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| October 10, 2012
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Azerbaijan Jails 22 Islamic Radicals for Plotting Attacks Against US & Israeli Embassies

Azerbaijan jailed 22 Islamic terrorists on Tuesday for plotting attacks on US & Israeli embassies in collaboration with Iran.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Azerbaijan jailed 22 alleged Islamic radicals on Tuesday for plotting attacks on the U.S. and Israeli embassies in the ex-Soviet state in collaboration with neighboring Iran, a court in Baku said.

Elmar Mammadyarov, Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, addresses the 67th session of the United Nations

Elmar Mammadyarov, Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, addresses the 67th session of the United Nations – Reuters

Azerbaijan frequently has been named as a country from which Israeli planes could fly to attack Iran in an effort to curtail its nuclear development program. It has denied it has granted Israel privileges to use its bases and air space, despite good relations between the two countries. Continue Reading »

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| October 6, 2012
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Dore Gold: Iran & its Nuclear Deception

Khomeini’s ideological legacy for the Islamic republic is to protect its nuclear program. He knew that Iran’s use of lies in its diplomacy in the past had been effective. One of the problems with Iran’s use of deception is that the West refuse to accept that they’ve been duped.

By Dore Gold

In a rare admission two weeks ago, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Fereydoon Abbasi, was quoted in al-Hayat saying the Iranian government had provided false information in the past to protect its nuclear program. Abbasi accused Britain’s foreign intelligence service, MI-6, of spying on Iran to justify the fact that it had decided to lie to the international community.

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| October 3, 2012
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What about the People of Iran ?

Op-ed: Netanyahu’s UN address was  an opportunity for the Iranian people to hear the truth

By A.B. Yehoshua

 

When Prime Minister Netanyahu delivers a speech at the UN General Assembly, it is usually intended for three or four target audiences: First of all he is speaking to the American government and people; he is also addressing the US Jews and the representatives of countries that are more or less friendly to Israel – in Europe, South America and Asia; and, of course, he is also addressing to the Israeli public, although this public has many other opportunities to hear what he has to say. Continue Reading »

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| September 29, 2012
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Iran’s FARS news agency cites fictitious poll saying Ahmadinejad is more popular than Obama in U.S.

Iranian news agency, FARS cited a poll by The Onion, a satirical website , as a credible source, claiming a majority of U.S. rural whites prefer  Ahmadinejad over Obama.

Later, the report was no longer available online.

Iranian news agency FARS reported the results of a Gallup poll on Friday, which it said had found that “an overwhelming majority of rural white Americans said they would rather vote for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad than U.S. President Barack Obama.”

A screen grab of the Onion's faux Gallup poll.

A screen grab of the Onion’s faux Gallup poll.

The poll in question, however, was not a real poll, but a fake poll published by the satirical website The Onion. Continue Reading »

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| September 29, 2012
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White House reports Netanyahu & Obama ‘in full agreement’ on Iran’s nuclear program

Following a phone conversation between Netanyahu & Obama, the WH did not say whether Obama gave any ground on giving a ‘red line’ towards Iran.

Romney called Netanyahu afterwards.

 

 

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday expressed solidarity on the goal of preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, the White House said, amid signs of easing tensions over their differences on how to confront Tehran.

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

President Barack Obama talks on the phone with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Oval Office, September 28, 2012. Photo by Official White House – Photo by Pete Souza

Obama, who opted not to meet Netanyahu on his U.S. Continue Reading »

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| September 28, 2012
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Iranian delegation to UN General Assembly in New York on major shopping spree

Report: Iranians have trouble buying imported goods back home since sanctions imposed over its nuclear program.

 

Iranian delegates to the United Nation General Assembly went on a shopping spree during their visit to New York, the Daily Mail reported Thursday, citing a source saying sanctions imposed on Iran make it harder to get foreign goods back home.

A sign marks the spot for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at UN HQ - AFP - September 25, 2012.

A sign marks the spot for Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ahead of the annual UN General Assembly meeting in New York, September 25, 2012. – Photo by AFP

 

The American chain stores that the Iranians visited include Payless shoe store, Costco, Walgreens and Duane Reade, the report said, adding that the men accompanying President Ahmadinejad were interested in cheap clothing, shampoo, soap and vitamin supplies. Continue Reading »

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| September 27, 2012
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Azerbaijan Convicts 3 Over Plan to Murder Jews & Connects Plan to Iranian Official

Plot’s leader admits in interview that Iran contracted the men as ‘pay-back’ for the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists.

Three people have been convicted of plotting to kill teachers at a Jewish school in Azerbaijan.

A court in the capital Baku on Thursday found plot ringleader Rasim Aliyev and two other Azerbaijani citizens guilty of plotting the assassination of public officials and gun-smuggling. Aliyev was given a 14-year sentence while the others received 13 and eight years.

A mosque and the city waterfront are reflected in a new building in the Azeri capital Baku.

A mosque and the city waterfront are reflected in a new building in the Azeri capital Baku, September 8, 2012.

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| September 25, 2012
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U.S. refuses entry visas for 20 Iranians for UN meet in NYC

Although 2 ministers & top aides among those denied entry, Iranian news agency says 140 were given U.S. visas.

By Reuters

The United States has denied visas to about 20 Iranian government officials hoping to attend next week’s UN General Assembly, including two ministers, Iran’s Fars news agency reported on Saturday.

United Nations General Assembly - AP - 21.9.2011

President Barack Obama addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 21, 2011. Photo by AP

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a regular at the assembly since he took office in 2005, will give his final speech there on Wednesday and will address a meeting on the “rule of law” on Monday. Continue Reading »

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| September 21, 2012
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Washington Warns Israel That Striking Iran May Affect Peace

U.S. officials recently alerted Jerusalem that Jordan & Egypt may annul their peace treaties with Israel if it attacks Iran.

By Elad Benari

 

U.S. officials recently warned Israel that Egypt and Jordan could annul their peace treaties with the Jewish State if it carries out a preemptive strike against Iran, AFP reported on Thursday based on a report in the Yediot Achronot daily newspaper.

Israel carries out a weapons drill in the Golan Heights

Israel carries out a weapons drill in the Golan Heights – AFP/Jack Guez

Quoting a high-level Israeli official, the newspaper said Washington had warned the Jewish state that Arab leaders would not be able to control an angry public backlash if Israel were to mount an attack on Iran. Continue Reading »

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| September 16, 2012
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Ahmadinejad accuses his enemies of destroying Iran’s rain clouds

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran’s enemies hatched sinister plan to prevent rain clouds from reaching Iran, causing drought

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused his country’s enemies of enacting a sinister plan to create a drought by somehow destroying the rain clouds before they reach Iran, several Iranian websites reported on Tuesday.

Ahmadinejad Photo: AFP

Ahmadinejad Photo: AFP

Well-known for his anti-American and anti-Israeli rhetoric, Ahmadinejad has made similar remarks before and last year accused the West of devising a plot to cause drought in the Islamic republic.

“The enemy destroys the clouds that are headed towards our country and this is a war Iran will win,” Ahmadinejad said, according to several websites including the BBC’s Persian-language site. Continue Reading »

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| September 10, 2012
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Exposé: How Israel Knew Syria Reactor had to be Bombed

The Israeli operation on the Syrian nuclear reactor began with intel gathered 6 months earlier, in a daring raid on an Austrian home.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

The Israeli bombing of a Syrian nuclear strike began with intelligence gathered six months earlier in a daring raid on the Austrian home of the Syrian Atomic Energy Commission director Ibrahim Othman, The New Yorker reported in its new edition.

David Makovsky, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, wrote under the headline “The Silent Strike,” that in March 2007, Mossad agents raided the home following suspicions concerning a large building the Assad regime was building in the northeastern Syrian desert. Continue Reading »

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| September 8, 2012
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Canada says Tehran ‘most significant threat’ to world peace, recalls Ambassador, Closes Iran Embassy

 

Citing hostility to Israel, assisting Assad & its nuclear program, Foreign Minister John Baird said Canada will expel all Iranian diplomats within 5 days; Netanyahu: Canada took a moral step.

Canada has closed its embassy in Iran and will expel all remaining Iranian diplomats in Canada within five days, Foreign Minister John Baird said on Friday, denouncing Tehran as the biggest threat to global security.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - AP.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at Iran’s nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz. – Photo by AP

Baird cited Iran’s nuclear program, its hostility toward Israel and Iranian military assistance to the government of President Bashar Assad in Syria, which is locked in civil war with rebels, as the reasons for suspending diplomatic relations. Continue Reading »

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| September 4, 2012
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The Iranian People Fear a War with Israel is on the Horizon

Ordinary Iranian citizens tell Channel 10TV, they fear a war with Israel

By Elad Benari

 

Iran’s leadership has publicly stated that it would crush any Israeli offensive against its nuclear facilities, but Iran’s ordinary citizens appear to feel otherwise, Channel 10 News reported on Monday.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Reuters

The channel spoke with several Iranian citizens who, without revealing their identities, said that there is great tension and fear among Iranians over a possible war with Israel.

“The Iranians understand their current president says terrible things about Israel,” said one Iranian, a resident of Bushehr. “You can be sure that not all Iranians agree with the behavior of their leaders.” Continue Reading »

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| August 31, 2012
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Iran’s long arm snagged in Syria

Iran’s The Quds Force, first set up during the Iran-Iraq war, has been linked to terrorist attacks on Israeli & Jewish targets.


 

Earlier this month, a group of 48 men from Iran entered Syria, ostensibly to visit a Shi’ite shrine.

The group’s alleged purpose was to pay tribute to the tomb of Sayeda Zeinab, granddaughter of Islam’s prophet Muhammad, who is buried south of Damascus.

Iran revolutionary guards - Photo: Raheb Homavandi/Reuters

Iran revolutionary guards – Photo: Raheb Homavandi/Reuters

As they were making their way to Damascus airport, gunmen from the Free Syrian Army kidnapped the men and have held them ever since. The FSA dismissed the men’s claim that they were innocent pilgrims, saying they were in fact active members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and its elite covert unit, the Quds Force. Continue Reading »

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| August 30, 2012
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UN’s Ban to Iranian Leaders: Stop Threatening Israel

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon tells Iranian leaders that their statements on Israel are “unacceptable and should be condemned by all.”

By Elad Benari

 

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told Iran’s leaders to stop threatening Israel, his spokesman said on Wednesday.

Ban Ki-Moon and Ahmadinejad

Ban Ki-Moon and Ahmadinejad
Reuters

Ban, who arrived in Iran on Wednesday for the Non-Aligned Movement Conference, had a series of meetings with Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, spokesman Martin Nesirky said.

Ban also held talks with the Iranian Parliament Speaker, Ali Larijani, and with Saeed Jalili, the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council. Continue Reading »

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