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Iran and Israel, once and future allies

by Saeed Ghasseminejad and Saba Farzan. For the last thirty years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has not only been constantly calling for the destruction of Israel, but has also been acting to make it happen. There is a...

Feb. 11, 2013: Press Release: Missile attacks on Iranian refugee camp in Iraq

Brussels's Hezbollah Excuses Are Running Out

By DANIEL SCHWAMMENTHAL. EU antiterror policy can't be based on the hope that Hezbollah will try, in future attacks on Israelis, to avoid killing European bystanders.

EU court rules against Iran bank sanctions

Jerusalem Post. Ruling weakens EU's sanctions regime against Iran's nuclear program; US sanctions Iranian broadcasters, locks up oil revenues.

Bulgaria Attack: EU Leaders Mull Firmer Stance against Hezbollah

By JAMES KIRCHICK. The US is urging EU countries to follow its lead in labelling Hezbollah a terrorist organization. Bulgaria's claim that the militant Lebanese group was behind a deadly attack on Israeli tourists in July already...

Europe's Hizbollah Problem

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL. SOFIA, Bulgaria — Since the Lebanese political movement Hezbollah's inception in 1982, the group's relations with the European Union have been characterized by a fragmented policy filled with complex...

EXCLUSIVE: "All roads lead to Lebanon". Bulgaria bomb attack report implicates Hezbollah

The Bulgarian government is set to announce that all roads regarding the Burgas bombing "lead to Lebanon", implicating Hezbollah in the atrocity

Iran's nuclear lies

By JAMES KIRCHICK. A recent trip to Europe by a high-ranking official from Tehran was an exercise in deception. For throughout his entire presentation, Salehi did little else than deceive his audience.

Berlin: Protest-Rally against the visit of the Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi to Berlin

Montag, February 4, 2013, 11:30 a.m. at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik (DGAP) Rauchstraße 17-18, 10787 Berlin-Tiergarten

Protest against visit of Iranian Foreign Minister to Germany!

Hizballah and the Qods Force in Iran's Shadow War with the West

By MATTHEW LEVITT. In October 2012, an Iranian-American car salesman pleaded guilty to his role in an audacious plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States. The plot, to be carried out in a Washington,...

German official: Hezbollah must feel the pressure

von BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, Jerusalem Post. Missfelder criticizes EU counter-terrorism official for playing down need to list Hezbollah as terrorist entity. Hezbollah’s Martyrs’ Day in south Beirut Photo: Sharif...

Jan 30, 2013: Press Release: Protests against the visit of Iranian Foreign Minister to Germany

Defected translator sheds new light on Iran’s global reach

Tehran challenging US presence in East Africa and bypassing sanctions in the Indian subcontinent, says Ahmad Hashemi. Iran has attempted to increase its military presence in the Horn of Africa and tried to initiate an “Islamic...

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...