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Israel Seizes Iranian Arms Bound For Hezbollah, Say Officials

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 11.05.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — Open crates from a cargo ship seized Wednesday by Israel revealed dark green missiles inside. Containers from the vessel bore writin...

Iran, Israel Hold Secret Nuclear Talks In Cairo: Haaretz

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 10.22.2009 | Home


A representative of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission and a senior Iranian official met last month to discuss the chances of declaring...

Iran To "Blow Up The Heart Of Israel" If Attacked, Says Top Official

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 10.09.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran will "blow up the heart of Israel" if the United States or the Jewish state attacked it first, a top official with Iran's mo...

Majority Of American Jews Think U.S. Should Strike Iran: Poll

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 10.01.2009 | Home


One day ahead of talks in Geneva between Iran and six major powers - the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany - on Tehran's contr...

Maybe Brzezinski is Half Right?

Thomas Lipscomb | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics


Thomas Lipscomb

Zbigniew Brzezinski made news recently by implying that the US should be prepared to militarily confront any Israeli planes headed for a preemptive strike on Iranian nuclear facilities.

Israel Warships Cross Suez In Possible Iran Signal

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 08.14.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — Two Israeli warships sailed through the Suez Canal on Tuesday, Israeli and Egyptian officials said, a move that appeared to be a new...

I Never Thought I'd Be Rooting for Iran

Bradley Burston | Posted 07.19.2009 | World


Bradley Burston

The people in Tehran's streets have made it possible to begin to see past Ahmadinejad. I have to get used to Iran not as a cartoon bully, but as my neighbor. It is a nation of people, as we are.

Israel War Preparation Drill Biggest Ever

Huffington Post | Posted 07.02.2009 | World


In what is being touted as Israel's most mass-scale war preparation drill ever, 'Turning Point 3' will over the course of five days involve both milit...

Iranian Military Vows To "Wipe Israel Out Of Existence" If Attacked

Huffington Post | Posted 06.19.2009 | World


Video news coverage of interviews with Iranian military officials conducted in early May reveal the troubling increased contentiousness between the Is...

Avigdor Lieberman: Iran Is Obstacle To Mideast Peace

AP | Posted 05.25.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — Iran is the main obstacle to peace in the Mideast, Israel's new foreign minister said in an interview published Friday. Avigdor Lie...

Israel, US To Hold Largest-Ever Joint Missile Defense Drill

Jerusalem Post | YAAKOV KATZ | Posted 05.15.2009 | World


In the face of Iran's continued pursuit of nuclear capability, Israel and the United States will hold an unprecedented and massive exercise later this...

'We Are Neither Obstinate Nor Gullible': Ahmadinejad Interview

Spiegel | Posted 05.11.2009 | World


Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke with SPIEGEL about what he expects from US President Barack Obama, why America's new Afghanistan strategy ...

Avigdor Lieberman: Iran Should Be Priority, Not Palestinians

Press TV | Posted 05.09.2009 | World


Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says Israel should shift its focus from the Palestinian issue to "the biggest problem", Iran. Defending t...

Petraeus: Israel Might Attack Iran

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 05.02.2009 | World


The top U.S. commander in the Middle East, General David Petraeus, warned today that Israel might attack Iran to prevent it from developing nuclear we...

Netanyahu To Obama: Stop Iran, Or I Will

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.01.2009 | World


In an exclusive interview with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg Tuesday, just before he was sworn in as Israel's new prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu...

Israel's Covert War On Iran To Continue Despite Disapproving White House

Middle East Times | RICHARD SALE (Middle East Times Intelligence Correspondent) | Posted 05.01.2009 | World


Facing mounting U.S. opposition behind the scenes, Israel still plans to continue a covert operation to delay Iran's nuclear program by assassinating ...

An Inconvenient Truth About Iran

Eberhard Kronhausen and Phyllis Kronhausen | Posted 04.25.2009 | World


Eberhard Kronhausen and Phyllis Kronhausen

Breaking through this obsession of the Iranian leadership with the destruction of Israel will not be nearly as easy a task as our own "best and brightest" seem to assume.

Iran's Anti-Israel Rhetoric Aimed at Arab Opinion

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 04.14.2009 | World


WASHINGTON, Mar 9 (IPS) - After Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called in October 2005 for an end to the state of Israel, Israeli leaders bega...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Obama On 'Same Wrong Path' As Bush

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 04.04.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday criticized what he called President Barack Obama's "unconditional" support for Israel, saying ...

Israel May Win in Gaza, Hamas Won't Lose and Moderate Arab Leaders and Obama Will Worry

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 02.02.2009 | World


Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

With or without intention, Israel has incited millions across the Arab world to praise Syria and Iran, both dedicated to the Palestinian cause, and perhaps just as many to condemn Egypt and more moderate countries.

Who is Hossein Derakhshan?

Daniel Lubetzky | Posted 01.01.2009 | Media


Daniel Lubetzky

Hossein Derakhshan... is among the most famous Persian bloggers. Hossein is jailed and threatened with the same fate of execution by the Iranian government.

Iran -- The Petulant Child?

Hannah Fisher | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics


Hannah Fisher

This weekend, Iranian Olympic swimmer Mohammad Alirezaei refused to compete alongside Israeli Tom Be'eri in the fourth heat of the 100-meter breaststroke.

Ahmadinejad's Foray to Turkey

Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics


Alon Ben-Meir

Is it possible that Turkey, as a neighbor of Iran with shared interests in the stability of the region and with superior cultural understanding may be in a better position to appeal to Iranian senses?

Iran: Beyond the Rubicon of Trust

Hannah Fisher | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics


Hannah Fisher

Iran's refusal to temporarily freeze its nuclear program raises suspicion and suggests that the apparently diplomatic position of its Vice President is a plot to further envelop its actions in a cloud of ambivalence.

Wish To Be Poor and Unemployed? Support Military Attacks on Iran

Muhammad Sahimi | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics


Muhammad Sahimi

Whereas the implications of a war with Iran for the national security of the US would be much worse than those of the Iraq war, little has been said about the implications for our economic security here at home.