All posts tagged: retaliation

Fauci Deputy Who Refused COVID-19 Vaccine Feared Retaliation: Emails

Fauci Deputy Who Refused COVID-19 Vaccine Feared Retaliation: Emails

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A top government doctor who declined to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 was worried he would lose his job and medical license in retaliation, according to newly obtained emails. The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., on May 30, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times “There were times when I was worried about losing my job especially when we first started receiving emails about [vaccine] mandate deadlines,” Dr. Matthew Memoli, who led the Laboratory of Infectious Diseases clinical studies unit at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) during the COVID-19 pandemic, said in one missive to a NIAID spokesman. He added later that he was more concerned about losing his medical license because he was aware there were “protections for government employees.” “Washington, DC directly threatened to take away my medical license which would have threatened my job (I need a medical license) so I applied for a Virginia license and protected myself that way,” Memoli also wrote in the email, …

Strikes on Iranian universities raise war crime questions, fears of retaliation

Strikes on Iranian universities raise war crime questions, fears of retaliation

Published by Sam Flores

The same universities where students were protesting the Iranian regime weeks ago have shown up as rubble in news footage of the war.   Almost two dozen universities in the country have sustained damage, with questions arising as to whether the attacks on academic institutions constitute a war crime.   Iran is threatening to retaliate against U.S.-affiliated schools in… Source link

Iran warns of retaliation after US bombing of Kharg Island – POLITICO

Iran warns of retaliation after US bombing of Kharg Island – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

U.S. President Donald Trump late Friday said the U.S. had launched air strikes on Kharg Island, targeting only military assets in what he called one of the “most powerful bombing raids in the History of the Middle East.” The island, a 5-mile strip of land, is home to Iran’s most important oil facility, where roughly 90 percent of the country’s crude is processed. Trump said the U.S. attack spared vital oil infrastructure on the island. But “should Iran, or anyone else, do anything to interfere with the Free and Safe Passage of Ships through the Strait of Hormuz, I will immediately reconsider this decision,” he said on social media. On Saturday, Trump said “many countries … will be sending war ships, in conjunction with the United States of America, to keep the Strait open and safe.” “Hopefully China, France, Japan, South Korea, the U.K., and others, that are affected by this artificial constraint, will send ships to the area so that the Hormuz Strait” can be protected, Trump said in a post on Truth Social. The …

FBI Bulletin Warned of Possible Iran Retaliation on California Targets

FBI Bulletin Warned of Possible Iran Retaliation on California Targets

Published by Sam Flores

By Humeyra Pamuk, Jasper Ward and Jana Winter WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) – The FBI warned law ⁠enforcement ⁠agencies last month of the possibility that Tehran ⁠might try to retaliate for any U.S. strikes on Iran by launching surprise drone attacks in California, according ​to a security bulletin seen by Reuters. The confidential alert, issued by the FBI through the multi-agency Los Angeles Joint Regional Intelligence Center, surfaced publicly on Wednesday as the war ‌that began on February 28 with massive ‌U.S. and Israeli bombardments of Iran stretched into its 12th day. Iran, whose supreme leader and other top officials were killed in air strikes, has fought back with ⁠missile and drone aircraft ⁠attacks against Israel and several Gulf states that host U.S. military installations. Several U.S. soldiers were killed ​on the second day of the war in an attack on a base in Kuwait. Speaking to reporters at the White House before ABC News first broke word of the FBI security bulletin, President Donald Trump shrugged off the notion of Iran-backed attacks on the …

Iran Is Bombing Data Centers in Retaliation

Iran Is Bombing Data Centers in Retaliation

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Earlier this week, Iranian drones hit three Amazon Web Services (AWS) facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, triggering global outages in online services. Experts believe the strikes were the first instance of American big tech companies being targeted in a military operation. The strikes caused “structural damage, disrupted power delivery to our infrastructure, and in some cases required fire suppression activities that resulted in additional water damage,” the tech giant admitted in a March 2 update. Iranian Revolutionary Guard-affiliated news claimed that Iran had targeted both Amazon and Microsoft facilities, as the Financial Times reports, though the latter has yet to experience any outages in the region. The incidents highlight how data centers have become major targets on the battlefield. The surrounding region in the Middle East has been a major draw for US hyperscalers, as CNBC points out, which could mean that even more American assets are at risk. Escalating the stakes is the rise …

Azerbaijan vows retaliation after Iran’s ‘terrorist’ drone strikes

Azerbaijan vows retaliation after Iran’s ‘terrorist’ drone strikes

Published by Sam Flores

Damages at the Nakhchivan International Airport following what Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said was a drone attack carried out by Iran on its exclave of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, March 5, 2026. AP Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev accused Iran of “terrorism” and threatened retaliation after drone attacks Thursday targeted an airport and a school in an Azerbaijani border region – an incident that could drag yet another country into the Mideast war. Tehran denied the allegation and blamed Israel, Azerbaijan’s ally, of trying to stage a provocation. The midday attacks involved at least four drones that crossed from Iran into Azerbaijan’s exclave of Nakhchivan bordering Iran, with one hitting the airport and another exploding near a school, Baku said. Video footage published by Azerbaijani media showed what appeared to be a drone crashing into the ground and exploding near the school, followed by loud screams from children in the building. AFP could not verify the footage. “Today, a terrorist act was carried out from the Iranian side against the territory of Azerbaijan,” Aliyev told a hastily convened security …

What does international law say about the Israeli-American attack on Iran and Tehran’s retaliation?

What does international law say about the Israeli-American attack on Iran and Tehran’s retaliation?

Published by Sam Flores

US Ambassador to the United Nations Michael Waltz speaks at an emergency Security Council meeting on the situation in Iran at UN headquarters on February 28, 2026. SPENCER PLATT / AFP Aggression, self-defense, preemptive strikes: What does international law say about the Israeli-American military operation launched against Iran on Saturday, February 28? And what about Tehran’s retaliatory actions against Israel and against US bases in several Gulf countries? Countries such as Finland, Norway, Colombia and several nations from the Global South condemned what they described as an “illegal” attack on Iran. Russia spoke of an “act of aggression,” Senegal condemned the “use of force” and countries like Switzerland, Ireland and Spain called for respect for international law. “This is the use of force on Iranian territory that appears, at first glance, contrary to the United Nations Charter,” said Sébastien Touzé, a professor of international law at Panthéon-Assas University and director of the René-Cassin Foundation. According to the Charter, “members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force.” Under international law, …

UK, France, Germany Slam Iran For ‘Reckless’ Retaliation – Are Ready To Assist Israel And US

UK, France, Germany Slam Iran For ‘Reckless’ Retaliation – Are Ready To Assist Israel And US

Published by Jenni Sidey

Leaders from Germany, the UK and France are waving their fists over Iran’s “reckless” retaliatory strikes in the region, and say they’re ready to throw down to stop Tehran from further responses.  Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer makes a statement from Downing Street in central London on Feb. 28, 2026, following the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. Jonathan Brady/POOL/AFP via Getty Images On Sunday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and French President Emmanuel Macron stood in solidarity, saying in a joint statement that they were “appalled” by Iran’s “reckless” retaliatory strikes that targeted not only US and Israeli military sites in the region – but other allies as well (Dubai got the business, among others).  “We will take steps to defend our interests and those of our allies in the region, potentially through enabling necessary and proportionate defensive action to destroy Iran’s capability to fire missiles and drones at their source,” the statement reads. “We have agreed to work together with the US and allies in the region on this matter.”  British forces have …