Come after Russia says it opposes “paralyzing” sanctions aimed at energy sector.
Israel and the US were holding a one-day, high-level strategic dialogue on Thursday expected to focus on sanctions against Iran, a day after Russia announced it opposes “paralyzing” sanctions aimed at the Islamic Republic’s energy sector.
A week after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu returned from […]
Team to discuss Iran sanctions; Ahmadinejad: We’ll cut off attackers’ hands.
A high-level delegation headed by Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe Ya’alon which includes Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer is to leave for China Wednesday in an effort to get Beijing to back sanctions against Iran in the UN Security Council.
The delegation is scheduled to hold […]
Abdulmalik Rigi, whose group has destabilized the border region with Pakistan, arrested abroad.
Iran said Tuesday that its security forces have captured the top leader of an armed Sunni group whose insurgency in the southeast has destabilized the border region with Pakistan.
A state TV report quoted Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar as saying that insurgency leader […]
Teheran plans two more uranium enrichment facilities.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu continued on Monday to publicly urge the world to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, even as Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that if Iran can’t have nuclear weapons, Israel should not be able to have them either.
Erdogan, in an interview with the […]
Soltanieh: IAEA report based on fabricated documents; Russia warns of sanctions.
Supreme Iranian Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday said that Iran was not seeking nuclear weapons, a day after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published a report expressing concern the Islamic republic may be aiming to develop a nuclear-armed missile.
In Thursday’s report, the IAEA […]
Iran’s leader urges Nasrallah to prepare for strong retaliation against Israel.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday said that if Israel launches a new war against Hizbullah, the terror group should retaliate strongly enough to “close their case once and for all.”
Ahmadinejad’s comments, in a conversation with Hizbullah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, were the latest in […]
Ahmadinejad says country installing more advanced machinery at main facility.
Russia joined the US and France in urging Iran to stop enriching uranium to higher levels in a statement shared Wednesday with The Associated Press, suggesting the project reinforced suspicions that Teheran is seeking to make nuclear weapons.
Shrugging off international concerns, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced […]
Senior Iranian diplomat says int’l probe is “totally out of the question.”
Israel and many Western countries called on Iran to end public executions and capital punishment – particularly of juveniles – as they attacked the country’s human rights record at a UN hearing in Geneva on Monday.
“Commute all death sentences, especially all executions of political […]
