1) Newsweek — #Iran has sent deadly "Shahed-136 suicide/kamikaze drones" to the Houthis in #Yemen. These advanced UAVs are deployed to the Houthi-controlled northern Yemeni province of Al-Jawf.
March 22, 2017
“… seven Houthi Qasef-1 drones and one drone engine recovered by forces from the UAE. Six of the drones were captured in October on a known Iranian smuggling route that runs through Oman…” washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoin…
10) The U.S. & the entire int’l community should indeed designate the Houthis as terrorists.
For those interested, read this thread for more published reports on #Iran’s regime providing weapons, training & financial support to the Houthis in Yemen.
#Iran showcases its drone arsenal, including bomber, suicide & electronic warfare UAVs
Reminders:
-Iran is the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, incl Hezbollah &...
-Some western govs insist on further appeasing Tehran's mullahs.
12) ADDENDUM
In addition to the Houthis, #Iran has been providing weapons to Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, various Iraqi militias, and Fatemiyoun & Zainebiyoun militias fighting in Syria.
13) ADDENDUM
Sensing appeasement in the air, #Iran's regime is flexing its muscles to both boost domestic morale among its forces & escalate its known extortion measures prior to possible talks with the West.
14) ADDENDUM
#Iran specifically says it will confront its enemies 1,000 kilometers away from its borders, further indicating how foreign meddling is a key pillar to this regime's survival.
15) ADDENDUM
#Iran claims:
"No place in the world is beyond our reach… Every inch of the enemy's territory is within Iran's range of fire."
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Israeli night raids targeting arms depots & military positions in eastern Syria killed at least 7 Syrian soldiers & 16 allied fighters in the deadliest raids this year, a war monitor said Wednesday.
Reports are indicating some of the most important weapons storage sites for militias supported by #Iran's IRGC Quds Force in eastern #Syria were targeted in these airstrikes.
"Ayyash" warehouses located in the western countryside of Deir Ezzor.
Al-Qaeda has a new home base. It is the Islamic Republic of #Iran. We ignore this Iran/al-Qaeda nexus at our own peril.
Al-Qaeda has had a relationship with Iran for nearly three decades.
Pompeo:
-#Iran helped al-Qaeda plan the 9/11 attacks.
-Al Qaeda No .2 Abu Mohammed al-Masri was killed in Tehran in August 2020.
-Iran's Intelligence Ministry provides logistical support to al-Qaeda.
-Zawahiri's deputies are living there now very comfortably.
#UPDATE
U.S. imposes counter terrorism sanctions on five people tied to #Iran, designating them each as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT). reuters.com/article/us-usa…
"Professor Marandi, amongst many other bodies, heads the University of Tehran Centre for Public Opinion Research (UTCPOR), which is monitored by the Iranian Foreign Ministry."
"Blacks are poor in the US... they live in slums... high school graduates have the knowledge of our 2nd or 3rd graders... TV constantly tells them they are violent, smugglers... all they have left is sports."