“Iran
and Hezbollah were left out of an annual terrorism threat assessment
report offered in late February to the US Senate by Director of
National Intelligence James Clapper. Iran and Hezbollah had been
fixtures on the annual report before 2015. Iran’s efforts to fight
Sunni extremists, including the so-called Islamic State (IS, also
known as ISIL or ISIS), were touted in the unclassified version of
the Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Communities,
released recently.”
“Both
Iran and Hezbollah were included in the ‘Terrorism’ section of
the 2014 version of the threat assessment report, which said both
'continue to directly threaten the interests of U.S. allies.
Hizballah [sic] has increased its global terrorist activity in recent
years to a level that we have not seen since the 1990s.' Iran was
included in the ‘Terrorism’ section of previous threat
assessments, in 2011, 2012, and 2013.”
“Meanwhile,
talks regarding Iran’s nuclear program are set to resume in
Switzerland in the coming days. Little is known about the deal being
negotiated, but leaked information over the past several weeks
indicates that it would allow Iran to develop a civilian atomic
program under strict supervision, which would make it very difficult
to build a nuclear weapon.”
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