies Blame Campaign Hacks on Iran

Goals are to affect presidential election and undermine democracy, US officials say

(Newser) - Intelligence agencies and the FBI on Monday announced the conclusion reached in their investigation of attempts to hack US presidential campaigns: Iran did it. The agencies are "confident that the Iranians have through social engineering and other efforts sought access to individuals with direct access to the Presidential campaigns...

Iran Could 'Declare Itself a Nuclear Weapons State' Soon: Intel Committee Chair

Rep. Mike Turner makes the declaration, says it's Biden's fault

(Newser) - The chair of the House Intelligence Committee says Iran could soon declare a very big, and very unwelcome, escalation. Speaking Sunday on Face the Nation , Republican Mike Turner was decrying Biden administration policies regarding Iran. "What we see now with this administration, [Iran] might declare themselves a nuclear weapons...

Iranian Group Used ChatGPT to Create Divisive Articles

OpenAI says group was creating content to spread misinformation online

(Newser) - An Iranian group used ChatGPT to create content that was intended to influence the US presidential election and spread misinformation online, OpenAI said Friday. The company, which said the offending accounts have been banned, said its investigation showed the group, which it dubbed Storm-2035, used ChatGPT to create longform articles...

Iranian-Backed Hackers Attack Presidential Campaigns: Google

Company says it detected the efforts against Harris, Trump operations, which continue

(Newser) - Hackers linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard are mounting cyberattacks on the US presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, Google said Wednesday. In a research report , the company's Threat Analysis Group said that it detected the efforts in May and June and that they'...

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