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America’s Shifting “Red Lines” on Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions: A Wedge Issue in US–Israeli Relations

By MATTHIAS KÜNTZEL. In December 1998, an Israeli delegation led by then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to the Clinton White House and “inquired about the US government’s possible support for an Israeli military...

The Daily Star: Bulgaria has evidence linking Hezbollah to Burgas bombing

BEIRUT: Bulgaria has informed European officials of evidence implicating Hezbollah in last year’s attack on an Israeli bus at the Black Sea airport of Burga, Al-Hayat, quoting a source, reported Tuesday.

Hezbollah's time is up

In addition to the European Union proscribing Hezbollah, NATO must also enforce a buffer zone between Lebanon and Israel, writes Wahied Wahdat-Hagh

US calls on Iran to release American-Iranian pastor

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST. Washington urges Tehran to free Abedini from prison; 32-year-old is believed to have been arrested due to Christian beliefs. American-Iranian Pastor Saeed Abedini with...

How much does Venezuela matter to Hezbollah?

By ANA MARIA LUCA. “Does Hezbollah have operations in Venezuela? Of course! They work in Venezuela and send the money to the Middle East.” This is an extract from an interview with the world’s fifth most-wanted drug kingpin,...

Commentary: Germany Helps Companies Evade Iran Sanctions

Michael Spaney from Europe’s “Stop the Bomb” campaign has sent out a press release detailing the latest activity of the German-Iranian Chamber of Commerce, which today is hosting a seminar in Hamburg to encourage German firms to...

Jan 16, 2013: STOP THE BOMB Press Release: "MAN’s Iran-business not acceptable"

Jan 15, 2013: STOP THE BOMB Press Release: Protest against Iran Seminar of the German-Iranian Chamber of Commerce

Austrian Capital filled with Iranian spies

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, Jerusalem Post. The Austrian capital is a main European hub for Tehran’s spy network, the US-based Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress concluded in December in a comprehensive report on...

Made in Iran: Islamist anti-Semitism

By WAHIED WAHDAT-HAGH. It has been reported by Farsnews that an anti-Semitic cartoon festival on the Holocaust is being organised in response to Charlie Hebdo's latest move.

Teheran votes YES! on Hagel

by SABA FARZAN and SAEED GHASSEMINEJAD. Teheran believes that the US will accept Iran going nuclear and will even lift sanctions. Appointing Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense is an invitation to Iran’s dictatorship – signed,...

Iran’s Supreme Investor. To make sanctions bite, the U.S. and its Western allies should target companies controlled by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

By EMANUELE OTTOLENGHI and SAEED GHASSEMINEJAD. Last month, the Obama administration added seven new Iranian companies, because of proliferation concerns, to the ever-growing list of sanctioned Iranian entities. Yet, as important...

Asian buyers to deepen Iranian crude import cuts in 2013

BEIJING/SINGAPORE: Asian buyers of Iranian crude will deepen import cuts in 2013 and struggle to send cash to Tehran to pay for oil as tightening Western sanctions choke the flow of hard currency to Iran’s coffers. Tough...

UN sanctions Iran firms that shipped arms to Syria

US welcomes UNSC move to impose sanctions on Yas Air, SAD Import Export for violating UN arms embargo on Tehran. UNITED NATIONS - A UN Security Council committee on Thursday imposed sanctions on two Iranian firms that violated a...

Iran oil revenues halved by sanctions: minister

TEHRAN — Iran is losing half of its oil revenues because of international sanctions imposed over its disputed nuclear programme, Economy Minister Shamseddin Hosseini said in remarks quoted by media on Monday. "Iran is facing a...