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File: A Cyprus police van carrying an Azeri national suspected of taking part in an alleged plot to attack Israelis on the Mediterranean island is pictured outside the criminal court in the capital Nicosia, on December 6, 2021. (Iakovos Hatzistavrou / AFP)
After Cyprus plot, Israel vows to thwart Iran terror ‘wherever it raises its head’
By ToI Staff
PM’s office says Israel operates widely and ‘in every place to protect Jews and Israelis,’ after Nicosia foils alleged Iranian-planned terror op in island nation
Illustrative picture of a Chabad center on Cyprus, September 2005, in the port city of Larnaca (Marina PASSOS / AFP)
June 26, 2023, 9:59 am
Iran said to target Israeli businessman, Chabad House, hotels in Cyprus terror plot
Greek intelligence services also arrest 7 Pakistan nationals said recruited by Tehran to carry out attacks in Greece, international arrest warrant issued for cell’s leader
By ToI Staff
File: A Cyprus police van carrying an Azeri national suspected of taking part in an alleged plot to attack Israelis on the Mediterranean island is pictured outside the criminal court in the capital Nicosia, on December 6, 2021. (Iakovos Hatzistavrou / AFP)
June 25, 2023, 11:05 pm
After Cyprus plot, Israel vows to thwart Iran terror ‘wherever it raises its head’
PM’s office says Israel operates widely and ‘in every place to protect Jews and Israelis,’ after Nicosia foils alleged Iranian-planned terror op in island nation
By ToI Staff
Illustrative -- A motorcyclist police officer escorts and guards a police van, Nicosia, Cyprus, June 24, 2019 (Petros Karadjias/AP)
June 25, 2023, 12:04 pm
Cyprus thwarts Iranian attack targeting Jews and Israelis — reports
Planned terror attack said foiled by intelligence services cooperating with Israeli, US counterparts; reportedly connected to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
By ToI Staff
In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police while in custody, in Tehran, October 27, 2022. (Middle East Images/AP)
June 19, 2023, 10:22 pm
Iran accuses 20 countries, including Israel, of fomenting Mahsa Amini protests
Intelligence officer claims Emirati and Israeli officials held meetings in unnamed Arab country to back demonstrations
By AFP
Illustrative: This photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA shows missiles in the sky near the international airport, in Damascus, Syria, on January 21, 2019. (SANA via AP)
June 14, 2023, 3:58 am
Syria says soldier ‘severely wounded’ in Israeli airstrikes near Damascus
UK-based Syrian group reports hits on military warehouses belonging to Iran-backed militias; Syrian military source says attacks cause ‘material damage’
By AFP and Emanuel Fabian
Women look at Fattah missile in a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. Iran is claiming that it has created a hypersonic missile capable of traveling at 15 times the speed of sound. (Hossein Zohrevand/Tasnim News Agency via AP)
June 6, 2023, 11:01 am
Iran unveils claimed hypersonic missile, says it is able to evade all air defenses
State TV says Fattah missile — ‘Conqueror’ in Persian — has a range of up to 1,400 kilometers; claims it can get past Iron Dome, which Israel would not use for long-range missiles
By Jon Gambrell
The British frigate HMS Lancaster sails as Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels follow behind it in the Strait of Hormuz Friday, May 19, 2023. (AP/Jon Gambrell)
June 5, 2023, 4:16 am
US, British navies come to rescue of ship ‘harassed’ by Iran in Persian Gulf
Revolutionary Guard forces on fast-attack boats accused of nearing merchant vessel traversing key Strait of Hormuz, sparking distress call amid ongoing fight over seized tankers
By Jon Gambrell
File: Former US national security advisor John Bolton tals to journalists at the Global Taiwan National Affair Symposium XII in Taipei, Taiwan, April 29, 2023. (AP Photo/ Chiang Ying-ying)
June 2, 2023, 3:47 pm
US sanctions IRGC member over alleged plot to kill ex-Trump aide Bolton
Washington also targets other Iranians for suspected conspiracies to murder perceived threats against Tehran, which is seeking to avenge 2020 killing of top general
By FATIMA HUSSEIN, Matthew Lee, Ellen Knickmeyer and Eric Tucker
Illustrative: In this photo released January 16, 2021, by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, missiles are launched in a drill in Iran. (Iranian Revolutionary Guard/Sepahnews via AP)
May 30, 2023, 6:43 pm
Iran claims to test hypersonic missile that can breach all defense shields
Commander of Revolutionary Guard aerospace unit predicts that no technology for decades will be able to counter the new weapon
By ToI Staff
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani sits in a meeting in Tehran, Iran, on June 12, 2021. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
May 22, 2023, 1:57 pm
Iran’s security chief Shamkhani replaced with Revolutionary Guard official
After graft allegations, Shamkhani came under scrutiny due to ties to British-Iranian hanged in Iran who was accused of handing intel to UK, which allegedly passed it on to Israel
By AP and ToI Staff
This still image from video released by the US Navy shows the Panama-flagged oil tanker Niovi surrounded by Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, May 3, 2023. (US Navy via AP)
May 3, 2023, 3:42 pm
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seize tanker in Strait of Hormuz, for 2nd time in a week
US Navy releases video from capture of Panamanian-flagged ship, says IRGC’s harassment of vessels ‘contrary to international law and disruptive to regional security and stability’
By Jon Gambrell
In this Feb. 11, 2019 file photo, Iranian Revolutionary Guard members attend a ceremony celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, at the Azadi, or Freedom, Square in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
May 3, 2023, 9:40 am
2 killed as Revolutionary Guard base in Iran rocked by explosion
Blast reportedly occurs during a ‘movement of ammunition’ at facility on outskirts of northern city of Damghan; 3 wounded
By AP
Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps are seen at an annual military parade in front of the mausoleum of the late Ayatollah Khomeini just outside Tehran on September 22, 2014. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi/File)
May 2, 2023, 7:35 pm
Revolutionary Guard has taken over Iran’s economy, secret files said to show
Opposition group provides UK’s The Times with memos showing how powerful unit is involved in key aspects of country’s finances; analyst talks of IRGC plan to target global Jewry
By ToI Staff
In this September 22, 2014, photo, members of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard march during an annual military parade at the mausoleum of ayatollah Khomeini, outside Tehran, Iran (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
April 24, 2023, 3:47 pm
West toughens sanctions on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard over protest crackdown
Britain hits paramilitary group with travel ban, asset freeze as US sanctions four senior officials and EU blacklists eight others
By AFP
A US Navy L3 Harris Arabian Fox MAST-13 drone boat and the US Coast Guard cutter USCGC John Scheuerman transit the Strait of Hormuz on April 19, 2023 (Information Systems Technician 1st Class Vincent Aguirre/U.S. Coast Guard via AP)
April 19, 2023, 3:20 pm
US Navy sails first drone boat through key strategic waterway Strait of Hormuz
Spokesman says that while L3 Harris Arabian Fox MAST-13 speedboat carrying sensors and cameras drew attention of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, trip took place without incident
By Jon Gambrell
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