Eye on Iran: New Satellite Photos Show Iran Establishing Another Base in Syria

TOP STORIES New Satellite Photos Show Iran Establishing Another Base in Syria | Fox News Iran has built another permanent military base outside Syria's capital city complete with hangers used to store missiles capable of hitting all of Israel, according to Western intelligence sources... On Capitol Hill Tuesday, the top U.S. military commander for American forces in the Middle East said Iran was "increasing" the number and "quality" of its ballistic missiles it was deploying to the region. US General: Iran Achieved in Five Years in Yemen What It Did in Lebanon in Two Decades | National (UAE) A senior US military commander sounded the alarm on Iran's role in Yemen on Tuesday, telling Congress that Tehran has accelerated the pace in arming and supporting the Houthis, and has achieved in five years in the war-ravaged country what took it two decades in Lebanon with Hezbollah. US Central Command (CENTCOM) chief General Joseph Votel said on Tuesday that Iran had "enhanced" its support and funding for proxy forces in the Middle East following the nuclear agreement signed in July 2015. Blacklisted Iranian Official Stirs Outrage at U.N. Human Rights Council | New York Times He was a prosecutor of Iran's Islamic revolution and acquired a notorious reputation for the arbitrary executions of thousands of opponents. A few decades later he oversaw the judiciary's 2009 trials of anti-government protesters and was denounced overseas, not least by the United Nations. But on Tuesday the former prosecutor, Seyyed Alireza Avaei, now Iran's minister of justice, appeared at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, one of nearly 100 ministers and dignitaries to speak at the start of its main session this year. The reaction inside and outside the council was outrage. UANI IN THE NEWS By Providing a Forum for Murderers, the UN Human Rights Council Undermines Its Own Mission | UANI Advisory Board Member Giulio Terzi for the Washington Examiner It is sad indeed that instead of giving a voice to mankind's better nature... the international human rights body would provide a forum for a man and a regime [Iran] that embody some of the worst human barbarity. IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL Top U.S. General: Iranian Regional Meddling Has Increased since Nuclear Deal | Weekly Standard Iran has boosted its investments in militant and terrorist groups across the Middle East since the enactment of the 2015 nuclear deal, the nation's top general who oversees U.S. Central Command said Tuesday. NUCLEAR & BALLISTIC-MISSILE PROGRAMS France's Le Drian Says Iran Ballistic Ambitions Very Worrying | Reuters French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Tuesday that Iran's ballistic missile ambitions were very worrying and ran counter to a U.N. resolution.  HUMAN RIGHTS Protests As Sanctioned Iran Minister Addresses UN Rights Meet | Agence France-Presse Demonstrators gathered outside the UN in Geneva Tuesday and some diplomats left in protest over an address by Iran's justice minister to the rights council, despite facing Swiss and EU sanctions over rights violations. U.S.-IRAN RELATIONS Iran: Vetoed Resolution Another Failure for U.S. | Agence France-Presse Iran said Tuesday that the vetoing of a U.N. resolution that would have criticized its role in Yemen represented another setback for the United States. Russia vetoed a resolution at the U.N. Security Council Monday that would have expressed concern over Iran's failure to block supplies of missiles to Yemen's Houthi rebels and called for "additional measures." CONGRESS & IRAN Lindsey Graham Warns Iran Is Testing Trump and Israel Is Preparing for War | Bloomberg Senator Lindsey Graham said Iran is testing President Donald Trump and warned Israel was preparing to start a war in southern Lebanon over an Iranian-backed Hezbollah rocket factory.  IRANIAN REGIONAL AGGRESSION US General: Iran Posing Long-Term Threat to Mideast Stability | VOA Iran is a major threat to U.S. interests and the long-term stability of the Mideast, the head of U.S. military's Central Command warned U.S lawmakers Tuesday. "Iran is generating instability across the region, and the Iranian Threat Network continues to increase in strength, enhancing its capacity to threaten U.S. and partner nation interests," General Joe Votel said... SYRIA & IRAN Top General: Countering Iran in Syria Not a US Military Mission | Hill The general in charge of U.S. Central Command said Tuesday that countering Iran is not a mission of the American-led coalition fighting ISIS... Still, [Gen. Joseph] Votel added, the coalition's relationships with the government of Iraq and with the Syrian Democratic Forces "put us in a position where we can impede Iran's objectives of establishing lines of communication through these critical areas and trying to connect Tehran to Beirut, for example." GULF STATES, YEMEN, & IRAN Trump Discusses Iran in Calls With Saudi, UAE Leaders: White House | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump discussed Iran's "destabilizing activities" and other security and economic issues in separate telephone calls with senior Saudi and Emirati leaders on Tuesday, the White House said. IRANIAN INTERNAL DEVELOPMENTS Iran Claims It Is 'Safest Country In Region' Despite U.S. Sanctions, Terrorism And Protests | Newsweek Iran's top diplomat bragged about his country's security situation, claiming that Tehran has withstood U.S. sanctions and other problems plaguing the Middle East. Eye on Iran is a periodic news summary from United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) a program of the American Coalition Against Nuclear Iran, Inc., a tax-exempt organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Eye on Iran is not intended as a comprehensive media clips summary but rather a selection of media elements with discreet analysis in a PDA friendly format. For more information please email press@uani.com. 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