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Extremism News Roundup
Eye on Extremism: July 17, 2026
An Iranian cleric said any negotiations or agreement with the United States would run counter to the position of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, urging officials to abandon hopes of talks after the recent war. Iran International: Cleric says talks...
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Eye on Extremism: July 16, 2026
Iran has asked Yemen’s Houthi movement to stand ready to close the Red Sea oil route if the United States strikes Iranian power infrastructure, three sources told Reuters on Thursday, posing a potent new threat to global energy supplies. Reuters...
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Eye on Extremism: July 15, 2026
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has threatened to close “all other export corridors that benefit the US and its allies”, Iranian media reported, after Iran shut the Strait of Hormuz and the US reimposed a naval blockade of Iranian ports....
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Eye on Extremism: July 14, 2026
Yemen's Houthi movement fired missiles at Saudi Arabia after accusing the kingdom of bombing an airport under their control on Monday, breaking a four-year truce in the conflict between the kingdom and the Iran-aligned group. Reuters: Houthis fire...
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Eye on Extremism: July 13, 2026
The United Kingdom on Monday blamed an Iran-linked proxy group for a string of antisemitic arson attacks targeting British Jewish sites, prompting the government to ban Tehran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and impose sweeping new...
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Eye on Extremism: July 10, 2026
The commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Ahmad Vahidi, has vowed revenge against the United States and Israel over the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, saying the assassination "will not be erased from the historical...
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Eye on Extremism: July 9, 2026
The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by targeting U.S.-allied Mideast countries in an exchange of fire that threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war in the Middle East. Associated...
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Eye on Extremism: July 8, 2026
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a statement announcing that, in a “joint missile and drone operation,” it targeted 85 locations across U.S. military facilities at Salman Port, the headquarters of the U.S. Fifth Fleet in Bahrain...
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Eye on Extremism: July 7, 2026
Pakistani security sources said on Monday that border forces from Pakistan and the Taliban clashed for a second consecutive day in Khyber district. The fighting reportedly involved both light and heavy weapons. Afghanistan International: Pakistan &...
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Eye on Extremism: July 6, 2026
Crowds of Iranians marched through the streets of Tehran on Monday in a funeral procession for slain leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the biggest day yet in a week of massive memorial ceremonies demonstrating the grip of surviving clerical leaders...
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