Israel Rushes Missile Boats to Red Sea after Yemen’s Houthis Declare War

THE TELEGRAPH: Iran-backed movement says it has launched three attacks towards Israel since Oct 7 and vows more ‘to help Palestinians to victory’

Israel deployed warships to the Red Sea on Wednesday after Yemen’s Houthis declared war and launched a ballistic missile at an Israeli city.

Images released by the Israeli military showed Sa’ar-class corvettes patrolling near Eilat port in the Red Sea, which Israel sees as a new front as its war in Gaza draws retaliation from Iran-backed forces elsewhere in the region.

On Tuesday, the Houthis said they had launched three drone and missile attacks towards Israel since the start of the Hamas-Israel war on Oct 7. They vowed there would be more such attacks “to help the Palestinians to victory”.

The Israeli military used its Arrow missile defence system for the first time to intercept an “aerial threat” over the Red Sea, believed to have been a ballistic missile. » | Telegraph’s Foreign Staff | Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Iranerin nach mutmaßlicher Konfrontation mit Moralpolizei tot

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FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Armita Garawand soll kein Kopftuch getragen haben, als sie mit der Moralpolizei zusammentraf. Nach Wochen im Koma ist sie nun gestorben. Das weckt Erinnerungen an den Fall Amini.

Eine 16 Jahre alte Iranerin ist nach einer mutmaßlichen Konfrontation mit der berüchtigten Moralpolizei gestorben. Die Schülerin Armita Garawand starb am Samstag in einer Klinik in der Hauptstadt Teheran, wie die staatliche Nachrichtenagentur Irna berichtete. Bereits vor rund einer Woche war die junge Frau für hirntot erklärt worden. Der Fall hatte weit über Irans Landesgrenzen für große Empörung gesorgt. » | Quelle: dpa | Samstag, 28. Oktober 2023

Netanyahu at War | Full Documentary | FRONTLINE PBS Official

Feb 11, 2020 | An inside look at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political rise and his combative relationship with past U.S. presidents.

'If Genocide in Gaza Continues, US Will Not Be Spared from This Fire': Iran Foreign Minister at UN

Oct 27, 2023 | Amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, Iran's foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, on Thursday warned that if Israel's continued retaliation against Hamas doesn't end, then the "United States will not be spared from this fire."

US Strikes Two Syria Bases Used by Iran-linked Groups - BBC News

Oct 27, 2023 | The US has carried out air strikes against two weapons and ammunition storage facilities in eastern Syria used by Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said the strikes were in response to recent attacks on US bases in Iraq and Syria by Iranian-backed militia groups.

The US strikes were "separate and distinct from the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas," he said in a statement.

Iran did not immediately comment. It is not yet known if there were any casualties from the attacks.

BBC World: Iran's "Sex-Change" Solution | Long Version | Reupload

Nov 13, 2014 | Ali Hamedani, BBC World service reporter, visits Turkey to meet LGBT exiles who have fled Iran in fear of being forced to change gender

If you are born with a sense of aesthetics which makes you predisposed to being attracted to people of the same sex, i.e. you are homo — Shh! — and further, you are born in a country such as Iran which is governed and ruled by the benighted, by old farts who continue even to this day to believe in the omnipotence of the old man in the sky, the old man who is so vain and insecure that he demands to be worshipped constantly and thought about during your every waking minute, and praised! — oh how much he wants and needs to be praised! — you know, the old dude with a long, long, white beard who is watching over your every move, even when you’re in the crapper!, and who is omnipotent to punish you for acting on the predispositions with which he created you, and for satisfying your desires, maybe with a tender kiss on your lover’s lips, yet he is totally and utterly impotent to stop natural disasters, such natural disasters as earthquakes, inundations, and wildfires. If you are born in such a country, this might be your fate. You might be asked, nay ordered, to change the sex with which the old man in the sky endowed you! – © Mark Alexander

Iran Warns Israel to Stop War in Gaza: FM Says Situation Like ‘Powder Keg’

Oct 23, 2023 | Iran's Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, has warned Israel that the region could spiral out of control if it does not stop bombarding Gaza. He said that the results could be "severe, bitter" and "have far-reaching repercussions", both regionally and for those advocating for war. He also said the US was also "to blame" for providing military support to Israel. Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabbari reports from Tehran.

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American Prisoner Brought Home after Five Years Trapped in Iran Shares His Story | 60 Minutes

Oct 23, 2023 | Emad Shargi was arrested in Iran in 2018. He’s back in the U.S. and sharing the harrowing story of his time in Evin prison.

Liban, Syrie, Irak, Yémen… L’Iran active ses milices pour déstabiliser Israël

LE FIGARO : Depuis que Tsahal bombarde Gaza en représailles des raids meurtriers du Hamas, les milices téléguidées par Téhéran depuis plusieurs pays mettent la pression sur Israël, mais aussi sur son allié américain.

La menace couve depuis le début du conflit. Alors qu’Israël bombarde massivement la bande de Gaza en représailles des raids meurtriers du Hamas le 7 octobre dernier, le danger d’une extension de la guerre qui oppose Tsahal au groupe terroriste ne faiblit pas. Car l’Iran, ennemi juré d’Israël, dispose de milices inféodées dans la plupart des pays frontaliers ou proches de l’État hébreu. Et qu’il pourrait décider de les engager dans le conflit si certaines lignes rouges sont franchies, comme le révélait récemment Le Figaro .

La semaine dernière, le ministre iranien des Affaires étrangères Hossein Amir-Abdollahian a mené une tournée régionale au Liban, en Irak et en Syrie. Autant de pays qui comptent d’importantes factions chiites téléguidées par Téhéran, susceptibles de s’investir dans le conflit. Si c’est déjà le cas du Hezbollah au sud-Liban, d’autres groupes agissent depuis les territoires frontaliers d’Israël et même depuis le Yémen. L’heure de la guerre n’a pas encore sonné pour cet «axe de la résistance», mais des opérations de déstabilisation sont en cours contre l’État hébreu... et même son allié américain. » | Par Hugues Maillot | lundi 23 octobre 2023

Sky News Exclusive Interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | #shorts

Bibi Netanyahu speaks about the menace that is Iran.

Iran Could Make the Israel Conflict ‘Spin Out of Control’ | Lieutenant General Sir Simon Mayall

Oct 18, 2023 | “If Iran wishes to foment maybe an uprising or to use its proxies in Hezbollah to bombard the northern Israeli territories then this could really spark off.” Iran’s involvement in the Israeli conflict could make it “spin out of control” says Lieutenant General Sir Simon Mayall.

La chercheuse franco-iranienne Fariba Adelkhah, retenue en Iran depuis 2019, est rentrée en France

LE MONDE : La chercheuse à Sciences Po avait été libérée en février, sans avoir le droit de quitter l’Iran. Elle avait été condamnée en 2020 pour atteinte à la sécurité nationale.

Plus de sept mois après sa sortie de prison, la chercheuse franco-iranienne Fariba Adelkhah est rentrée en France mardi, a fait savoir Sciences Po mercredi 18 octobre. L’institut d’études politiques, où elle travaillait, avait annoncé sa libération en février, mais la chercheuse n’était pas autorisée à quitter le territoire iranien. » | Le Monde avec AFP | mercredi 18 octobre 2023

Iran Warns of ‘Multiple Fronts’ If Israel’s Gaza Attacks Continue.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Iran’s foreign minister spoke after a whirlwind tour of allies in the region. Israel’s northern border with Lebanon is being closely monitored as the first potential flashpoint where the war could spread.

Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, returned to Tehran after a regional tour that included visits with a top Hamas official in Doha, Qatar; Hezbollah’s leader in Beirut; and the Syrian president in Damascus. | Abbas Salman/EPA, via Shutterstock
Iran’s foreign minister warned on Monday that a regional network of militias known in parts of the Middle East as the “axis of resistance” would open “multiple fronts” against Israel if its attacks continued to kill civilians in Gaza.

“Time is running out very fast,” the official, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, said during a live televised interview with Iranian state television on Monday night. “If the war crimes against the Palestinians are not immediately stopped, other multiple fronts will open and this is inevitable.”

Mr. Amir Abdollahian spoke after returning to Tehran from a tour of capitals aligned or close to Iran. He met the top political official of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, in Doha, Qatar; the leader of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, in Beirut; and President Bashar al-Assad of Syria in Damascus.

In the interview, he said that in those meetings, the leaders of what is regionally called “the resistance” told him that “their hands are on the trigger” and said that “pre-emptive action” was possible “in the coming few hours” because those leaders would “naturally not allow the Zionist regime to do whatever it wants in Gaza” and then turn its attention to them. » | Farnaz Fassihi | Published: Monday, October 16, 2023; updated: Tuesday, October 17, 2023

Inside the Persecuted Church of Iran | Documentary Series Pt. 2

May 2, 2023 | What is it like being a Christian in Iran? In this episode of Neighborhoods and Nations, Steven Morales speaks to Iranian Christians about Iran’s secret church. Nima Alizadeh, an Iranian Christian, tells us about the persecution that Christians face in Tehran.

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Hard to Reach: Why Christianity Is Booming in Iran (Even under the Islamic Regime) | Documentary Series Pt. 1

Apr 25, 2023 | Iran is one of only three Islamic Republics in the world. And when you get down to it, you can see how it doesn’t actually function like a republic… but here’s why this matters. For the last 40 years, politics and religion in Iran have been one and the same. It’s the Islamic Republic of Iran. So the main religion is Islam. So you can’t have any other religion other than Islam. So when you are born in Iran, you are told you are Muslim. You have to practice Islam and that’s your religion by birth. Islam is not a choice, it’s what you’re forcibly born into, and in people’s minds: the rules of the government and the rules of Islam are the same thing. There is no separation between the church and state.

What Is Iran's Role in the Hamas Attacks on Israel? | DW News

Oct 10, 2023 | Hamas depends on foreign aid of all kinds. A lot of it comes from Iran. Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Tehran had no role in the Hamas terrorist attacks at the weekend. At the same time Khamenei praised the operation as an irreperable military and intelligence defeat. Iran and Hamas share the declared aim of destroying Israel.

Hamas Terrorism Echoes Barbaric Playbook from Putin to ISIS, Warns Historian

Oct 11, 2023 | “Hamas terrorists paid no attention to any modern laws of war, or any norms of any kind” in their attacks on Israel, says historian Anne Applebaum, a barbarism that reflects a wider attack on the institutions built to defend human rights after World War II. The Pulitzer winner discusses her essay and the war with MSNBC’s Ari Melber.

Israel Latest: 'All Hell Will Break Loose’ | Lord Richard Dannatt

Oct 10, 2023 | “This is a really critical moment in world history.” Whatever Israel does “will have huge consequences” and “all hell will break loose” if they provoke an attack from Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, says Lord Richard Dannatt, former head of the British Army.

How Will China and Russia React? | DW News

Oct 8, 2023 | German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has condemned the assault on Israel and said there was a risk the conflict could spread.

Later on Sunday, the United Nations Security Council will meet in a special session to discuss the attacks by Islamist militant group Hamas.⁣

Iranian Women's Rights Campaigner Narges Mohammadi Wins Nobel Peace Prize | DW News

Oct 6, 2023 | There are 351 candidates for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 out of which 259 are individuals and 92 are organizations. 351 candidates are the second highest number of candidates ever. For eight years in a row the number of candidates has been exceeding 300.

Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins 2023 Nobel peace prize: Mohammadi wins prize for her fight against oppression of women in Iran and to promote human rights for all »