Jason Brodsky
@JasonMBrodsky · Middle East
Jason Brodsky is followed by Storyz World for research and subject expertise coverage connected to Iran in the Middle East chapter.
A man and a woman have been arrested by counter-terrorism police in London on suspicion of assisting #Iran’s foreign intelligence service. https://t.co/oegD7ht5ZE
Today @USTreasury took action against entities and individuals that support Kata’ib #Hezbollah (KH) and Hezbollah, including a Dubai-based hawala, Shams & Bahr Trading Company L.L.C. Also today, OFAC published a new #Iran Statement of Licensing Policy, notifying the public of a presumption of denial except as required by law or in certain circumstances, such as risk to life, limb, or environmental safety. https://t.co/e49NHDdwxI
US officials believe there are currently *hundreds* of #Iran regime IRGC officers in Yemen, working alongside the Houthis with goal of ultimately shutting down the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, which connects the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean, one of the sources told CNN. https://t.co/YY4I26Xeeu
Fireworks with the destruction of #Hezbollah's Ali al-Taher ridge tunnel system by #Israel's IDF on the eve of Rosh Hashanah. Chag Sameach. https://t.co/VcO0i54kxd
#Israel's IDF just used more than 1,100 tons of explosives to demolish the #Hezbollah tunnels beneath the Ali Taher Ridge, which was built over two decades and served as strategic infrastructure. #Iran's regime threatened to attack Israel if it blew up the structure. The IDF just did it.
"The Post understands that thwarting Tehran from rebuilding such weapons group facilities is one of Binder’s top focuses, and so far the regime has not made any serious progress on the issue." https://t.co/2AwU42S86O
“There are some indications that there is movement around this construction site,” Grossi said. “We don’t have any concrete information as to activities that may be taking place there.” https://t.co/PnWvZDPwRv
"The Navy has seldom mustered such a formidable presence there since the heights of the Afghan and Iraq wars, and the move reflects the fact that the administration is considering a ramp-up of its military-strike campaign after November, the officials said." https://t.co/ktTWrA0RAB
Countering this advance from the #Iran regime backed #Houthis cannot fall on Saudi Arabia alone. https://t.co/Y0PO5xxeGe
An Iraqi commander of the #Iran-backed militia who allegedly plotted attacks against Jewish targets in Europe, Canada and the United States tried to enter Singapore on multiple occasions, the city-state’s security agency says. Singapore says it would not have allowed Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi to enter the country. https://t.co/wGifXfZLYh
"The attempted strikes on warships have led to much closer calls than previous attempts, with #Iran using maneuverable warheads, people familiar with the attacks said." https://t.co/uUJntu5Uxn
Some Iranian officials may want to wait out President Trump—looking over the horizon at American politics. He’s too risk-ready and unpredictable for them and they see currents in both parties over the horizon that are less threatening to the regime. https://t.co/JMkqmtp4Ou
Pakistan has delivered a Saudi warning to Iran to rein in its Yemeni Houthi allies after they stepped up attacks on the kingdom, in a coordinated effort to prevent the crisis from spiralling, Saudi, Pakistani and Iranian sources said. https://t.co/sgmO5iHcjl
#Niger voting against this historic IAEA censure resolution against #Iran's regime underscores the closer relations between Tehran and Niamey in recent years, particularly amid reports of deals for yellowcake in exchange for Iranian drones and missiles. https://t.co/tePjuusuMP
#Argentina’s intelligence authorities have reportedly received warnings of a possible #Hezbollah plan to carry out targeted killings in the country, with Diego Kravetz, a senior official in the country’s intelligence agency SIDE, identified as one of the potential targets. https://t.co/KIcrRUTLzO
This IAEA BoG resolution to refer #Iran's regime to the UNSC got more yes votes than previous censure resolutions without a referral. The June 2025 resolution received 19 yes votes.
"Saudi Arabia and the U.S. responded with joint airstrikes that killed at least 20 Iraqi fighters, six Iranian advisers and at least one Houthi official. The death of the Houthi, not previously reported, was confirmed by a Houthi official and an Iraqi militia member." https://t.co/4A5OTSkjuu
The U.S. military also maintains operational plans for striking Pickaxe Mountain in #Iran, and the facility was included in a target package considered earlier this summer, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. The Pentagon has made preparations this year to test classified capabilities against deeply buried targets, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing federal contracting records and people familiar with the effort. https://t.co/mDMv5RuU54
"The documents and two Oil Ministry sources point to Mohammad Javad Bavand, a former Revolutionary Guards intelligence official appointed to oversee oil trading, as a central figure in the new arrangement." https://t.co/iRr4CHqhxA
A Panama-flagged tanker carrying 2 million barrels of Iraqi fuel oil was struck by a drone in Iraqi territorial waters on Wednesday, two port officials said. https://t.co/pyCasS3pwt
Sunni Kurdish cleric Mamosta Mohammad Nezhati was killed in northwestern #Iran, the Revolutionary Guards said in a statement reported on Wednesday by the semi-official Mehr news agency. https://t.co/XWjMjAYLBK
Traditionally #Iran's regime reserves cluster munitions for #Israel as opposed to Arab states, so this would be an escalation.
This retaliation reflects what Ghalibaf stated a few days ago: that in #Iran's regime's mind, the era of proportional responses is over.
Interceptions of #Iran’s regime’s ballistic missile attack begin in #Jordan.
Footage of ballistic missile launches from #Iran following U.S. strikes on Iranian tankers. https://t.co/AOO2iwpbMj
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