Iran

An Iranian Basij commander and associate of the late General Qassem Soleimani was gunned down outside his home in the Khuzestan Province of Iran.

A looming conflict with Iran, escalation in Gaza and West Bank and an all-out war in the northern borders are possibilities that confront Israel this year, according to a new report by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) from Tel Aviv University.

In a “strategic assessment,” INSS warned of a “rise in the likelihood of war” with regards to a variety of security, political and diplomatic factors.

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nation announced the Jewish state’s support for the people of Iran in the midst of their continued protests to unseat the current Islamic regime.

Speaking at the UN Security Council Debate on the Middle East in NewYork, Ambassador Danny Danon addressed the people of Iran in Persian, “Israel is on your side.”

Christian convert and human rights activist Fatemeh Mohammadi was arrested in the midst of anti-government demonstrations in Tehran and was taken to an unknown location, Iranian Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reported.

Amateur videos and security footage released days after the devastating crash of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 proved that the passenger jet was deliberately shot down, killing all 176 people on board the flight.