Friday 27th January, 2012
Israel senses a bluff in Iran's retaliatory strike threat
Israeli intelligence estimates, backed by academic studies, have cast doubt about a military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities setting off a catastrophic set of events like a regional ...
We don't need to sell oil to Europe: Ahmadinejad
Iran does not need to sell its oil to European nations, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said in response to oil embargo imposed by the European Union. The EU Monday imposed further sanctions ...
Iranian border guards shot dead six Pakistanis
Iranian border guards have shot dead six Pakistani nationals after believing them as smugglers. The incident took place near the Zaran border Thursday. It was not immediately clear on whose ...
Military action against Iran premature: Dempsey
The Iran News.NetUS Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Martin Dempsey has said that it is "premature" to use military force against Iran over its nuclear program. A conflict with Iran now will be "economically ...
Pak-Iran gas pipeline project 'not under' international sanctions: FO
The Iran News.NetPakistan has said that the gas pipeline project between it and Iran does not come under the sanctions imposed on Tehran because of its nuclear issue with the international community. "Pakistan is ...
'Pakistan-Iran gas pipeline not under sanctions'
The Iran News.NetThe gas pipeline project between Pakistan and Iran does not come under the European Union sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear issue, the goverment said Thursday. "Pakistan is committed to ...
Arab Gulf States Urged to Increase Pipelines After Iran's Oil Threats
VOAAs Iranian threats to close the Strait of Hormuz intensify, some energy experts are calling on Arab Gulf states to find alternative ways to export their petroleum. Experts differ, however, on ...
Ahmadinejad Says Iran Ready For Nuclear Talks
U.S. News & World ReportTEHRAN, Iran - Iran is ready to revive talks with the world powers, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday, as toughening sanctions aim at forcing Tehran to sharply scale back its nuclear ...
Israel urges action as Iran 'drifts' toward nuclear goal line
The NationalDAVOS, Switzerland // Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Friday the world must quickly stop Iran from reaching the point where even a "surgical" military strike could not block it ...
Iran Says 11 Of Its Citizens Kidnapped In Syria
Spero NewsIran's foreign ministry says 11 Iranian pilgrims have been kidnapped by an unknown group in Syria, which has been swept by civil unrest. Tehran is calling on the Syrian government to ...
Iran to restart IAEA nuclear talks
Infowars.comIranis due to open talks with UN nuclear inspectors on Sunday in an attempt to allay their suspicions of a covert Iranian weapons programme, the first such discussions in more than three ...
Iran’s preemptive energy strike against the EU
Infowars.comA Russian news network says Iran can react to the European Union’s new sanctions on its oil sector by stopping oil exports to EU member states. ...
CP World Report: Barack Obama State of the Union, EU and U.S, Four Congregants Missing in Iran
Christian PostAs expected, Obama's State of the Union address last night focused on the economy. He said…. no challenge is more urgent. Obama referred to the growth of U.S. auto manufacturing and ...
Oil price rises above $111 on Iran exports threat
Arabian BusinessBrent crude rose above $111 on Friday as comments from Iran that it might stop exports to the European Union intensified worries about security of supply, while positive economic data from the ...
Iran could ban EU oil exports next week - lawmaker
The StarTEHRAN (Reuters) - A law to be debated in Iran's parliament on Sunday could halt exports of oil to the European Union as early as next week, the semi-official Fars news agency quoted a lawmaker ...
Syrian Rebel Video Shows 'Captured Iranian Snipers'
RIA NovostiThe Free Syrian Army, an armed opposition group fighting Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime, has released a video showing seven men it claims are Iranian snipers captured in Homs, Al ...
Iran Oil Curbs Extend to 95% of Tankers in EU Insurance Rules
Business WeekJan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- European Union sanctions on Iranian oil will extend to about 95 percent of tankers because they are insured under rules governed by European ...
Iranian Professor From Tehran Held in Prison in California
General SourcesJan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Seyed Mojtaba Atarodi, an Iranian professor, was being held in a U.S. prison in California, federal prison records ...
Iran says ready for talks, blasts sanctions
General SourcesIslamic republic , which was already under four rounds of United Nations sanctions, vehemently denies its nuclear programme masks an atomic weapons drive as the West alleges, and insists it is for ...
UN atomic agency urges Iran to cooperate
General SourcesInternational Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano told AFP that the organisation's previous efforts to verify whether all its activities were for non-military purposes had been hampered by ...
Iran: The showdown over the Strait of Hormuz
General SourcesIran from Oman, the strait is the major maritime link between the oil-rich Persian Gulf region and the rest of the world. Tankers carry 17 million barrels of oil, about a fifth of the world's ...
Iran's president says sanctions will hurt citizens
San Francisco ChronicleFILE - In this Oct. 29,. 2011file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he delivers a speech during a meeting with guests of The Press Union of the Islamic World, at the ...
Israel calls for tougher sanctions on Iran - video
The GuardianEhud Barak, Israel's deputy prime minister and defence minister, warns that Tehran's nuclear programme could lead to weapons proliferation, the spread of terrorism and a threat to oil ...
UN Chief: Iran Must Prove Nuclear Program Peaceful
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UPDATE 5-Brent buoyed by Iran threat, U.S. GDP weighs
Yahoo!7 NewsOn Saturday 28 January 2012, 1:47 * Europe worries keep risk appetite in check * Iran parliament to debate halting exports * U.S. GDP data disappoints (Updates with GDP data, updates prices, ...
CORRECTED-UPDATE 2-Brent steady above $110 on demand growth hopes, Iran
Yahoo!7 NewsOn Friday 27 January 2012, 19:45 EST (Corrects weekly change for Brent crude in third paragraph) * Asian stocks pause after rallying on Fed, gold up * EU will lose, rather than Iran, from ...
Iran Seeks Sunni Proxies
Middle East NewslineJERUSALEM [MENL] -- Iran, facing the fall of the regime of President BasharAssad in Syria, plans to recruit Sunni Arab proxies in the Middle East, areport said. The Jerusalem Center for Public ...
Israel to give US 12 hour warning before attack Iran
IMRAIsrael to give US 12 hour warning before attack Iran Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 22 October 2011 Maariv reports this morning that ...
Russia opposes military strikes, sanctions against Iran
SINAMOSCOW, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- Russia opposes any military strikes or unilateral sanctions against Iran, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday. "I don't even want to make any guesses ...
Iranian nuclear scientist killed
People's DailyAn Iranian nuclear scientist was " assassinated by terrorists" in eastern Tehran on Saturday, the official IRNA news agency reported.Dariush Rezaei, PhD of nuclear Physics and a university ...
Free Syrian Army claims capturing Iranian soldiers in Homs
Ya LibnanThe video showed travel documents of the captives, some of whom appeared to be speaking Farsi. "I am Sajjad Amirian, a member the Revolutionary Guards of the Iranian armed forces. I am a ...
Iran nuclear questions to be exposed by inspectors visit
The TelegraphIran must open its nuclear facilities to a team of inspectors heading to Tehran on Friday as the full extent of its atomic work remains a mystery, a leading international official has ...
UN Chief Says 'Onus Is On Iran' In Nuclear Row
RadioFreeEuropeUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon is urging a resumption of dialogue between Western powers and Iran on the Islamic republic's nuclear program -- and he says Iran has a ...
The Iranian oil embargo blowback
Prison PlanetAsia Times January 27, 2012 If the sorry parade of European poodles – or what analyst Chris Floyd delightfully dubbed Europuppies – had any understanding of Persian culture, they would ...
Israeli officials think Iran retaliation threat is a bluff, NYT reports
Prison PlanetJanuary 27, 2012 Israeli officials and academic experts think that Iran's threats of retaliation to a possible strike against it are a bluff, the New York Times reported on Friday. Citing a ...
Ronen Bergman Predicts 2012 Israeli Attack On Iran
Prison Planetfront page NY Times Magazine feature story this week is important, but not for the reasons you might think. It is important not because it offers a constructive approach regarding urgent matters of ...
'Iran sanctions will lead nowhere'
News.AzIranian commander criticized EU's move to impose new sanctions on Iran's oil sector. A senior Iranian commander has criticized the European Union's recent move to impose new ...
Less Iranians visit Turkey as rial falls
Turkish Daily NewsSome 1.8 million Iranian tourists visited Turkey last year. Hrriyet photoHrriyet photo The devaluation in the Iranian rial over the past month has put a damper on the number of Iranian tourists ...
Report: 11 Iranian pilgrims kidnapped in Syria
The Seattle TimesTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's official IRNA news agency says gunmen in Syria have kidnapped 11 Iranian pilgrims traveling by road from Turkey to Damascus. Friday's report says a bus with 49 ...
Israeli Minister urges tougher sanctions against Iran
Breaking News.ieIsraeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has said the world must quickly stop Iran from reaching the point where even a "surgical" military strike could not block it from obtaining nuclear ...
Islamabad still sees Iranian gas as option
UPIPakistan sees a natural gas pipeline planned from Iran as "beyond the scope" of sanctions targeting the Islamic republic, a government official said. Pakistan is exploring a natural gas ...
China: Iran sanctions not constructive
UPIThe Chinese government, reacting to the European Union's embargo on Iranian oil, said such sanctions are not constructive. "To blindly pressure and impose sanctions on Iran are not ...
Ex-CIA spy: Iran's miscalculation over war
General SourcesLeading Iranians are criticizing the regime, including its war-like provocation and the foreign sanctions aimed at its nuclear program. One Revolutionary Guard commander calls Iran's war ...
Oil industry sees China winning, West losing from Iran sanctions
ReutersDAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - As the European Union prepares to ban Iranian oil and the United States turns the screw on payments, oil executives and policymakers say China and Russia stand to gain ...
Iraq makes sanctions against Iran ineffective | Nima Khorrami Assl
The Guardiannew sanctions in the hope of persuading Iran to abandon its alleged nuclear weapons programme, though how effective these will be is questionable. China, India, Russia, Turkey, Japan, and South ...
Iran Sanctions: Why Japan and South Korea Must React
IBTimesIn an effort to get Iran to abandon its nuclear program, the United States has imposed new sanctions on the country's oil industry. While the sanctions won't take effect for months, the ...
Iran would consider Russian proposal aimed at ending nuclear dispute
bikyamasrTehran (dpa) - Iran would consider Russia’s proposal for a gradual loosening of sanctions against Tehran in exchange for a gradual increase in access to the country for international nuclear ...
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