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Iran's Global Military Procurement Network Exposed · Israel Today: Ongoing War Report

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Israel Today ongoing war report. I'm Noah Levi.
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  Speaker 1: A significant investigation by Reuters has revealed a vast, secret
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  Speaker 1: network comprising over 5,000 Iranian military agencies operating globally. According
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  Speaker 1: to the report, these agencies have been key in importing
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  Speaker 1: at least $ 2 billion worth of hardware, explosives and heavy-duty
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  Speaker 1: trucks since January 2025. successfully evading international sanctions and naval blockades.
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  Speaker 1: The findings suggest this network, linked to the Islamic Revolutionary
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  Speaker 1: Guard Corps and Iranian Bonyads, forms the backbone of Iran's
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  Speaker 1: military procurement and sanctions evasion strategy, helping the country replenish
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  Speaker 1: its arsenal. In domestic political news, an indictment has been
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  Speaker 1: filed against Raz Weinberger, accused of publishing numerous posts on
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  Speaker 1: ex-formerly Twitter, allegedly calling for the murder of Prime Minister
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  Speaker 1: Benjamin Netanyahu. and other government figures. Prosecutors allege the posts
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  Speaker 1: contained specific threats of beheading and burning alive, leading to
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  Speaker 1: charges of incitement to terrorism and violence. The indictment covers
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  Speaker 1: 21 posts made between September and October. On the regional front,
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  Speaker 1: United Arab Emirates diplomatic advisor Anwar Gargash, speaking at a
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  Speaker 1: security summit in Bahrain, expressed the UAE's hope for a
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  Speaker 1: diplomatic breakthrough to end the conflict with Iran. He emphasised
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  Speaker 1: the interconnectedness of Gulf state security and stated the Emirates
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  Speaker 1: do not wish to see further confrontation, though the UAE
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  Speaker 1: is reportedly preparing for a worst-case scenario. Domestically, debates are intensifying.
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  Speaker 1: Rabbi Dovlando continues to issue rulings against the conscription of
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  Speaker 1: Haredi young men into the IDF, prioritising Torah study. This
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  Speaker 1: stance prompts questions regarding its ethical and halakhic validity amid
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  Speaker 1: Israel's security challenges. In the political arena, President Isaac Herzog
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  Speaker 1: is reportedly seeking to foster a unity government by encouraging
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  Speaker 1: leaders to compromise on campaign promises to resolve the election deadlock. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 1: an analysis suggests that excluding Arab citizens from political calculations
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  Speaker 1: may be inadvertently bolstering Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's re-election prospects.
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  Speaker 1: In judicial news, Sanlucian Tevil has been sentenced to 28
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  Speaker 1: months in prison for aiding the theft of high-value sound systems.
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  Speaker 1: from the site of the Nova Music Festival massacre. The
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  Speaker 1: stolen systems belonged to a company co-owned by Matan Lior,
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  Speaker 1: who was murdered at the festival. For continuing coverage of
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  Speaker 1: Find it at clockworkmedia.org slash watch. I'm Noah Levi, thank
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