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The Obama administration is making more than symbolic moves to pressure Iran, as federal prosecutors file complaints to seize 4 mosques and a New York skyscraper owned by an Iranian front group. NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors Thursday took steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Proliferation, Barack Obama, Mosques
The IDF has uploaded a video presentation showing the huge shipment of weaponry from Iran, intended for Hezbollah, that was intercepted this week by an Israel Navy commando force aboard the civilian ship Francop. [Video]
Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Smuggling, Weapons Smuggling, Hezbollah, Terrorism
Go ahead, tell me you didn’t see this coming: Iran suggests it is not ready to export uranium. An Iranian diplomat said Monday his country wanted to buy fuel for its Teheran research reactor, the latest indication that Iran is not willing to ship most of its enriched uranium ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Proliferation, IAEA
Surprising only those who haven’t paid attention to Iran’s history for the last 30 years, Iranian authorities waited until the last day to formally request “changes” to the latest IAEA proposal. Iran has formally asked for changes to an International Atomic Energy Agency proposal to ship nuclear fuel out ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Nuclear Proliferation, IAEA
The Obama administration has cut off funding for the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center: US cutoff of funding to Iran human rights cause signals shift. WASHINGTON - For the past five years, researchers in a modest office overlooking the New Haven green have carefully documented cases of assassination and ...
Contrary to the report in the Telegraph (which spread like wildfire through the right wing blogosphere — but not at LGF because it smelled funny to me) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has no Jewish roots.
With each missile test, Iran’s capability to deliver nuclear weapons is increasing. And with this new announcement today, we see that they’ve been carefully analyzing the best ways to protect their nuclear development sites, even if Israel launches a surprise attack: Iran put nuclear site near base in case of ...
What does it take to get Russia on board with sanctions against Iran? Russia links Iran sanctions to US missile change. NEW YORK – With a diplomatic wink and nod, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev opened the door Wednesday to backing potential sanctions against Iran as a reward to President ...
Russia, Missile Defense, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Diplomacy, Tightrope
Huge demonstrations have broken out again in Iran. In a clear rebuke to the Ahmadinejad regime’s support for Hezbollah and Hamas, protesters have taken to the streets chanting, “Neither Gaza, nor Lebanon, I give my life to Iran!” — on Quds Day, Iran’s “official” day of solidarity with the Palestinians. ...
The Associated Press says they’ve seen a secret report from the International Atomic Energy Agency that Iran has the ability to make a nuclear bomb.
The Obama administration is giving up their naïve and ill-considered policy of “engagement” toward Iran: Washington shifting from diplomacy toward sanctions on Iran. The United States is laying the groundwork for sanctions against Iran after having become increasingly disenchanted with the strategy of engagement, two senior administration officials told ...
Barack Obama, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
President Obama has told Iranian thug-in-chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not to bother showing up to a UN reception for world leaders: White House: ‘Ahmadinejad won’t get invite to NY event’. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be unlikely to receive an invitation to a reception US President Barack Obama will host ...
Barack Obama, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation, Nuclear Weapons, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Anne Bayefsky ticks off the evidence that President Barack Obama has decided to allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons: Waiting to See.
Daniel Freedman has a good commentary piece at Forbes, on Iran’s ’Dictaplomacy’.
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Barack Obama, Unclench, Diplomacy
Iran’s thug-in-chief said today that his new government is going to “bring down Western arrogance.” How’s that Unclenching Initiative working out, President Obama? TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran’s re-elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday his next government “would bring down the global arrogance,” signaling a tougher approach toward the ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Barack Obama, Unclench
The Iranian thugocracy is holding three British Embassy employees arrested last weekend during the election protests, and a senior cleric says they are going to be put on trial. A senior Iranian cleric said today that several employees of the British Embassy in Tehran arrested in recent days would ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Britain
The Jerusalem Post cites unconfirmed reports from Iran that the regime has begun hanging supporters of Mousavi. As the Iranian authorities warned the opposition on Tuesday that they would tolerate no further protests over the disputed June 12 presidential elections, a report emerged of the hangings of six supporters ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Barack Obama, Diplomacy, Execution
Yesterday I asked if Barack Obama would still carry on with his naïve plans for diplomatic engagement with Iran, even as the blood of Iranian demonstrators was still warm on the streets of Tehran. Today we have the answer: Obama officials say talks with Iran still possible. Both Rice ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Barack Obama, Diplomacy
Iran’s thug in chief says he’s surprised at Barack Obama, in an openly contemptuous statement. Iran’s hardline president lashed out anew at the United States and President Barack Obama on Saturday, accusing him of interference and suggesting that Washington’s stance on Iran’s postelection turmoil could imperil Obama’s aim of ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Barack Obama, Diplomacy
Senior Iranian cleric Ahmad Khatami (no relation to Mohammad Khatami, who visited the US in September 2006) demanded today that the leaders of election protests be executed. Khatami, a member of the powerful Assembly of Experts, said the judiciary should charge the leading “rioters” as “mohareb” or one who ...
Iranian thug in chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is following the “belligerent tyrant” script to the letter; he’s demanding an apology from Barack Obama, and accusing Obama of behaving like George W. Bush. Meanwhile, the demonstrations are subsiding, due to overwhelming force and brutality from Iranian security forces and Basij militia. [Video] ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Barack Obama
Barack Obama is reopening the US’s diplomatic mission in Damascus: U.S. to Return Ambassador to Syria After 4-Year Absence. President Obama has decided to return a U.S. ambassador to Syria after an absence of more than four years, marking a significant step toward engaging an influential Arab nation long ...
Syria, Iran, Terrorism, Nuclear Proliferation, Bashar Assad, Barack Obama
The crackdown on Iranian protesters continued, as a gang of Basij and other thugs ambushed demonstrators at a Tehran square. It’s having an effect; the demonstrations are getting smaller because people are afraid to leave their houses. At least two sources described wild and violent conditions at a part ...
Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Ahmadinejad, Election, Protests, Barack Obama
The mullahs have ruled out the possibiity that the Iranian election will be annulled. TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran’s top legislative body has again ruled out any annulment of the June 12 presidential election, as demanded by two defeated candidates, state television said on Tuesday. “Iran’s Guardian Council rejects annulment ...