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The US may deploy a second aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf to pressure Iran. The US wants the UNSC to pass a resolution on Iran’s nuclear program within days. President Ahmadinejad may have suffered a defeat in the elections for local councils and for the Assembly of Experts.

Ahmadinejad says, “The Zionist regime will disappear soon, the same way the Soviet Union disappeared.” The Iranian Holocaust conference, which drew criticism from the US, Germany, and many other sources, closed today.

An updated draft of proposed UN Security Council sanctions on Iran ease restrictions on sale and purchase of some goods. Iran announced that it may file suit in the International Court of Justice for denial of nuclear rights. Germany spoke out against the Holocaust conference in Iran scheduled for Sunday and Monday.

Russia is shipping the Tor-M1 air-defence missile systems to Iran. Iran and Syria are rearming Hezbollah. Iran is shipping weapons to Hezbollah through Syia.

The “Martyrs Battalions” have threatened to attack Gulf states if the U.S. strikes Iran. Mesbah-Yazdi, who backs suicide bombings, seeks to become Iran’s next supreme spiritual leader. The commander of the IRGC stated that Iran has “planned our strategy precisely on the basis of [American’s] strengths and weaknesses.”

The IAEA has found plutonium and enriched uranium in a facility. President Ahmadinejad said “the international community was caving in to Teheran’s demands to continue its nuclear program.” Iran and Hezbollah are providing weapons and training to Somalia’s Islamic Courts, an al Qaeda affiliate, as well as cooperating with al Qaeda and senior leader Saif […]

Iran claims to have taken images of U.S. aircraft carriers operating in the Gulf wth UAVs. Iran claims it will swiftly respond to any Israeli strike on its expanding nuclear program. President Ahmadinejad tears into the the UNSC for considering sanctions.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says U.S. midterm elections are “in fact a landmark victory of the Iranian nation.” Israel indicates it may strike Iran’s nuclear weapons program. Iran has bought SCUD missiles from North Korea and now “is able to provide its missile system to friendly nations that need it”.

U.S. soldiers intercept donkeys from Iran carrying 53 anti-tank landmines and one anti-tank projectile. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps fired three new sea-strike missiles with a range of 106 miles in the Persian Gulf. Russia rejected UNSC draft sanctions aimed at punishing Iran for continuing nuclear enrichment.