Lebanese Hezbollah supporters gesture as they march during a religious procession to mark Ashura in Beirut's suburbs November 14, 2013. Sharif Karim/REUTERS
Times of Israel: US intel report scrapped Iran from list of terror threats
Softened assessment, submitted in February, comes amid marathon nuclear talks, shared interests vis-a-vis the Islamic State
An annual report delivered recently to the US Senate by James Clapper, the director of National Intelligence, removed Iran and Hezbollah from its list of terrorism threats, after years in which they featured in similar reports.
The unclassified version of the Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Communities, dated February 26, 2015 (PDF), noted Iran’s efforts to combat Sunni extremists, including those of the ultra-radical Islamic State group, who were perceived to constitute the preeminent terrorist threat to American interests worldwide.
WNU Editor: The unclassified version of the Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Communities is here (PDF) . What I find fascinating about this story is that with the exception of Newsweek, the U.S. main stream media has completely ignored it.
More News On Iran And Hezbollah Being Removed From The U.S. Intelligence Community's Terror Threat List
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Iran Scrapped from US Terrorism Threat List, Praised for Fighting ISIL -- Sputnik
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U.S. Intelligence scraps Iran, Hezbollah from terrorist threats list -- Tehran Times
US intel. scraps Iran, Hezbollah from terrorist threats list -- Press TV (Iran)
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