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May 5, 2012 No Comments ›› Infidel كافر

Excerpted from Huffington Post: TEHRAN, Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's support in Iran's parliament crumbled as final results released Saturday showed conservative rivals consolidating their hold on the legislative body in a runoff vote. Iran has touted a robust turnout for Friday's vote as a show of support for the country's religious leadership in ...

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May 1, 2012 Comments Off Infidel كافر

Excerpted from The Washington Times: The U.S. military is discussing significant changes in its war plans to adhere to President Obama’s new strategic guidance that downplays preparing for conflicts such as Iraq and Afghanistan, and counts on allies to provide additional troops. War planning for Iran is now the most pressing scenario, or what the ...

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May 1, 2012 Comments Off Toro520

Excerpted from AFP: The United States has deployed sophisticated F-22 fighter jets to the United Arab Emirates amid deepening tensions between Iran and its pro-US neighbors, officials said Monday. The US officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, would not say how many F-22s would be sent to the Al-Dhafra air base in the United Arab Emirates. Military ...

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Apr 29, 2012 Comments Off Pat Dollard

Excerpted from The Daily Caller: The Islamic Republic of Iran said Tuesday that it has the ability to position a naval vessel within three miles of the East Coast of the United States. “The power of our naval forces is such that we have a presence in all the waters of the world and, if needed, ...

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Apr 26, 2012 Comments Off Pat Dollard

Excerpted from The Washington Times: Iran is recruiting a hacker army to target the U.S. power grid, water systems and other vital infrastructure for cyberattack in a future confrontation with the United States, security specialists will warn Congress Thursday. “Elements of the IRGC [Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps] have openly sought to pull hackers into the fold” ...

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Apr 25, 2012 Comments Off Infidel كافر

Excerpted from WND: Despite the recent declaration by Iran that it does not want a nuclear bomb and statements by regime officials that they are willing to negotiate over the nuclear issue, indications from within Iran signal massive preparation for an all-out war as part of its destiny. Nine years ago a Revolutionary ...

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Apr 24, 2012 Comments Off Infidel كافر

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Apr 23, 2012 Comments Off Toro520

Reuters: A virus was detected inside the control systems of Kharg Island - which handles the vast majority of Iran's crude oil exports - but the terminal remained operational, a source at the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) said. The virus, which is likely to draw comparisons with the Stuxnet computer worm which reportedly affected Iranian nuclear ...

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Apr 22, 2012 Comments Off Pat Dollard

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran claimed Sunday that it had reverse-engineered an American spy drone captured by its armed forces last year and has begun building a copy. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, chief of the aerospace division of the powerful Revolutionary Guards, related what he said were details of the aircraft's operational history to prove ...

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Apr 20, 2012 4 Comments ›› Infidel كافر

Excerpted from Guardian: An influential Iranian cleric who is entitled to issue juristic rulings according to the Sharia law, has condemned western lawmakers involved in the decriminalisation of homosexuality, saying those politicians are lower than animals. Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi-Amoli, an Islamic scholar based in Iran's holy city of Qom, said in a speech ...

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Apr 18, 2012 Comments Off Pat Dollard

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Apr 17, 2012 3 Comments ›› Infidel كافر

Excerpted from FOX NEWS: JERUSALEM – Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Tuesday his country has never promised the United States it would hold off from attacking Iran while nuclear talks were taking place. The comments, in which Barak said that a diplomatic push to reach a compromise with Iran was a waste of ...

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Apr 15, 2012 6 Comments ›› Infidel كافر

Excerpted from Times Of Israel: A major Israel TV station on Sunday night broadcast a detailed report on how Israel will go about attacking Iran’s nuclear facilities in the event that diplomacy and sanctions fail and Israel decides to carry out a military strike. The report, screened on the main evening news of Channel 10, was ...

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Apr 7, 2012 2 Comments ›› Infidel كافر

FOX NEWS: Iran has the knowledge and scientific capability to produce nuclear weapons but will never do so, a prominent lawmaker has said. Gholamreza Mesbahi Moghadam is a parliamentarian not a government official and his views do not represent the Iranian government's policy. It however is the first time that such a prominent Iranian politician has ...

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Apr 6, 2012 Comments Off Toro520

The Jamestown Foundation: Russian Defense Ministry sources told the semiofficial news agency Interfax that action plans are being finalized to react to an armed conflict involving Iran and its nuclear program. The General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces “calculates” that military action against Iran will commence “in the summer” of 2012. Since Israel does not ...

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Apr 3, 2012 Comments Off Infidel كافر

JP   A possible military confrontation with Iran may be postponed until 2013, senior defense officials said in recent weeks amid growing signs that the West’s economic crackdown on Iran is bearing fruit. In addition, while skeptical, the defense establishment is waiting to see what the outcome will be of the talks expected to begin in ...

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Apr 3, 2012 1 Comment ›› Infidel كافر

AFP     TEHRAN — Iran declared on Monday it will not be swayed from its nuclear "path" by sanctions, a week before talks with world powers that are increasingly seen as a last chance for diplomacy in its showdown with the West. "The sanctions may have caused us small problems but we will continue our ...

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Apr 2, 2012 1 Comment ›› Infidel كافر

CommentaryMagazine  -  A recent article in the Iranian press written by Ali Reza Forqani, an ally of the Supreme Leader, however, should re-inject concern about what Iran’s true intentions are. Entitled, “The Fiqh [Islamic Jurisprudence]-Based Reasons for the Need for Israel’s Annihilation,” the Open Source Center recently provided a full translation. The article begins by ...

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Apr 2, 2012 6 Comments ›› Infidel كافر

FoxNation   JERUSALEM – Two reports today about Iran’s nuclear program and the possibility of an Israeli military strike have analysts in Israel accusing the Obama administration leaking information to pressure Israel not to bomb Iran and for Iran to reach a compromise in upcoming nuclear talks. The first report in Foreign Policy quotes anonymous American ...

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Apr 1, 2012 Comments Off Infidel كافر

StandUpAmerica    - Intelligence agencies are searching for members of a secret Iranian network of assassins under orders to attack Jewish, Israeli and Western targets in Turkey. According to intelligence sources, the organisation behind the attack is known as Unit 400, a secret part of the al Quds Brigade, which falls under the direct command of ...

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Mar 30, 2012 Comments Off Infidel كافر

FOXNEWS   - President Obama agreed Friday to tough, new sanctions to slow Iran’s oil exportation by targeting the financial institutions that purchase the country’s oil. The president said he made the decision after determining world markets have enough crude oil that such sanctions would not hurt U.S. allies. There is a sufficient supply of petroleum ...

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Mar 30, 2012 Comments Off Infidel كافر

USATODAY   - JERUSALEM (AP) – Israeli security forces in riot gear Friday confronted Palestinian demonstrators after deploying in high numbers along Israel's frontiers on an annual protest day. By midday, minor skirmishes had broken out between thousands of protesters and security forces in the Jerusalem area. Palestinians threw rocks and Israeli troops responded with ...

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Mar 30, 2012 Comments Off Toro520

Reuters: (Reuters) - Iran is helping its ally Syria defy Western sanctions by providing a vessel to ship Syrian oil to a state-run company in China, potentially giving the government of President Bashar al-Assad a financial boost worth an estimated $80 million. Iran, itself a target of Western sanctions, is among Syria's closest allies and has promised ...

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Mar 29, 2012 10 Comments ›› Pat Dollard

FOXNEWS  -  Former U.S. diplomat John Bolton alleged Thursday that the Obama administration leaked a story about covert Israeli activity in order to foil potential plans by the country to attack Iran's nuclear program. Bolton, who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in the George W. Bush administration, was responding to an article in ...

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Mar 29, 2012 1 Comment ›› Infidel كافر

JP   -  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Tehran Thursday, where he praised the long-standing cooperation between the two countries and their response "to the arrogance of the Western countries." The meeting focused on bilateral ties and trade between Ankara and Tehran, including in the field of energy ...

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