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Obama spokesman warily welcomes reported nuclear deal with Iran
2012-05-23 01:13:00 The White House on Tuesday warily welcomed word that the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency was close to a breakthrough agreement with Iran to allow international inspectors to get a look at key sites in Tehran's nuclear program, which world powers say is a secret effort to obtain atomic weapons. Spokesman Jay Carney said the ...
U.S. Senate approves tougher Iran sanctions
2012-05-22 10:39:00 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate unanimously approved on Monday a package of new economic sanctions on Iran's oil sector just days ahead of a meeting in Baghdad between major world powers and Tehran. The sanctions add to a raft of punitive measures by the United States and the European Union aimed at shrinking Iran's oil revenues to force it to halt a nuclear program the West suspects is being used to build an atomic bomb. Iran has said its nuclear program is for civilian purposes. ...
Iran MP jibes: Ahmadinejad should 'open nightclubs'
2012-05-20 18:37:00 A hardline Iranian MP on Saturday took a jibe at President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for failing to support an Islamic dress code for women, suggesting the president should now move to open "nightclubs" in the Islamic republic.
Plans to strike Iran "ready," says U.S. Israel envoy
2012-05-17 12:51:00 JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. plans for a possible military strike on Iran are ready and the option is "fully available", the U.S. ambassador to Israel said, days before Tehran resumes talks with world powers which suspect it of seeking to develop nuclear arms. Like Israel, the United States has said it considers military force a last resort to prevent Iran using its uranium enrichment to make a bomb. Iran insists its nuclear program is for purely civilian purposes. ...
canada: parliamentary debate on iran
2012-05-16 14:45:00 On Monday night, the Canadian House of Commons hosted a debate on the state of human rights of Iran, mentioning the persecuted Baha’i community many times. Of particular note is the testimony of David Sweet (Ancaster?Dundas?Flamborough?We-stdale), who read the personal stories of each of the seven jailed Baha’i leaders (“Yaran”)?who are entering their fifth year ...
Iran says nuclear talks with U.N. 'good, constructive'
2012-05-15 14:03:00 Iran's talks with the U.N. nuclear watchdog about Tehran's atomic activities are going well, a senior Iranian official said on Tuesday, the second day of discussions.
Iran hangs alleged Mossad agent for scientist's killing
2012-05-15 12:38:00 Iran has hanged a man it said was an agent for Israeli intelligence agency Mossad whom it convicted of killing one of its nuclear scientists in 2010, Iranian state media reported on Tuesday.
Parents of American 'spy' held by Iran issue tearful plea
2012-05-14 15:41:00 For the first time, the parents of an American who could face the death penalty in Iran for alleged espionage have gone before a camera in stirring video to speak about their son.
Report: Israeli Attack on Iran?s Nukes Could Come ?At Any Given Moment?
2012-05-11 08:23:00 The United States is worried that a new coalition government in Israel could signal an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities at “any given moment,” one of Israel’s leading TV stations reported Thursday night. Shaul Mofaz and his Kadima party’s joining …Read more »
By: 1913 Intel
Iranian intelligence agents target, arrest Christian converts | The Daily C
2012-05-11 07:58:00 Iran’s ayatollahs are showing frustration with Iranians leaving Islam for Christianity in large numbers despite the threat of execution for apostasy. A former intelligence officer in the Guards, who has now defected to Europe, told The Daily Caller that the country’s …Read more »
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Israel?s Spy Revolt ? By Natan Sachs | Foreign Policy
2012-05-11 07:54:00 The war of words over an Israeli attack on Iran is splitting the political leadership from military and intelligence chiefs. And that dangerous divide in Jerusalem might well lead to real war. … Given these differences, should the United States …Read more »
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Echoes of ?67 ? Israel unites as war looms
2012-05-11 07:25:00 Why did the high-flying Netanyahu call off elections he was sure to win? Because for Israelis today, it is May ’67. The dread is not quite as acute: The mood is not despair, just foreboding. Time is running out, but …Read more »
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What does Netanyahu?s ?masterstroke? mean for Israel and the Middle East? |
2012-05-09 16:36:00 Once again Israel has caught the world off-guard, this time by announcing the creation of a new national unity government, which incorporates the leading opposition party and the centrist Kadima headed by its new leader, former Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz. …Read more »
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Is Netanyahu?s Stunning Political Deal a Prelude to War?
2012-05-09 16:20:00 Just when all of Israel was preparing for early elections on September 4th, Prime Minister Netanyahu pulled off a stunning political deal this week that some are interpreting as a prelude to war with Iran. That’s certainly what the Arab …Read more »
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Reversing Course, Journalist Says Israel Attack Unikely This Year | The Jew
2012-05-09 07:46:00 An Israeli military strike “is not imminent,” and highly unlikely to take place in the next six months, according to Ronen Bergman, the high-profile Israeli journalist whose New York Times Magazine cover story, “Will Israel Attack Iran?” (Jan. 25), concluded …Read more »
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Biden: Time running out for diplomacy with Iran
2012-05-08 22:40:00 Vice President Joe Biden warned that the window of opportunity for peacefully resolving the standoff over Iran's nuclear program was closing "in the near term."
Baird says Iran could build nuclear bomb within months ? Politics ? CBC New
2012-05-08 21:10:00 Iran could build a nuclear bomb within months if it decides to weaponize its atomic enrichment program, according to Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. In an interview with CBC’s Power & Politics host Evan Solomon, Baird said he doesn’t believe …Read more »
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Israel deal does not make a strike on Iran less likely | World news | guard
2012-05-08 21:06:00 The Iranian-born Shaul Mofaz is thought to oppose unilateral military action but the former chief of staff is used to taking orders from Netanyahu and the deal has secured Ehud Barak’s position … According to Anshel Pfeffer, who writes a …Read more »
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New Satellite Image Shows Activity at Parchin Site in Iran
2012-05-08 21:02:00 ISIS has acquired commercial satellite imagery of the Parchin site in Iran showing new activity that substantiates the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) stated concern regarding recent “activity” at the site. The new activity seen in the satellite image occurred …Read more »
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Iran turning U.S. mosques into command centers
2012-05-07 07:19:00 The former officer, who defected to a country in Europe, revealed that all Imam Ali mosques worldwide are under the operation of the Guards’ intelligence office. Noteworthy are the ones in Stockholm and Hamburg. Other mosques are in New Jersey, …Read more »
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Israel warns Hizbollah over Iran ? Telegraph
2012-05-06 21:35:00 Any Hizbollah retaliation to an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities would prompt Israel to launch a war in Lebanon so ferocious that it would take a decade to rebuild the villages it destroys, a senior Israeli military officer has warned. …Read more »
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Iranian Pastor Sentenced to Death: Now His Lawyer Gets 9 Years in Jail
2012-05-06 11:04:00 The attorney for a jailed Iranian pastor has been sentenced to nine years in jail. Mohammad Ali Dadkhah has been representing Christian pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, who has been sentenced to death for leaving Islam and converting to Christianity. “I have …Read more »
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Ex-IDF intelligence chief: A nuclear Iran more dangerous than military stri
2012-05-06 10:58:00 Yadlin said he favored exhausting all other options before striking Iran’s nuclear facilities but stressed that a “nuclear Iran is more dangerous than attacking Iran.” “If they can’t be contained when they don’t have nuclear weapon, how can they be …Read more »
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Two American hikers jailed in Iran wed in California
2012-05-06 06:44:00 SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Two of the three American hikers jailed in Iran after allegedly straying over the Iraq-Iran border in 2009 were to be married on Saturday in a private ceremony in California, according to a statement posted on their Facebook page. The wedding of Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd completes an engagement that began when Bauer tied a ring of thread around her finger while they were in prison in 2010. ...
Hillary Clinton to press India on Iran oil imports
2012-05-06 06:05:00 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will use a two-day visit to India this week to urge further reductions in Indian imports of Iranian oil.
American hikers imprisoned in Iran set to marry
2012-05-05 20:01:00 Two of the US hikers imprisoned in Iran on spying charges after straying across the border in July 2009 are set to marry over the weekend, a lawyer and friend of the couple said Friday.
Iran readies secret salt desert bunkers for clandestine nuclear facilities
2012-05-05 13:17:00 When International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director Yukiya Amano declared Friday, May 4, that “Parchin (the suspected site of nuclear-related explosion tests) is the priority and we start with that,” he may have missed the boat. As he spoke, Israel’s …Read more »
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Iran goal: To build a nuclear bomb in 60 days, says Israel minister ?
2012-05-05 09:57:00 Iran’s nuclear strategy could eventually allow it to build an atomic bomb with just 60 days’ notice, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Friday. “If they arrive at military nuclear capability, at a weapon, or a demonstrated capability, or …Read more »
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USA encircling Iran - stargate imminent?
2012-05-04 17:53:00 I love the graphic in this news item, it really gives a SUPER POWER relevance to what's going on in the Middle East right now.I'm expecting the tinfoilhat tactical term "Iran Stargate" to hit the 'alternative media' any moment now.
Barak Blasts Leaders for Downplaying Iran Threat ? Forward.com
2012-05-04 09:33:00 Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Thursday harshly condemned former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, former Mossad chief Meir Dagan, and former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin for downplaying the threat from Iran, saying the three are serving Tehran. In an interview …Read more »
By: 1913 Intel
Is Israel bluffing on Iran, or already committed to war?
2012-05-03 23:16:00 None of the officials criticizing Barak and Netanyahu has broken with the Israeli consensus that an Iranian bomb is something to be prevented and not accommodated or “contained.” But the concern now is that Barak and Netanyahu are no longer …Read more »
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Nouriel Roubini to Michael Milken: ?We May Be Dead in the Short Run? ? CNBC
2012-05-03 08:59:00 Roubini began with an uncharacteristic optimism, quickly rattling off a series of “upside risks” to the global economy: a global economic recovery, an asset price recovery, booming emerging markets, technological progress and ongoing globalization. Then it was time for the …Read more »
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Israeli intelligence goes public with opposition to Iran war | World Tribun
2012-05-01 21:55:00 Israel’s intelligence community has lost confidence in the government’s policy toward Iran. Most of the senior members of Israel’s intelligence community were said to have lost their trust in the government, particularly Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud …Read more »
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Iran Says New Cyber Warfare Is Attack on Economy
2012-05-01 09:54:00 Iran is blaming the U.S., U.K. and Israel for the new cyber attack that struck the Internet and communications systems of its Oil Ministry and national oil company, Iranian media has announced. The Islamic regime says the West is not …Read more »
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Iran creates competitor to Russian missile
2012-04-30 16:03:00 Sources say that the Iranian version of the S-300, dubbed the Bavar (Belief) 373, is just as effective as the Russian version, suggesting possible collusion between the two countries in its development. One Iranian source said that technology from China …Read more »
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Projection of Iranian EMP Attack on America ? YouTube
2012-04-29 22:54:00 90% of all Americans will die within 12 to 18 months after an EMP event. An excerpt from “Rumors of War III: Target U.S. – GBTV”, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-b9vrVJyH8BM. Projection of Iranian EMP Attack on America – YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bHG8zcM-jU0
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New Video about Iranian Threat to Israel and America (4.24.12) ? YouTube
2012-04-29 22:32:00 The Land of Israel Website: http://thelandofisrael.com/ The Land of Israel YouTube Page: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CMJ4TYXDKLc New Video about Iranian Threat to Israel and America (4.24.12) – YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bZ8lpdLu_64
By: 1913 Intel
Netanyahu?s choices: Strike Iran before or after Israeli elections
2012-04-29 22:09:00 Pressure is building on Netanyahu for an early election. However, this pressure might force Netanyahu to launch an attack on Iran earlier than he had originally planned. Binyamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak are facing another of the periodic opposition campaigns …Read more »
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US pastor burns Korans to urge Iran clergyman release
2012-04-29 16:49:00 A controversial Florida pastor has burned copies of the Koran and a depiction of the prophet Mohammed to protest the imprisonment in Iran of a Christian clergyman Youcef Nadarkhani.
Israeli ex-intel chief slams prime minister's Iran stance
2012-04-28 20:10:00 The former head of Israel's Shin Bet security agency has accused the country's political leaders of exaggerating the effectiveness of a possible military attack on Iran, in a striking indication of Israel's turmoil over how to deal with the Iranian nuclear program.
Israel ex-spy warns against 'messianic' Iran war
2012-04-28 14:29:00 JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A former Israeli spymaster has branded the country's leaders unfit to tackle the Iranian nuclear program because of what he called the "messianic feelings" behind their threats to launch a pre-emptive war on Iran. Other veterans have come out against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak recently, but the criticism from former domestic intelligence chief Yuval Diskin was especially strong. ...
Israel army chief: Other nations could strike Iran
2012-04-26 14:19:00 Israel's military chief said Thursday that other countries have readied their armed forces for a potential strike against Iran's nuclear sites to keep Tehran from acquiring atomic weapons.
Iran Says It?s Building A Drone Aircraft Copy
2012-04-23 20:49:00 The saga of the downed US drone aircraft in Iranian hands has found its way back into the head lines again. Now, the Iranians claim to have puzzled out the “many codes and characters”. From Nextgov: The chief of the aerospace division of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, told state television that ...
Obama visits Holocaust Museum, unveils new Syria and Iran sanctions
2012-04-23 19:21:00 After a solemn walk through Washington's haunting United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, President Barack Obama on Monday unveiled new sanctions targeting Iran and Syria and extended American aid in the hunt for Joseph Kony, the Lord's Resistance Army warlord. Obama, with Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel at his side, toured the museum ...
Iran says it recovered data from captured U.S. drone
2012-04-22 20:20:00 Iran claimed Sunday that it had recovered data from an American spy drone that went down in Iran last year, including information that the aircraft was used to spy on Osama bin Laden weeks before he was killed. Iran also said it was building a copy of the drone.
Iran says is building copy of captured US drone
2012-04-22 12:40:00 Iran claimed Sunday that it had reverse-engineered an American spy drone captured by its armed forces last year and has begun building a copy.
Predicting Iran?s Future
2012-04-19 08:28:00 One day Rabi’a needed a piece of cloth, so she gave a man three silver coins to buy one. After he’d already started his way, he turned back. “My lady,” he said, “I forgot to ask: what color do you … Continue reading →
Obama: U.S. offered no 'freebies' to Iran
2012-04-16 04:57:00 Exposing a rift with Israel, President Obama insisted that the U.S. has not "given anything away" in new talks with Iran as he defended his push for a diplomatic resolution to the dispute over Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
Israeli leader says nuclear talks gave Iran 'gift'
2012-04-15 17:47:00 Israel's prime minister says Iran got a "gift" from the world's big powers at nuclear talks this weekend.
Iran, big powers agree to keep talking
2012-04-15 12:47:00 After a year of sanctions and sabre-rattling over Iran's nuclear program, negotiators from Tehran and six world powers finally resumed talks and found at least enough common ground to agree to meet again next month. |
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