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| July 27, 2012
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US views Iran’s upgraded military capabilities a threat in Persian Gulf

Washington Post reports American security experts believe that Iran’s upgraded military capabilities are factor in case of military confrontation in Persian Gulf

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Experts estimate that Iran is bolstering its retaliation capabilities against US naval ships in the Persian Gulf– among other things Tehran is amassing an arsenal of advanced anti-ship missiles and expanding its fast attack boat fleet, the Washington Post reported on Friday.

Iranian naval drill in Persian Gulf (Photo: AP)

Iranian naval drill in Persian Gulf – Photo: AP

According to the Post, officials claimed that the new systems, many of which were developed with foreign assistance, are giving Iran’s commanders new confidence that they could quickly damage or destroy US ships if hostilities erupt. Continue Reading »

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| July 27, 2012
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Massive US bunker-buster finally available

With possible intervention in Syria, Iran strike, 30,000-pound bomb capable of penetrating underground instillation is ready.

 

In face of possible military intervention in Syria and a strike against Iran, the United States has announced that its largest bunker-buster missile capable of penetrating underground facilities is operational and ready for use if needed.

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Drone – Photo: REUTERS

Called the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), the 30,000-pound bomb which contains over 5,000 pounds of explosives was originally designed to take out hardened fortifications in Iran and North Korea. The announcement that it is operational comes at a time that the western world is increasingly concerned over the potential proliferation of Syria’s chemical weapons to Hezbollah.

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| July 26, 2012
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Iran accuses Israel of committing Bulgaria suicide attack

Iranian envoy to UN to Security Council: Israeli agents attacked their own people in Bulgaria

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Iran’s UN envoy accused Israel on Wednesday of plotting and carrying out a suicide bomb attack on a bus in Bulgaria a week ago in which five Israeli tourists were killed.

A suicide bomber blew up the bus in a car park at Burgas airport, a popular gateway for tourists visiting Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast, killing himself, the Israeli tourists and the Bulgarian bus driver and wounding more than 30 people.

Burgas bus

A burned out bus in Burgas, Bulgaria following a terrorist attack on July 18.

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| July 24, 2012
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Iranian Athletes Vow to Compete against the Israelis

Iranian athletes are willing to uphold the Olympics principles promising not to boycott competitions with Israelis, despite having done so in the past.

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

Iranian athletes have vowed to uphold the Olympics principles and not boycott competition with Israelis, despite having done so so in the past.

British Army soldiers raise the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the Olympic Villag

British Army soldiers raise the flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran at the Olympic Village – Photo: Reuters

Despite past boycotts, Iranian Olympics official Bahram Afsharzadeh insisted this week that the country’s athletes will be “faithful to sport” and not walk on competitions involving Israelis.

He said Iranian athletes have signed a pledge, backed by the United Nations, to leave hostilities outside of the Games. Continue Reading »

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| July 21, 2012
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NYPD link Iran, & it’s proxies to nine plots against Jewish targets this year

Report cites 3 foiled plots in January, 3 in February & another 3 since June.

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New York police believe Iranian Revolutionary Guards or their proxies have been involved so far this year in nine plots against Israeli or Jewish targets around the world, according to restricted police documents obtained by Reuters.

Reports prepared this week by intelligence analysts for the New York Police Department (NYPD) say three plots were foiled in January, three in February and another three since late June. Iran has repeatedly denied supporting militant attacks abroad.

Burgas bus

The burned out bus in Burgas, Bulgaria following the terrorist attack on July 18.

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| July 19, 2012
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Suspected Bulgaria suicide bomber had fake Michigan license

Photo obtained by ABC shows driver’s license with name ‘Jacque Felipe Martin’ &  Louisiana address, which actually belongs to a casino; Bulgaria police yet to determine whether U.S. passport is also fake.

By Haaretz and Yaniv Kubovich

 

The suspected suicide bomber who blew up a bus of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria had a fake Michigan’s driver’s license, ABC reported on Thursday, displaying an image of the license with the name Jacque Felipe Martin.

Screenshot of ABC

Image obtained by ABC shows license with the name ‘Jacque Felipe Martin – Screenshot of ABC

The attack, which occurred Wednesday in the Burgas airport, killed five Israelis and wounded 34. Continue Reading »

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| July 13, 2012
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Iran’s Central Demand in its Negotiations

Iran did not come with clean hands when it demanded that its right to enrich uranium be recognized.

By Dore Gold

The main theme raised by Iranian negotiators during the talks with the P5+1 in Moscow last month was their claim that they have a legal right to enrich uranium under the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. David Ignatius, The Washington Post’s commentator for Middle Eastern affairs, obtained a copy of the Power Point that the Iranians used in the negotiations and he noticed that this argument appeared in the first third of the 48 page Iranian document. Ignatius understood through his contacts that for the Iranians any diplomatic compromise must include the West conceding to this Iranian demand. Continue Reading »

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| July 12, 2012
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Minister Ya’alon threatens Hezbollah, demands US toughen its Iranian stance

Strategic affairs minister says Iran believes itself immune from further US action before the November election & warns Hezbollah of “heavy price” if it attacks Israel at behest of Tehran or Damascus.

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The United States must do more to show Iran it is serious about curtailing its nuclear ambitions because the current pressure is not working, Vice Premier Moshe Ya’alon said on Thursday.

PM Netanyahu & Deputy PM Yaalon - Photo: Reuters

PM Netanyahu & Deputy PM Yaalon – Photo: Reuters

Ya’alon also fired a warning at the terrorist Hezbollah movement in neighboring Lebanon, saying the Shi’ite group would be crushed if it tried to attack Israel at the behest of Tehran in any future war.

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| July 8, 2012
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Report: Iranian diplomat molested girl

 German paper says Iranian diplomat arrested after allegedly sexually harassing 10-year-old girl at Frankfurt playground. Iran’s Foreign Ministry: This is a plot fabricated by anti-Iran opposition group and Zionist-affiliated Bild newspaper

By Dudi Cohen

 

Iran’s deputy head of the general consulate in Frankfurt was arrested last week on suspicion that he sexually harassed a 10-year-old girl of Senegalese descent.

The Iranians quickly disputed the allegations, saying that the German police mistakenly arrested him.

Illustration Photo: Shutterstock

Illustration Photo: Shutterstock

The incident occurred last month in a Frankfurt playground. According to German newspaper Bild, the 45-year-old diplomat caressed the girl’s back side and tried to kiss her. Continue Reading »

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| July 8, 2012
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US court fines Iran $813m for 1983 Lebanon attack

WASHINGTON: A US federal judge has ordered Iran to pay more than $813 million in damages and interest to the families of 241 US soldiers killed in the 1983 bombing of a Marine barracks in Lebanon.

By AFP

 


“After this opinion, this court will have issued over $8.8 billion in judgments against Iran as a result of the 1983 Beirut bombing,” Judge Royce Lamberth wrote in a ruling this week, a copy of which was seen Friday by AFP.

In1983, 241 American soldiers, including 220 Marines, were killed in near Beirut's international airport. PHOTO: FILE

In1983, 241 American soldiers, including 220 Marines, were killed in near Beirut’s international airport. – PHOTO: FILE

 

“Iran is racking up quite a bill from its sponsorship of terrorism,” the Washington judge added, noting that “a number of other Beirut bombing cases remain pending, and their completion will surely increase this amount.” Continue Reading »

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| July 5, 2012
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Report: Iran oil tankers ‘floating aimlessly’

Due to global embargo, fleet of 65 Iranian tankers floating in Persian Gulf waters under false identity in hopes of selling oil ‘no one wants to buy,’ New York Times reports

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Iran has been forced to store some 40 million barrels of oil that “that no one is willing to buy” because of a crippling embargo on a fleet of about 65 tankers “floating aimlessly” in the Persian Gulf, The New York Times reported Wednesday.

Super Tanker can hold 3 million barrels of oil - Photo: Flicker/Lance and Erin Willett

Super Tanker can hold 3 million barrels of oil – Photo: Flicker/Lance and Erin Willett

The newspaper quoted international oil experts as saying that Iranian exports have already been reduced by at least 25% since the beginning of the year, costing Iran roughly $10 billion so far in forgone revenues. Continue Reading »

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| June 27, 2012
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Liberman on Iranian VP: Hitler also said crazy things

FM says Iranian regime is composed of anti-Semitic fanatics who seek the destruction of Israel after Iranian VP Rahimi blames Jews for controlling int’l drug trade at UN-sponsored conference in Tehran.

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Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman on Wednesday condemned Iranian first  Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi for a speech he gave at a UN conference in Tehran on Tuesday in which he blamed Jews for controlling the international drugtrade.

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman - Photo: Ronen Zvulun / Reuters

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman - Photo: Ronen Zvulun / Reuters

“Hitler also said crazy things and succeeded in carrying out his plan,” Liberman stated, adding that the world has not yet fully come to understand the danger that Iran poses. Continue Reading »

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| June 27, 2012
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‘Zionists to blame for world drug trade’

In blatantly anti-Semitic speech Iranian VP Mohammad Reza Rahimi says Jews, Talmud incite global narcotics trade. ‘Jews think they’re a superior race,’ he blasts

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In blatantly anti-Semitic speech, Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi condemned the “Zionists” and the teachings of the Talmud for “inciting global drug trade and addiction in a bid to annihilate non-Jewish communities,” Iran‘s Fars News Agency reported Wednesday.

Mohammad Reza Rahimi Photo: EPA

Mohammad Reza Rahimi - Photo: EPA

Rahimi, who spoke during a ceremony marking International Day against Drug Abuse held in Tehran on Tuesday, said that it is, in fact, the Talmud, which is a central text of Judaism, that “teaches (Zionists) how to destroy non-Jews so as to protect an embryo in the womb of a Jewish mother.” Continue Reading »

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| June 25, 2012
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Iran Says Its Navy Will Patrol High Seas

Iran’s routine claims of military prowess reach a new climax: Its warships will patrol the high seas “to protect tankers.” Flotilla clash?

By Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

 

 

Iran’s routine claims of military prowess reached a new climax Monday with the announcement its warships will patrol international waters in the high seas “to protect tankers” beyond the Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea.

Gas flares from Iranian oil production platform in Persian Gulf

Gas flares from Iranian oil production platform in Persian Gulf - Photo by Reuters

Iran’s Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said in Tehran, as reported by government news agencies, “Today we witness that the Army’s naval force is deployed in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea instead of the Persian Gulf, and God willing, we will go beyond the Mediterranean in future.” Continue Reading »

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| June 21, 2012
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NGO fears for missing Iraqi-Kurd pro-Israel editor

Reporters Without Borders expresses concern for Iranian journalist who it says has been missing in Iraqi Kurdistan for 11 days.

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An Iranian journalist who advocates ties between Israelis and Kurds has been missing for 11 days, NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said Wednesday, expressing concern for his safety.

Mawlud Afand's Facebook page - Photo: Facebookscreenshot

Mawlud Afand's Facebook page - Photo: Facebookscreenshot

“We fear the worst and we urge the autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government’s authorities to do everything possible to find Mawlud Afand,” the group said. “And we therefore call for an immediate investigation into this journalist’s disappearance.”

Afand, who is of Iranian origin, lives in Iraqi Kurdistan and is the editor of the magazine Kurd-Israel, published by the Kurd-Israel Association.

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