Let's talk Iran - March 8, 2021

TERRORISM

Iran guided Israeli embassy blast through local module, upsets India: Officials

India’s central counterterrorism agencies conclude that Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Quds Force was behind the January 29 terror plot targeting the Israeli embassy and that the bomb was planted by a local Indian Shia module. LINK

Zaghari-Ratcliffe: UK 'looking at ways to repay £400 million debt to Iran'

Ex-Foreign Office head says painful saga of British-Iranian national may be reaching ‘endgame’. This will only encourage Iran to continue its hostage-taking campaign. LINK

Heshmat Alavi @HeshmatAlavi

#BREAKING Saudi official tells the @WSJ that #Iran was behind last night's drone & missiles attack targeting Saudi Arabia, saying it is "unclear whether the attack was carried out from Iraq or Iran, but it did not come from Yemen."

Heshmat Alavi @HeshmatAlavi

#BREAKING #Iran-backed Houthis are launching a ballistic missile attack targeting Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province. -Saudi air defense units are reportedly engaging targets. -Initial unconfirmed reports suggest one impact possibly at Aramco oil facility. https://t.co/lxgEeRny8p

Attack on Aramco’s oil port and facilities ‘a terrorist act’: Arab Coalition

Last night's drone/ballistic missile attack on Aramco’s oil port and facilities were "a terrorist act," according to the Arab Coalition spokesperson. Iran supplied the weapons that were used in the attack. LINK

Oil prices surge after attack on Saudi oil site

Iran-backed terrorists take advantage of a weak atmosphere of U.S./EU appeasement to launch attacks. Energy prices surge as a result. This benefits Iran at the U.S./EU expense. Why would one insist on the appeasement policy is a legitimate question. LINK

Tom Cotton @SenTomCotton

Iran’s missiles are raining down on Saudi Arabia. President Biden’s policy? Lifting the terror designation on their proxy in Yemen and downgrading arm sales to the Saudis.

washingtonpost.comYemen’s Houthis claim missile attack on Saudi oil facilityThe Iran-linked group said it struck an Aramco facility in Jiddah early in the morning, one of three attacks that day.

Yemen's Houthis attack Saudi oil heartland with drones, missiles

Iran-backed Houthi forces fired drones and missiles at the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industry on Sunday, including a Saudi Aramco facility at Ras Tanura vital to petroleum exports, in what Riyadh called a failed assault on global energy security. LINK

Michael Johns @michaeljohns

By now, every American should know that the Islamic regime in Iran is the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world. With the Biden administration warming up to it, one of its primary beneficiaries--the #Houthis in #Yemen--are back in attack mode:

news.yahoo.comYemen’s Houthis attack Saudi oil heartland with drones, missilesYemen’s Houthi forces fired drones and missiles at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry on Sunday, including a Saudi Aramco facility at Ras Tanura vital ...

Nature of Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program

Since the signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal, Tehran’s ballistic missile program continues to pose a serious threat to the United States, its allies, and its strategic interests in the Middle East. Iran has test-fired nuclear-capable ballistic missiles at least ten times since July 2015, despite a UN Security Council resolution, approved along with the nuclear accord, which explicitly calls on Iran to refrain from such activity. Iran has shown no signs of slowing the development of its ballistic missile program, which is inextricably intertwined with its nuclear program. In fact, long-range ballistic missiles have historically always been developed in unison a nuclear weapons program. Iran has invested heavily in its missile and space programs and is making every effort to make them more efficient and operational. LINK

Iranian Dissidents Slam Nominee for Top Defense Post

President Joe Biden’s nominee for a top Pentagon post, Colin Kahl, is coming under fire from Iranian dissidents for his close ties with advocates for Iran's regime. Kahl, nominated to be the undersecretary of defense for policy, is a White House and State Department veteran who spoke at multiple events for the National Iranian American Council, an organization that helped arrange meetings between U.S. and Iranian government officials. LINK

Heshmat Alavi @HeshmatAlavi

#BREAKING IAEA report—#Iran has begun enriching uranium with a third cascade of 174 IR-2M centrifuges at its Natanz site. Additional reports suggest: -fourth cascade installed but not currently being fed uranium -fifth cascade being installed -sixth cascade planned File photos