Iran's president says country is in 'full-scale war' with US, Israel and Europe as nuclear tensions escalate

Venezuelan operations, according to United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI), which has spent more than 12 years tracking these elusive vessels. The stakes could not be higher. The Skipper's revenues reportedly fund terrorist activity by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Hezbollah, prop up hostile regimes and provide cut-price oil to China. Jemima Shelley, Senior Research Analyst at UANI, has warned that this reality could lure Trump into a dangerous provocation with Iran, pointing to the strong ideological alliance forged between Maduro and the Ayatollah. “Iran is the largest state sponsor of terrorism and its illicit oil sales are the main source of funding for its global terrorist activities,” Shelley told the Daily Mail. “The IRGC—a designated foreign terrorist organization—is not only using this oil revenue to revamp its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile program, but also to actively plot terror on US soil, including against senior members of the US administration,” she added.