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Tag Archives: Iran
Dubai
Exclusive: Turkey to Iran gold trade wiped out by new U.S. sanction
Hezbollah
Shateri: Iran’s Regional Point Man
Iran
A general in the Iranian Revolutionary Guards was assassinated while traveling in Syria. Iran attempted to acquire 100,000 specialized magnets used in uranium enrichment machines, indicating it planned to accelerate its nuclear program. Iran denied having supplied arms to Islamist militants in Somalia.
China
Iran’s bid to buy banned magnets stokes fears about major expansion of nuclear capacity
Iran
Iran’s flight of fancy as image of new fighter jet is ‘faked’
Iran
The head of Iran’s atomic agency said Iran began installing a new generation of uranium enrichment machines last month. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu warned that Iran was nearing the red line he had drawn at the UN. A delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency is seeking a deal that will enable it to visit […]
Report: Terrorist killed in Burgas attack is relative of living Canadian suspect
The exact relationship between the Canadian suspect and the operative who planted the bomb and was killed in the blast is currently unclear.
Iran
Iran converted some if its enriched uranium into reactor fuel, rendering it unusable for a nuclear weapon. This is the second time Iran has taken this action, having converted 100 kg of its enriched uranium into reactor fuel last year.
Europe
Iran’s Srebrenica: How Ayatollah Khomeini sanctioned the deaths of 20,000 ‘enemies of the state’
Hezbollah
Hezbollah’s strategy: Rockets on Tel Aviv, raids on Galilee
China
U.S. said to be target of massive cyber-espionage campaign
Hezbollah
Hezbollah moves into south Lebanon villages
Hezbollah
Iran and Hezbollah build militia networks in Syria in event that Assad falls, officials say
Iran
Exclusive: U.N. monitors see arms reaching Somalia from Yemen, Iran
Iran
President Ahmadinejad said he is ready to have talks with the US if the West stops pressuring his country over its nuclear program. Hundreds of thousands of pro-government supporters celebrated the 34th anniversary of the Islamic revolution that ousted the shah in 1979.
Iran
Insight: Iran nuclear fuel move may avert mid-year crisis
Iran
Iran political bickering heats up as election approaches
Iran
Iran’s ambassador to Bulgaria denied that his country was involved in a bombing that killed five Israelis in Bulgaria last year. After the attack, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu had accused Hezbollah and Iran of waging a terror campaign.
Iran
Iran’s leader Khamenei rejected an offer from the US for direct talks over its nuclear program. State television broadcast videos it said were taken from a US spy drone captured in December 2011. The US and Western nations imposed a new round of economic sanctions on Iran.
Afghanistan
Ahmadzai Claims Spy Agencies Oppose Afghan Local Police
New details on Burgas attack emerge as search intensifies for those responsible
Officials from several countries are said to be trying to find two members of Hezbollah alleged to be behind the Burgas terror attack. Meanwhile, new details on the attack have been released by those involved in the investigation.
Egypt
Ahmadinejad visits Cairo: How sect tempers Islamist ties between Egypt, Iran
Iran
At the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit in Cairo, President Ahmadinejad called for a strategic alliance with Egypt and proposed a loan to the cash-strapped country. Egypt’s response was cool.
Prominent al Qaeda leader killed in drone strike in 2012
Abd el Kader Mahmoud Mohamed el Sayed was a close advisor to al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri and served as a military commander in Afghanistan before he was killed. El Sayed was involved in the Luxor massacre and, while living in Milan, was recorded by Italian intelligence discussing terror plots against the West.
Angola
Why Argentina is reaching out to Iran
Bulgaria: Hezbollah behind Burgas terror attack
Bulgaria’s Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov announced that the identity of three of those involved in the attack is known and that at least two of them are members of Hezbollah.
Iran
An ally of President Ahmadinejad was arrested by his opponents, highlighting a schism in Iran’s politics. Ahmadinejad traveled to Egypt, becoming the first Iranian leader to do so since 1979. Iran agreed to a new round of talks with world powers over its nuclear program.
Egypt
Iran’s Ahmadinejad in Egypt on historic visit
Bulgaria to blame Hezbollah and Iran for Burgas attack
Bulgaria is prepared to release an investigative report that will blame Hezbollah and Iran for the Burgas terror attack that killed five Israeli tourists and one Bulgarian national.