Reuters February 19, 2012 (Reuters) – Iran has stopped selling crude to British and French companies, the oil ministry said on Sunday, in a retaliatory measure against fresh EU sanctions on the Islamic state’s lifeblood, oil. “Exporting crude to British and French companies has been stopped … we will sell our oil to new customers,” [...]
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Stephen C. Webster The Raw Story January 9, 2012 U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta let slip on Sunday the big open secret that Washington war hawks don’t want widely known: Iran is not developing nuclear weapons. Appearing on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday, Panetta admitted that despite all the rhetoric, Iran is not pursuing [...]
Live Leak December 1, 2011 This video is a basic overview of U.S. imperialism toward Iran that began at the behest of the British Government and big oil interests including British Petroleum also recently known as BP. The United States’ own CIA led it’s first coup to overthrow a foreign leader against Mohammad Mosaddegh in [...]
Ynet November 28, 2011 Defense minister Vahidi tells army volunteers ‘Israel has to be punished for what it has done to the Muslims in Palestine’ Speaking before 50,000 army volunteers in Bushehr, the minister said “Iran is not Iraq or Afghanistan, if the Americans make the mistake and attack Iran, we will show them how [...]
Iran’s supreme leader warns West of ‘strong slap and iron fist’
Posted: November 10, 2011 in Iran, US News, World NewsAlex Spillius The Telegraph November 10, 2011 Iran’s supreme leader has warned Israel and the United States that Tehran would respond with “a strong slap and iron first” if either launched a military strike aimed at crippling the country’s nuclear program. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was speaking two days after the United Nations atomic agency released [...]
Tim Shipman Daily Mail November 10, 2011 Senior Foreign Office figure: ‘We’re expecting something as early as Christmas, or very early in the new year’ Israel will launch military action to prevent Iran developing a nuclear weapon as soon as Christmas, intelligence chiefs have warned. A report by a UN watchdog into Iran’s nuclear ambitions [...]
Rockets from Iran seized in Afghanistan: ISAF
Posted: March 9, 2011 in Afghanistan, Iran, World NewsAssociated Press March 9, 2011 KABUL — International forces in Afghanistan have seized a “significant” shipment of rockets from Iran which would have doubled insurgents’ strike range, an official said Wednesday. The 48 122mm rockets, which have a range of 20 kilometres (13 miles), are being linked to Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards and were seized [...]
SALAH NASRAWI My Way News February 22, 2011 CAIRO (AP) – Suez Canal officials say two Iranian naval vessels have entered the strategic waterway en route for the Mediterranean Sea. Canal officials say the ships – a frigate and a supply vessel – entered the canal early Tuesday morning and are expected to reach the [...]
Reuters February 16, 2011 (Reuters) – Two Iranian warships planned to sail through the Suez canal en route to Syria on Wednesday, Israel said, calling it a “provocation” by the Islamic Republic. The Iranian naval contingent described by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman would pose no significant military threat to Israel but could spell the closest-ever [...]
Jay Deshmukh AFP November 9, 2010 TEHRAN (AFP) – Thousands of Iranians chanted “Death to America” as they staged Thursday a mass protest against the “Great Satan” to mark the 31st anniversary of the capture of the American embassy by Islamist students. Tehran, meanwhile, welcomed Washington’s decision to list shadowy rebel group Jundallah as a [...]
