Iran Focus

London, 9 Aug – Saudi journalist Mashari Althaydi wrote an op-ed for Al Arabiya in which he decried minorities in Lebanon for their support of the Iranian-backed terror cell Hezbollah, who are attacking the Syrian opposition groups near to the border between the two countries.

In the piece, titled “Lebanon and the unfortunate alliance of minorities”, Althaydi assesses that it is strange how many Lebanese Christians are throwing their support behind a Shiite Muslim terrorist group who are funded by another county.

Iran Focus

London, 9 Aug – An Iranian drone flew around an American Super Hornet fighter jet as it circled an aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf, according to US Defense Department officials on Tuesday.

The unarmed drone came within 100 feet of the fighter jet, which then had to swerve to avoid a collision, despite repeated radio calls from the US, demanding that the Iranian vehicle stay clear of the aircraft carrier Nimitz and the fighter jet accompanying it.

Iran Focus

London, 9 Aug – Henry Kissinger has warned that destroying ISIS could lead to a radical Iranian empire, if we aren’t careful.

The former US diplomat has speculated that once ISIS has been defeated, the Iranian Regime will seize the free territory- rather than handing it back to the rightful state- and use this to further their sectarian dreams of a new empire.

In an article for CapX, the former Secretary of State under President Richard Nixon, wrote: “If the ISIS territory is occupied by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards or Shia forces trained and directed by it, the result could be a territorial belt reaching from Tehran to Beirut, which could mark the emergence of an Iranian radical empire.”