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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 592

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The Tomb of Esther and Mordechai in Hamedan, Iran. (CC BY-SA Philippe Chavin/Wikipedia)
May 17, 2020, 3:42 pm
Iran officials confirm ‘minor damage’ by fire at Tomb of Mordechai and Esther
Regime-controlled website publishes — then deletes — report that a person was seen in CCTV footage trying, and failing, to torch Jewish holy site right after Israel’s anniversary
By ToI Staff
An Iranian checks various currency rates at an exchange shop window in downtown Tehran, Iran, November 5, 2018. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
November 6, 2018, 12:25 am
Will renewed sanctions force Iran to buckle? Ask after midterm results are in
Analysts say Tehran is unlikely to cave quickly, will hope for a new US administration in 2020; a blue wave during Tuesday’s midterms may give it enough hope to hold out
By Raphael Ahren
Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, speaks with Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, left, in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 (Syrian presidency Facebook page)
October 7, 2015, 8:44 pm
Iranian opposition grows vocal on ayatollahs’ Syria policy
A series of articles questions Iran’s support for Bashar Assad, but so far with little impact on policy, Israeli expert says
By Elhanan Miller
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in Tehran on July 18, 2015 (Iran Press TV screenshot)
July 22, 2015, 9:39 am
Khamenei aims to ensure Iran deal won’t lead to regime change
If world powers are hoping the influx of Western money and ideals will boost and even ultimately empower reformists, they’ve likely miscalculated
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of the United States Congress in the House chamber at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, March 3, 2015. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
April 5, 2015, 8:05 pm
Constructive Israeli action, not lobbying, seen vital in wake of Iran deal
Experts say Netanyahu must focus on hindering regime’s push for hegemony and blocking its path to the bomb, including with expanded intelligence-gathering
By Mitch Ginsburg
Lebanese women throw flowers on January 19, 2015 as Hezbollah supporters carry the coffin of Jihad Mughniyeh, the son of Imad Mughniyeh, who was killed in the air strike on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights (photo credit: AP/Bilal Hussein)
January 19, 2015, 7:37 pm
Israel threatened with bombing campaign after Hezbollah hit
Social media push backed by Hezbollah calls on Israelis to ‘prepare your bomb shelters’; large-scale retaliation not expected
By Elhanan Miller
Iranian nurse Zahra Akbarzadeh, left, gives one-day-old baby girl Setayesh to her mother, Tayyebeh Sadat Bidaki, to feed her at the Mehr hospital, in Tehran, Sunday, July 29, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Vahid Salemi)
October 31, 2013, 2:24 pm
As Iran’s birthrate drops, parliament springs into action
But new legislation will do little to dissuade Iranians from marrying later and having fewer kids, Israeli expert says
By Elhanan Miller
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton attend a meeting of the five permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany on Thursday, September 26, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Jason DeCrow)
October 3, 2013, 4:32 am
Can the Israeli and Iranian bare minimums overlap?
A look at Israeli requirements, and Iranian ambitions, in the final stretch of the Islamic Republic’s decades-old drive to nuclear weapons capability
By Mitch Ginsburg
Siamak Moreh Sedgh (left), greets Sayyed Hassan Khomeini, grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran. (photo credit: Website of Iran's Jewish community)
September 20, 2013, 10:59 am
Rouhani’s Jewish MP escort to UN has blasted ‘inhuman’ Israel
Siamak Moreh Sedgh, set to accompany the Iranian president to New York, repeatedly distanced himself from the Jewish state
By Elhanan Miller
A female supporter of Iranian presidential candidate Hasan Rowhani flashes a victory sign as she holds his poster during a celebration gathering in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 15, 2013 (photo credit: AP)
June 16, 2013, 1:45 am
Iran votes for change, but new president will have a hard time delivering
Hasan Rowhani may have his heart in the right place, but his ability to overcome a conservative supreme leader is limited
By Elhanan Miller
Hassan Rouhani (photo credit: Mojtaba Salimi/Wikimedia Commons)
June 5, 2013, 2:28 am
For Iranian moderates, a glimmer of hope
Presidential hopeful Hassan Rouhani, a relative liberal, could squeeze though to the second round run-off, experts posit, but Khameini won’t let him win presidency
By Elhanan Miller
Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani registering his candidacy for president in May 2013. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi)
May 22, 2013, 4:04 pm
Iran’s presidential shortlist exposes a fearful regime
The removal of two outspoken Khamenei critics indicates the narrowing of legitimate discourse in the Islamic Republic, experts say
By Elhanan Miller
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