Iran Conflict

Kuwait captured four IRGC-linked operatives who infiltrated their territory, Foreign Ministry says

Kuwait condemned the IRGC's actions, decrying them as a hostile infringement upon their sovereign territory, while demanding that the Islamic Republic of Iran halt its hostile acts.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IRGC Navy Martyr Hassan Bagheri warship and an IRGC speed boat are sailing along the Persian Gulf during the IRGC marine parade, on April 29, 2024.
People hold signs depicting US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an anti-US and anti-Israel rally at Valiasr Square, in Tehran, Iran, March 17, 2026

Israel's battle with Iran is not a war of choice, but necessity - opinion

For Israel, Iran’s repeated threats of annihilation and efforts to achieve its goal by different means makes this indeed a clean-cut case of necessity.

|ByZALMAN SHOVAL
THIS MAP illustrates China’s ‘New Silk Road’ initiative

The war with Iran is a major setback to China’s Belt and Road Initiative - opinion

The strategic consequence of the war is the collapse of core BRI assumptions.

|ByBOAZ GOLANY
A PLUME of smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the eastern outskirts of Tyre, in southern Lebanon, on March 24, 2026.

The limits of military might: Thoughts on the wars in Iran, Lebanon, and Gaza - opinion

Force can weaken enemies, but it does not eliminate them nor resolve the underlying conflicts.

|ByGERSHON BASKIN

Intelligence released proving Iranian military involvement in Syria

Released photo intelligence and exposed images demonstrate to the Iranians that Israel knows and understands the Iranian government's intentions in Syria.

APRIL 17, 2018ByJONATHAN WEBER ROSEN, MAARIV ONLINE
Mehrabad airfield in Tehran is used by Iran's Revolutionary Guards unit to ship arms to Syria

Intelligence released proving Iranian military involvement in Syria

Released photo intelligence and exposed images demonstrate to the Iranians that Israel knows and understands the Iranian government's intentions in Syria.

APRIL 17, 2018ByJONATHAN WEBER ROSEN, MAARIV ONLINE
Mehrabad airfield in Tehran is used by Iran's Revolutionary Guards unit to ship arms to Syria

Former Mossad chief: We must take the Iranian threats very seriously

Yatom says the Iranian drone Israel shot down was an exact replica of a US drone that fell in Iran.

APRIL 15, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF
A display of missiles and a portrait of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran

Iran envoy: Iran will destroy Tel Aviv, Haifa if Israel makes 'excuses'

Israel should "avoid stupid measures," warned the cleric.

APRIL 12, 2018ByREUTERS
Missiles and a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran

Iranian warships heading to Gulf of Mexico?

The growth of Iran's navy, especially its plans to build a naval port in Syria, concerns Israel.

NOVEMBER 28, 2017ByANNA AHRONHEIM
An Iranian soldier stands guard near Iranian Navy helicopter carrier

Macron briefs Netanyahu, Arab leaders on Lebanese crisis

Hariri’s resignation, which still is not formalized, threw Lebanon into political crisis and put it center-stage in the Middle East's overarching rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

NOVEMBER 19, 2017ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
French President Emmanuel Macron and Saad al-Hariri, who announced his resignation as Lebanon's prime minister while on a visit to Saudi Arabia, react on the steps of the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, November 18, 2017.

Will Iran's Israel doomsday clock join history's list of failed predictions?

While we shake in our boots for the next 25 years, let's take a look some of at history's past failures.

JUNE 25, 2017ByBECKY BROTHMAN
Iran unveils a clock to countdown to the destruction of Israel

Iranian official: Severing ties with Qatar not a solution to crisis

Iranian authorities have criticized a rising alliance between Washington and Riyadh against Tehran.

JUNE 5, 2017ByREUTERS
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivering a speech at Azadi Square in the capital of Iran , Tehran , during a ceremony to mark the 38th anniversary of the Islamic revolution.

Is the Iranian regime facing a Kurdish uprising?

Kurds are divided among the states of Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Iran. East Kurdistan, or Rojhelat as Kurds call it, is the Kurdish area in Iran.

APRIL 1, 2017BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A KURDISH peshmerga soldier stands at a lookout near Bashiqa in northern Iraq

The Persian Gambit

Tough measures are needed toward the Islamic Republic.

MARCH 20, 2017ByAFSHEEN JOHN RADSAN, ROBERT DELAHUNTY
THE ISLAMIC Republic must stay at the top of the US State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism.