Israel strikes Syria, says its targeting Hezbollah arms

Published on May 5, 2013

Israeli jets devastated Syrian targets near Damascus on Sunday in a heavy overnight air raid that Western and Israeli officials called a new strike on Iranian missiles bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah.

Hosting U.S. defense chief, Israel hints at patience on Iran

Published on April 22, 2013

Israel suggested on Monday it would be patient before taking any military action against Iran's nuclear program, saying during a visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel there was still time for other options.

Iran announces ‘comprehensive’ offer in resumed nuke talks

Published on April 5, 2013

Iran said it has made a “comprehensive proposal” to “establish a new bedrock for cooperation” in resumed talks about the Iranian nuclear program between Tehran and six world powers.

After lavish Chavez funeral, Maduro sworn in as interim president of Venezuela

Published on March 11, 2013

Nicolas Maduro, the handpicked successor of the late Hugo Chavez, was sworn in as the interim president of Venezuela amid opposition calls that the choice was unconstitutional.

Kerry sees ‘finite’ time for Iran nuclear talks

Published on March 4, 2013

The United States and top Gulf Arab ally Saudi Arabia said on Monday that talks between Iran and world powers on a diplomatic solution to its disputed nuclear program could not go on indefinitely.

For Netanyahu, N. Korea nuclear test offers lesson on Iran

Published on February 19, 2013

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pointed on Monday to North Korea's latest nuclear test as proof the world must keep up pressure on Iran to prevent it acquiring atomic weapons.

UN inspectors see new centrifuges at Iran nuclear site, diplomat says

Published on February 14, 2013

U.N. nuclear inspectors have seen a small number of advanced centrifuges at an uranium enrichment plant where Iran has said it will install and operate them, a diplomatic source said on Thursday.

Filmmaker Claude Lanzmann honored at Berlin film festival

Published on February 14, 2013

French documentary filmmaker and producer Claude Lanzmann will be honored at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival, where he spoke about filming his famous "Shoah" documentary.

Report: Iran converting enriched uranium to reactor fuel

Published on February 12, 2013

Iran announced that is converting some of its enriched uranium to reactor fuel.

Iran denies involvement in Bulgaria bomb attack

Published on February 8, 2013

Iran played no part in the bombing of a bus last year that killed Israeli tourists, its ambassador to Bulgaria said on Friday, rejecting Israeli charges that it was involved in the attack.

Ahmadinejad seeks strategic axis with Egypt

Published on February 6, 2013

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on the first visit to Cairo by an Iranian leader in more than three decades, called for a strategic alliance with Egypt and said he had offered the cash-strapped Arab state a loan, but drew a cool response.

Iran says Israel will regret Syria air strike

Published on February 4, 2013

Iran told Israel on Monday it would regret its air strike against Syria last week, without spelling out whether Iran or its ally planned any military response.

Syria may hold uranium stash, Western and Israeli experts say

Published on January 11, 2013

Western and Israeli security experts suspect Syria may have tonnes of unenriched uranium in storage and that any such stockpile could potentially be of interest to its ally Iran for use in Tehran's own disputed nuclear program.

2012 Top Ten Anti-Semitic/Anti-Israel Slurs

Published on December 28, 2012

The Jews have dominated the land, spread corruption on earth, spilled the blood of believers and in their actions profaned holy places. Zionists only understand the language of force and will not relent without duress. This will happen only through holy Jihad.

Iran, U.N. nuclear agency to resume talks in December

Published on November 9, 2012

Iran will return to talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency next month, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday, the latest push to seek a peaceful end to a dispute that has raised fears of a new Middle East war.

U.S. says it’s willing to meet with Iran on nukes but no talks set

Published on October 20, 2012

The New York Times reported on Saturday that the United States and Iran have agreed in principle to hold one-on-one negotiations on Iran's nuclear program but the White House quickly denied that any talks had been set.

Romney says he and Netanyahu have same ‘test’ for Iran

Published on October 10, 2012

Mitt Romney has said that he and Benjamin Netanyahu would employ the same "test" for Iran's nuclear program, but that a strike was “a long way” off.

Netanyahu to set ‘clear red line’ for Iran in U.N. speech

Published on September 27, 2012

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will set out, in his speech at the United Nations on Thursday, an ultimatum for Iran to halt its disputed nuclear drive or risk coming under military attack, an Israeli official said.

Obama to tell U.N.: Nuclear Iran poses existential threat to Israel

Published on September 25, 2012

President Barack Obama declared on Tuesday the United States will "do what we must" to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned against threatening attacks whose consequences would be devastating.

U.N. chief defies U.S., Israel; plans trip to Tehran

Published on August 22, 2012

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon plans to attend a summit meeting of leaders of non-aligned developing nations in Tehran next week, defying calls from the United States and Israel to boycott the event, U.N. diplomats said on Wednesday.

Dear Ahmadinejad: Let me tell you about cancer

By Rabbi David Wolpe
Published on August 21, 2012

When the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad compares Israel to a cancer, I take it personally.

Israel minister: Possible war with Iran could be month-long affair

Published on August 15, 2012

War with Iran would probably turn into a month-long conflict on various fronts with missile strikes on Israeli cities and some 500 dead, Israel's civil defense minister said in an interview published on Wednesday.

U.S.: Iran still not on ‘verge’ of weapon

Published on August 10, 2012

The U.S. assessment remains that Iran is not on the verge of achieving a nuclear weapon, a U.S. official said, apparently pushing back against claims to the contrary by Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak.

Ahmadinejad says world’s effort should be the ‘annihilation’ of Israel

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on August 3, 2012

Panetta: Iran sanctions have not yet stopped nuclear program

Published on July 31, 2012

Two days before his visit to Israel, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that though tough international sanctions have not yet caused Iran to drop its nuclear ambitions, they would eventually persuade the regime to “do what’s right.”

Iran threatens Israel; new EU sanctions take force

Published on July 2, 2012

Iran announced missile tests on Sunday and threatened to wipe Israel "off the face of the earth" if the Jewish state attacked it, brandishing some of its starkest threats on the day Europe began enforcing an oil embargo and harsh new sanctions.

Egypt’s Morsi keen to renew long-severed Iran ties

Published on June 25, 2012

Egypt's Islamist President-elect Mohamed Morsi voiced interest in restoring long-severed ties with Tehran to create a strategic "balance" in the region, in an interview published on Monday with Iran's Fars news agency.

Israel says clock ticking after Iran talks fail

Published on June 21, 2012

Israel has responded to the failure of the latest nuclear talks between world powers and Iran with a familiar refrain: sanctions must be ramped up while the clock ticks down toward possible military action.

U.S.: Israel ‘supportive’ on future Iran sanctions

Published on June 4, 2012

The United States is conferring with Israel about new sanctions planned against Iran should international negotiations this month fail to curb the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, a U.S. official said on Monday.

Higher grade Iranian enriched uranium uncovered

Published on May 25, 2012

Evidence found in an underground bunker in Iran could signal the country’s having moved one step closer toward the uranium threshold needed to make nuclear arms, International Atomic Energy Agency diplomats said today.

Israel wary of expected Iran nuclear deal

Published on May 22, 2012

Israel expressed deep suspicion on Tuesday about an expected deal between the U.N. nuclear agency and Iran, suggesting Tehran's aim was to wriggle out of sanctions rather than make real concessions ahead of wider atomic talks with world powers.

U.N. nuclear chief holds talks in Tehran, hopes for deal

Published on May 21, 2012

The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief held rare talks in Tehran on Monday after voicing hope for a deal to investigate suspected atomic bomb research - a gesture Iran might make to try to get international sanctions relaxed and deflect threats of war.

Hamas says it will not go to war for Iran

Published on May 10, 2012

The Islamist movement Hamas will not let itself be dragged into a war against Israel if it attacks the nuclear facilities of Hamas ally Iran, Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh said on Thursday.

Iran cleaning building of nuclear traces, U.S. institute alleges

Published on May 9, 2012

New satellite imagery analyzed by a U.S. security think tank shows that Iran may be clearing nuclear evidence from a building at a military site.

Biden: Israel still has time to strike Iran [VIDEO]

Published on May 8, 2012

Israel still has time to strike Iran and the right to decide for itself whether to do so, Vice President Joe Biden said.

Barak: Iran could seek short build time for bomb

Published on May 4, 2012

Iran's nuclear strategy could eventually allow it to build an atomic bomb with just 60 days' notice, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Friday.

Israel’s top general says Iran unlikely to make bomb

Published on April 25, 2012

Israel's military chief said he does not believe Iran will decide to build an atomic bomb and called its leaders "very rational" - comments that clashed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's assessment.

Barak: Israel did not promise not to attack Iran

Published on April 17, 2012

Israel did not promise the United States that it would abstain from attacking Iran while negotiations are going on, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said.

Iran says it’s ready to resolve nuclear issues

Published on April 16, 2012

Iran is ready to resolve all nuclear issues in the next round of talks with world powers if the West starts lifting sanctions, its foreign minister said on Monday.

Iran, world powers set for high-stakes nuclear talks

Published on April 13, 2012

Iran and the six world powers prepared on Friday for rare talks aimed at easing fears that a deepening dispute over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program could plunge the Middle East into a new war.

Iran says it has arrested ‘Zionist regime-backed terrorist team’

Published on April 10, 2012

Iran said on Tuesday it had identified a "major terrorist group" it said was affiliated to its arch-foe Israel and had arrested some of its members, the official IRNA news agency reported, citing an Intelligence Ministry report.

Report: Iran to allow inspection of suspected nuclear site

Published on March 6, 2012

Iran will allow inspectors from the United Nations' nuclear watchdog group to visit a suspected nuclear site on a military base near Tehran.

Iran parliament vote seen bolstering Supreme Leader

Published on March 2, 2012

Iranians voted on Friday in a parliamentary election likely to reinforce Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's power over rival hardliners led by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Iran election highlights deepening power struggle

Published on February 28, 2012

Iran's parliamentary election this Friday is a potentially decisive battle in the struggle between political and religious hardliners, but it is unlikely to alter Tehran's stand on its deadlock with the West over its nuclear program.

Iran defiant as U.N. nuclear talks fail

Published on February 22, 2012

The U.N. nuclear watchdog ended its latest mission to Iran after talks on Tehran's suspected secret atomic weapons research failed, a setback likely to increase the risk of confrontation with the West.

Russia to Israel: Attacking Iran would be ‘catastrophic’

Published on February 22, 2012

Russia warned Israel on Wednesday that attacking Iran would be a disastrous and played down the failure of a U.N. nuclear agency mission to Tehran, saying there is still a chance for new talks over the Iranian atomic program.

Iran’s nuclear ambitions

Published on February 15, 2012

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Iran for attacks on Israeli embassy staff in Georgia and India on Monday Feb. 13 that wounded at least two people. "Iran is behind these attacks. It is the biggest exporter of terror in the world," Netanyahu told members of his Likud party. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland seemed much on the same wavelength two days later.

Iran boasts nuclear advances, deepening standoff

Published on February 15, 2012

Iran proclaimed advances in nuclear know-how on Wednesday, including new centrifuges able to enrich uranium much faster, a move that may hasten a drift towards confrontation with the West over suspicions it is seeking the means to make atomic bombs.

Sarkozy: Iran solution should be non-military

Published on February 10, 2012

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that the solution to the Iran crisis is "never military."

Iran shrugs off latest U.S. sanctions, trade suffers

Published on February 7, 2012

Iran castigated its U.S. adversary on Tuesday over new financial measures to disrupt Iranian commerce, and a default on payment for rice purchases highlighted the encroachment of sanctions on the staples of everyday life.

Iran threatens retaliation over oil embargo

Published on February 3, 2012

Iran's supreme leader threatened on Friday to retaliate against the West for sanctions, a day after a U.S. newspaper said defense secretary Leon Panetta believed Israel was likely to bomb Iran within months to stop it building a nuclear bomb.

Former IDF chief Ya’alon: West can hit all of Iran’s nukes

Published on February 2, 2012

The West could carry out a military strike on any of Iran's nuclear facilities, former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon said.

Israel says Iran has material for four A-bombs

Published on February 2, 2012

Israel estimated on Thursday that Iran could make four atomic bombs by further enriching uranium it has already stockpiled, and could produce its first within a year of deciding to build one.

Bipartisan group presses U.S. to pressure Iran

Published on February 1, 2012

A bipartisan group of foreign policy hawks called on the Obama administration to intensify pressure on Iran by increasing the U.S. military profile in the Persian Gulf and providing arms to Israel that could facilitate a strike on the Islamic Republic.

Obama: ‘All options’ - including diplomacy - still on with Iran

Published on January 25, 2012

All options are on the table for Iran, but a diplomatic solution to the impasse over its nuclear weapons program is still a possibility, President Obama said in his State of the Union speech.

EU bans Iranian oil, Tehran responds with threats

Published on January 23, 2012

The European Union banned imports of oil from Iran on Monday and imposed a number of other economic sanctions, joining the United States in a new round of measures aimed at deflecting Tehran's nuclear development program.

Nicolas Sarkozy: Time running out for Iran diplomacy

Published on January 20, 2012

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday that time was running out to avoid a military intervention in Iran and he appealed to China and Russia to support new sanctions to force Tehran to negotiate over its uranium enrichment program.

Obama administration: No ‘direct talks’ letter to Iran

Published on January 19, 2012

The Obama administration said an Iranian lawmaker had mischaracterized its message warning against blocking the Strait of Hormuz and reiterating its commitment to dialogue.

IAEA to press Iran over nuclear concerns

Published on January 19, 2012

The U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said it was his duty to warn the world about suspected Iranian activities that point to plans to develop atomic bombs, maintaining pressure on Tehran ahead of rare talks between Iran and his agency expected this month.

U.S. expects Iran sanctions to bear results within two months

Published on January 18, 2012

The Obama administration expects a significant drop in foreign dealings with the Central Bank of Iran in the next two months.