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A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was reported 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Dehloran in Iran on Monday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 24/12/18 / 2018-12-24 04:58:48 / December 24, 2018 @ 4:58 am.
http://www.earthquakenewstoday.com/2018/12/24/light-earthquake-4-mag-has-occurred-near-dehloran-in-iran/
Iran Daily: Tehran Poses With “Offensive” Military Drills
Under pressure from US sanctions and a troubled economy, Iran has staged large exercises in the Persian Gulf, boasting about the display of an “offensive” component for the first time.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps carried out the final part of the “Great Prophet 12” drill on Qeshm Island on Saturday. Guards commander Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari proclaimed:
We hope the enemies have more than ever grasped the power of our response.
This was a response to allegations made by the enemies who should know that the defense capabilities of the Islamic Republic of Iran are deterrent, and as the Eminent [Supreme] Leader has said, “If they try to hit us once, they will definitely be hit 10 times more.”
https://eaworldview.com/2018/12/iran-daily-tehran-poses-offensive-military-drills/
Iran says ready to respond, but U.S. aircraft carrier no threat
Iran said on Monday it was ready to respond to any hostile U.S. action, but it did not consider the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Gulf last week as a significant threat.
The USS John C. Stennis entered the Gulf on Friday, ending a long absence of U.S. aircraft carriers in the region as tensions rise between Tehran and Washington.
"The presence of this warship is insignificant to us," Iran's Navy commander Habibollah Sayyari was quoted as saying by the semi-official ISNA news agency.
"We will not allow this warship to come near our territorial waters in the Persian Gulf," he added.
https://yournews.com/2018/12/24/799268/iran-says-ready-to-respond-but-u-s-aircraft-carrier-no/
Germany's intel chief to step up efforts against far right
The new head of Germany's domestic intelligence agency says he plans a significant expansion next year of the department that monitors far-right extremists.
Thomas Haldenwang told Friday's edition of the Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily that he wants a 50 percent increase in the department's size next year, bringing it closer to the size of the section that deals with Islamic extremism. He wouldn't give staff figures, saying they are secret.
Haldenwang said that "there has been a new dynamic in right-wing extremism for some time." He added that it is no longer always the case that "normal demonstrators" keep their distance from extremists.
http://www.14news.com/2018/12/21/german-intel-chief-step-up-efforts-against-far-right/