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Goodspeed: As Arab Spring topples dictators, Iran’s influence grows

Not since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after the First World War has the Middle East experienced such comprehensive change. Dictators have been toppled in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Yemen; Syria is suffering civil war; and rebellion is smouldering … Continue reading

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U.S. prepares to send ‘bunker-busting’ bombs to U.A.E. to help contain Iran

Nov 11, 2011 — The United States has plans to provide thousands of advanced “bunker-busting” bombs to the United Arab Emirates as part of efforts to contain Iran, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The advanced munitions are designed to … Continue reading

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Israel may launch strike on Iran as soon as next month

Israel will launch military action to prevent Iran developing a nuclear weapon as soon as Christmas, intelligence chiefs have warned. A report by a UN watchdog into Iran’s nuclear ambitions ‘completely discredits’ the Islamic nation’s protestations of innocence, according to … Continue reading

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Obama withdrawal from Iraq clears way for Iran

President Obama is now taking credit for ending the U.S. war in Iraq when the reality is that President George W. Bush did so in 2008 by approving the Status of Forces Agreement arduously negotiated between the U.S. and Iraqi … Continue reading

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Iran revolutionary guards’ commander set to become president of Opec

A senior commander of Iran’s revolutionary guards, who is subject to comprehensive international sanctions, has been nominated as the country’s oil minister, a position that currently includes the presidency of Opec. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, sent a list of … Continue reading

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Iran Funnels New Weapons to Iraq and Afghanistan

TEHRAN—Iran’s elite military unit, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has transferred lethal new munitions to its allies in Iraq and Afghanistan in recent months, according to senior U.S. officials, in a bid to accelerate the U.S. withdrawals from these countries. … Continue reading

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Ledeen: Iranian Chaos

The port of Bandar Abbas is one of Iran’s major shipping hubs, as well as a big naval base in the Straits of Hormuz, and the site of a big refinery.  It is now in chaos.  Thousands of trucks, many … Continue reading

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Jonathan Kay: The case against bombing Iran (1)

When the case is made for bombing Iran's nuclear sites, a word that often comes up is "Osirak" –the name of the Iraqi reactor successfully attacked by Israeli F-16s in 1981. If a pre-emptive bombing run worked 30 years ago, … Continue reading

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Totten: Iran’s Other War

Iran’s most repressed religious minority is also its largest. Members of the community are routinely imprisoned, frequently executed, banned from universities, and ruthlessly repressed economically. Tens of thousands have been murdered by one regime after another. The current government—the Khomeinist … Continue reading

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Iran Placing Medium-Range Missiles in Venezuela

Iran is planning to place medium-range missiles on Venezuelan soil, based on western information sources, according to an article in the German daily, Die Welt, of November 25, 2010. According to the article, an agreement between the two countries was … Continue reading

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Nuclear scientist killed in Tehran was Iran's top Stuxnet expert

Prof. Majid Shahriari, who died when his car was attacked in North Tehran Monday, Nov. 29, headed the team Iran established for combating the Stuxnet virus rampaging through its nuclear and military networks. His wife was injured. The scientist’s death … Continue reading

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