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Iran Has Direct Military
Presence On Israel's Borders,
Report Says
(JNS.org) Iran has a direct military
presence along Israel's northern border,
according to a new report by the Middle
East Media Research Institute.
The report, based on research of Arab
and Iranian media, says that in recent
years, "Iran has based its deployment
in Syria on the establishment of a new
Hezbollah Syria organization along the
lines of Hezbollah Lebanon, as well as
on the direct presence of Iranian forces
in Syria, particularly on the Golan
Heights."
According to the report, Iran's deploy-

ment in Syria "reveals a trend of Iranian
activity in the region that is direct,
not only by proxy as it has been to
date." Iranian command posts in the
Golan Heights oversee "130,000 trained
Iranian Basij fighters waiting to enter
Syria," which is evident from com-
ments by Iranian Revolutionary Guard
Corps (IRGC) senior official Hossein
Hamedani last May that were removed
immediately after publication in Iran.

New IAEA Report:
Iran Stalls On Compliance
With Nuclear Probe
(JNS.org) A new report from the
International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA), the United Nations-affiliated
nuclear watchdog, found that Iran is
continuing to fail to fully cooperate
with an investigation into the country's
nuclear activity.
"Iran has not provided any explana-
tions that enable the agency to clarify
the outstanding practical measures," the
IAEA said.
Last year, Iran agreed to provide the
IAEA with information on three aspects
of its nuclear program: alleged experi-

ments with nuclear detonators, work on
high-explosive charges used in nuclear
blasts, and studies on the calculation of
nuclear explosive yields.
"Iran insists on hiding this [nuclear
program] from the international com-
munity at a time when the major pow-
ers are continuing to try and allow
Iran to produce the core of such weap-
ons, enriched uranium. These do not
go together," Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu said.
Iran and world powers have a June 30
deadline to reach a final nuclear deal.

White House, State
Department Confirm
Withholding Information On
Iran Talks From Israel
(JNS.org) Both the White House and
State Department confirmed that the
U.S. has been withholding information
from Israel concerning the nuclear talks
with Iran.
"The United States is not going to be
in a position of negotiating this agree-
ment in public, particularly when we
see that there is a continued practice of
cherry-picking specific pieces of infor-

mation and using them out of context
to distort the negotiating position of
the United States," White House Press
Secretary Josh Earnest said.
An earlier report by Israel's Channel 2
network had said that the U.S. was with-
holding information on the Iran talks in
order to "punish" Israel.
Earnest said, "There's no question that
some of the things that the Israelis have
said in characterizing our negotiating
position have not been accurate."
State Department spokeswomen Jen
Psaki said the Obama administration is
trying to ensure that "classified negoti-
ating details stay behind closed doors"
and also accused Israel of distortion.
"It's safe to say that not everything
you're hearing from the Israeli govern-
ment is an accurate reflection of the
details of the talks," Psaki said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu said last Thursday that Israel
"knows the details of the proposed
agreement" on Iran's nuclear program.
"I think this is a bad agreement that is
dangerous for the State of Israel ... If
anyone thinks otherwise, what is there
to hide here?"

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