comments feedFrom the Peoples Dispatch / Globetrotter News Service Headlines: U.S. Activists Face Harassment From Authorities Upon Return From Cuba On May 7, several participants in the May Day Brigade of the U.S.-based National Network on Cuba (NNOC), were detained and harassed by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol upon arrival to the United States from Cuba. Similarly, on May […]
Girls forced to marry & killed in Iran
February 10, 2023 by Leave a Comment
By Miriam Karmali, Freedom United Mona Heydari was just 17 years old when she was murdered by her husband. Coerced into marriage as a child, Mona suffered domestic abuse before her life was brutally taken last year. Devastatingly, Mona Heydari’s death is not an isolated incident. Demanding an end to forced child marriage everywhere NOW! Sign […]
Mandiant shares its top 14 cybersecurity predictions for 2022
December 21, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Paris – Mandiant publishes its prediction report – 14 cybersecurity predictions for 2022 and beyond. “The only constant in our industry is uncertainty in the cyber realm. Attackers are constantly evolving: they are becoming more sophisticated and changing their tactics, techniques and procedures to try to get a head start on defenders,” said David Grout, Chief […]
Iran to fuel Centrifuges in new step away from Nuclear Deal
November 6, 2019 by Leave a Comment
From Newsmax Iran will start injecting uranium gas into centrifuges at its underground Fordow enrichment facility, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, a highly symbolic breach that will complicate European efforts to salvage Tehran’s nuclear deal. Under the 2015 agreement between Iran and world powers, Iran agreed to turn Fordow into a “nuclear, physics […]
Saudi Arabia vows to respond to oil attacks with ‘necessary measures’
September 22, 2019 by Leave a Comment
From BBC Saudi Arabia says it will respond with “necessary measures” to attacks on two oil facilities as it reiterated the accusation that Iran was behind them. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir said the weapons used were Iranian and vowed to release the full findings of the investigation. Iran denies involvement in […]
Threat level raised to ‘critical’ for UK ships in Iranian waters
July 11, 2019 by Leave a Comment
From BBC The UK has raised the threat to British shipping in Iranian waters in the Gulf to the highest level – where the risk of attack is “critical”. The step was taken on Tuesday, amid growing tensions in the region. On Wednesday, Iranian boats tried to impede a British oil tanker in the region […]
US cyberattack reportedly knocked out Iran missile control systems
June 27, 2019 by Leave a Comment
By Jon Fingas From engadget The President reportedly signed off on the digital strike. he US may have withheld a physical military response to Iran shooting down a drone, but it might not have shown similar restraint with a digital campaign. Washington Post sources say the President greenlit a long-in-the-making cyberattack that took down Iranian missile control computers […]
Iran to break Uranium stockpile limit in 10 days
June 17, 2019 by Leave a Comment
From Newsmax Iran will break the uranium stockpile limit set by Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers in the next 10 days, the spokesman for the country’s atomic agency said Monday while also warning that Iran could enrich uranium up to 20% — just a step away from weapons-grade levels. The announcement by Behrouz Kamalvandi, […]
US evacuates some government employees from Iraq over Iran threat
May 15, 2019 by Leave a Comment
From Newsmax Washington ordered the departure of non-emergency American employees from its diplomatic missions in Iraq on Wednesday in another show of concern about alleged threats from Iran. President Donald Trump’s administration is applying new sanctions pressure on Tehran and sending additional forces to the Middle East to counter what it says is a heightened […]
US charges intelligence officer in Iran espionage case
February 13, 2019 by Leave a Comment
From Newsmax A former U.S. Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran has been charged with revealing classified information to the Tehran government, including the code name and secret mission of a Pentagon program. The Justice Department said Wednesday that Monica Elfriede Witt, 39, defected in 2013 after attending a conference in Iran aimed […]
