Communications

Sima Shine is a former Mossad analyst and current director of the Iran and the Shi'ite Axis research program at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. She told 60 Minutes that Hezbollah has been "defeated to a certain degree" and that the assassination of its head Nasrallah, and other leadership figures, was a devastating blow. "They are a completely...

Sima Shine, an Iran expert who previously served in Military Intelligence's Research Division and headed research at the Mossad, says, "Israel needs to be involved, or at least formulate a plan, regarding the possibility of regime change in Iran, but in my opinion, it's not doing enough. There are things I tried to promote over the years, but there wasn't really a receptive...

Yet Iran’s nuclear advancements continue. According to Sima Shine, director of the Iran and the Shi’ite Axis Research Program at the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies, within two to three weeks, Iran can enrich enough uranium for three nuclear devices. The parallel effort of creating a nuclear warhead, she told JNS this month, would take more time, though...

"From Israel's point of view, it is a huge demonstration of capabilities," said Sima Shine, an Iran specialist at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv. "I think it is the first time that many, many airplanes were flying to Iran, attacking in Iran, (and) coming back safely." ...Danny Citrinowicz, another Iran expert at the INSS, believes that Israel's...