Global IssuesTurmoil Heightens Bleak Winter In Tehran
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
It's miserable this time of year in Tehran. The short days are darkened further by the annual submersion of the city under a thick layer of exhaust and smoke. With the surrounding mountains and weak wind and winter sun, the pollution hovers for days, prompting the government to issue regular warnings to the elderly, pregnant and those with heart conditions not to go outside.
U.S. Leak On Israeli Attack Weakened A Warning To Netanyahu
Saturday, February 04, 2012
When Defence Secretary Leon Panetta told Washington Post columnist David Ignatius this week that he believes Israel was likely to attack Iran between April and June, it was ostensibly yet another expression of alarm at the Israeli government's threats of military action.
Lawmakers, 'experts' Spin Tales Of Iranian Terror In Latin America
Friday, February 03, 2012
Through its ties with Venezuela and other nations in Latin America, Iran is building an anti-U.S. alliance in the Western Hemisphere that poses a direct, imminent threat to the United States, an influential U.S. lawmaker said Thursday.
Dempsey Told Israelis U.S. Won't Join Their War On Iran
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey told Israeli leaders Jan. 20 that the United States would not participate in a war against Iran begun by Israel without prior agreement from Washington, according to accounts from well-placed senior military officers.
U.S. Group Urges 'more Credible' Military Threat Against Iran
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
The administration of President Barack Obama should take steps to make threats of a possible U.S. or Israeli attack against Iran more credible, according to the fourth in a series of studies released here Wednesday by a 13-man 'bipartisan' task force dominated by Iran hawks.
U.S.: Growing Elite Opposition to Military Option Against Iran
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Like the imminent prospect of one's hanging, to paraphrase the 18th century British essayist Dr. (Samuel) Johnson, the suddenly looming possibility of war can concentrate the mind wonderfully.
Eu-Iran: New Sanctions Aimed at Averting Wider Conflict
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
European countries are imposing unprecedented sanctions against Iran in part in hopes of preventing an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear installations that could further destabilise the Middle East and wreak havoc on the global economy.
U.S.: Worries Mount over Blowback of Israeli Attack on Iran
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
A former senior adviser on the Middle East to the last four U.S. presidents says that 'the negatives far outweigh the positives' of war with Iran and the United States should augment Israel's nuclear weapons delivery systems to dissuade it from attacking the Islamic Republic.
In Signal To Israel And Iran, Obama Delays War Exercise
Monday, January 16, 2012
The postponement of a massive joint U.S.-Israeli military exercise appears to be the culmination of a series of events that has impelled the Barack Obama administration to put more distance between the United States and aggressive Israeli policies toward Iran.
Saudi Arabia And Iran Spar Over Oil Embargo
Monday, January 16, 2012
Saudi Arabia will make up for any shortfall in world oil supply caused by sanctions against Iran, the country's oil minister has said, despite warnings from Iran that such a move would provoke unspecified 'consequences'.
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