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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iran on Friday said the U.S., as a “backer” of Israel, “shall be held fully accountable” for the series of strikes Jerusalem levied overnight against Tehran, its nuclear and military facilities, and top officials – deepening retaliatory concerns over U.S. bases near Iran. The U.N. Mission to Iran sent a letter to …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israel’s overnight strike on Iran was not only one of the most ambitious aerial campaigns in recent history, it was the result of years of covert planning, surveillance and infiltration by Israeli intelligence.  While dozens of fighter jets bombed nuclear and military targets across Iran early Friday morning, the groundwork had long …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iran on Friday confirmed it will not end its nuclear programs despite the overnight attacks by Israel on its atomic facilities and apparent continued U.S. efforts to meet with Iranian counterparts on Sunday. In a statement released by the Iranian government, Tehran claimed Israel’s attack proved it has a “right to enrichment …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi called Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Friday following airstrikes on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, an Israeli presidential spokesperson told Fox News.  Grossi told Herzog that the facility was severely damaged in the strikes, according to Israeli media reports.  “We are currently in contact with …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that one of Iran’s top nuclear facilities had been hit in Thursday night’s strike against the regime. “Iran has produced enough highly enriched uranium for nine atom bombs, nine,” Netanyahu said. “In recent months, Iran is taking steps that it has never taken before, steps to …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have launched a sweeping strike on Iran following months of attempted, and seemingly failed, nuclear negotiations between the Trump administration and Tehran, but according to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the U.S. was not involved in the strikes.  “Tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran,” Rubio said in …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Thursday wouldn’t say an attack by Israel on Iran was imminent, but warned it “could happen” as the U.S. continues to pressure Tehran on a nuclear deal, but simultaneously prepares evacuations from the Middle East.  “I don’t want to say imminent, but it looks like it’s something that …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iran’s refusal to play ball with the United Nation’s nuclear watchdog, which is charged with monitoring all nations’ nuclear programs, has meant the body cannot verify whether Tehran’s program is “entirely peaceful” despite the regime’s claims. Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, on Monday issued a warning …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump on Monday confirmed he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding Iran and the ongoing negotiations. In speaking to reporters after the call he said he reiterated to Netanyahu Washington’s push to make a deal to avoid direct conflict.  “We’re trying to make a deal so that there’s …

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned some 35 individuals involved in laundering money for Iran on Friday as the administration seeks to make a deal with Iran over its nuclear weapons program. A State Department spokesperson said in a statement that,”This network has laundered billions of …