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Let us not fool ourselves: Iran has not changed - opinion

The Iranian leadership has not changed its goals or ideology, and the chants to kill Americans and Israelis are still what the public hears from its government.

|ByELIE KLUTSTEIN
Smoke and flames rise after an explosion in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, Iran, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video released on July 8, 2026.
Former deputy minister of foreign affairs Danny Ayalon seen at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on October 23, 2012.

'Massive surrender to Iran': Former Israeli ambassador to US Danny Ayalon admonishes US-Iran MoU

"What is happening today is massive surrender by the US to Iran; the Iranians are setting the tone, the US is releasing funds to Iran," he said.

|By103FM
PEOPLE RIDE motorcycles near a billboard with an image of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, May 19, 2026.

Iran prepares to bury slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with week of mass mourning

Iran's supreme leader was killed by US and Israeli strikes in their first attack of the war and the funeral events will begin over the weekend in Tehran, with mass processions planned next week.

|ByREUTERS
A man holds a photo of Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, while the flags of the US and Israel are burnt, as people gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, April 8, 2026.

The scorpion never changes: a brutal lesson in foreign policy - opinion

The most dangerous assumption in foreign policy is not overestimating an enemy’s strength; it is assuming an enemy secretly wants what we want. 

|ByLOUIS LIBIN, MICHAEL J SALAMON

Gantz at IAC: Israel is the only country in the world that Iran seeks to destroy

Speaking at the Israeli-American Council, Defense Minister Benny Gantz stressed the shared Israeli-US urgency when it comes to the Iran issue.

DECEMBER 10, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the Israeli American Council, December 10, 2021

IDF, US Marines joint-exercise concludes

The collaboration is part of the United States and Israel’s long-standing military cooperation, though the exercise also comes amid heightened tensions with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

NOVEMBER 14, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US Marines with Alpha Company, BLT 1/1, 11th MEU, are seen taking part in a drill near the Red Sea.

CIA head to meet with head of Israeli Military Intelligence

The head of the CIA is in Israel amid reports that the US is considering alternative ways to get Iran to stop advancing its nuclear program as negotiations to return to the 2015 Iran deal stall.

AUGUST 10, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV, ANNA AHRONHEIM
William Burns, nominee for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director, is sworn into his Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 24, 2021.

Why would Israel say US is getting outplayed by Iran? - analysis

Before looking for whom the message was intended, it is worth looking first at who was not likely the targeted audience: US President Joe Biden and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

APRIL 19, 2021ByHERB KEINON
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif shakes hands with High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of European Commission Josep Borrell in Tehran, Iran, February 3, 2020

US defense chief to visit Israel amid cloud of Iranian tensions - analysis

Experts say that the Red Sea area became a primary venue for confrontation between Jerusalem and Tehran in the past three years.

APRIL 10, 2021ByUDI SHAHAM
Retired General Lloyd Austin testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing to be the next Secretary of Defense in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, US. January 19, 2021.

Israel concerned as US offers to axe Iran sanctions for JCPOA compliance

The JCPOA is the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, which placed limitations on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program that would expire in 2030.

APRIL 8, 2021ByLAHAV HARKOV
US State Department spokesman Ned Price takes questions from reporters at the State Department in Washington, US, March 31, 2021.

How a US intelligence analyst thinks Biden should handle Iran

...And how a civilian intel researcher learned Jason Bourne-style driving tricks

FEBRUARY 25, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Maj.-Gen. Hossein Salami visits underground missile site of Iran's Revolutionary Guards

Iran nuclear deal: The 3 years versus 3 months dilemma

SECURITY AFFAIRS: Iran’s missiles against the US and Israel amid the next stage of the nuclear showdown

FEBRUARY 11, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
IRANIAN WOMEN hold pictures of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the late Iranian Lt.-Gen. Qasem Soleimani, during the celebration of the 42nd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran on Wednesday.

A return to the 2015 Iran deal is impossible

The IAEA’s failures underscore how the JCPOA is untenable in its current form.

FEBRUARY 11, 2021ByJACOB NAGEL
NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL Jens Stoltenberg holds a news conference to discuss ways to try to save the Iran nuclear deal, in Brussels, Belgium, last month.

The US, Israel must stay tough on Iran - comment

Let there be no mistake: Iran has a sophisticated and extensive nuclear program.

FEBRUARY 11, 2021ByJPOST EDITORIAL
IDF CHIEF of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi. Israel can criticize the Americans for returning to the Iran deal, as Kochavi illustrated during a speech last month.