[Photo copyright The Press Secretary Office of the President of Indonesia]– Iran claims that the United States and Britain were involved in a suicide attack on Revolutionary Guards. News24 reports: “A suicide bomber blew himself up, killing seven commanders and 23 other people. The headquarters of the armed forces blamed the bombing on ‘terrorists’ backed [...]
[News24]– Israel and the United States will hold their biggest joint air-defence exercise next week, officials said, testing missile interceptors that would serve as a strategic bulwark in any future showdown with Iran. The October 12-16 manoeuvres, dubbed Juniper Cobra, will be overseen by Admiral Mark Fitzgerald, chief of the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet and [...]
[Fox News]– Iran’s president hit back Saturday at President Barack Obama’s accusation that his country had sought to hide its construction of a new nuclear site, arguing that Tehran reported the facility to the U.N. even earlier than required. The Iranian president defended his government’s actions as the head of the U.N.’s nuclear monitoring agency, [...]
[frontpagemag.com]– The Obama administration’s recent decision to scupper a planned missile shield in Eastern Europe was at least in part conceived as a diplomatic strategy aimed at Russia. By terminating a defense system that had aroused Russia’s ire, the administration had hoped to win Moscow’s backing for stiffer sanctions against Iran. But if that was [...]
[Xinhua]– Iran successfully launched short-range missiles and a multi-missile launching system in a war game carried out by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Sunday, local English-language Press TV reported. In a military drill dubbed The Great Prophet IV in a bid to bolster its defense capabilities by IRGC, Iran has tested a multi-missile [...]
[Times Online]– The foreign secretary has refused to rule out the prospect of military action in Iran after the discovery of a secret nuclear facility, as officials in Tehran claimed the site will be available for inspection . David Miliband said the the UK was “100 per cent committed” to a diplomatic resolution to the [...]
Iran has revealed the existence of a secret uranium-enrichment plant, officials told The Associated Press Friday, a development that could heighten fears about Iran’s ability to produce a nuclear weapon and escalate its diplomatic confrontation with the West. President Barack Obama and the leaders of France and Britain plan to accuse Iran of hiding the [...]
