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25 Nov 2011

U.S. Treasury to brief UAE, Israel on Iran pressure

The U.S. Treasury will send its top national security official to the United Arab Emirates and Israel this weekend to brief government officials on new U.S. actions to increase financial pressure on Iran. The Treasury said David Cohen, undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, will discuss the Obama administration's decision to declare Iran a jurisdiction of "primary money laundering concern" during the Nov. 26-29 trip.
The U.S. Treasury will send its top national security official to the United Arab Emirates and Israel this weekend to...

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24 Nov 2011

Strike fallout can never be as bad as nuclear Iran

The outcome of a strike on Iran's nuclear sites, no matter how destructive, can never be as bad for Israel as an Iran armed with nuclear weapons, former Mossad chief Danny Yatom said on Wednesday at a security conference at Bar-Ilan University's Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic studies.
The outcome of a strike on Iran's nuclear sites, no matter how destructive, can never be as bad for Israel as an Iran...

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24 Jul 2011

China and Iran plan oil barter

Tehran and Beijing are in talks about using a barter system to exchange Iranian oil for Chinese goods and services, as US financial sanctions have blocked China from paying at least $20bn for oil imports.
Tehran and Beijing are in talks about using a barter system to exchange Iranian oil for Chinese goods and services, as...

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10 Apr 2011

Iran-Pakistan fallout over Bahrain

Diplomatic relations between Pakistan and Iran are under a cloud after the Iranian government protested recruitment of Pakistani military officials into the Bahraini police forces.
Diplomatic relations between Pakistan and Iran are under a cloud after the Iranian government protested recruitment of...

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6 Apr 2011

Persian Gulf between Arab-Iran rivals grows stormy

Inside a Kuwaiti palace, military brass hosted senior NATO envoys to discuss closer ties and possible joint naval maneuvers. At the same time in Tehran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was belittling the Western-allied Gulf states for casting Iran as a regional menace.
Inside a Kuwaiti palace, military brass hosted senior NATO envoys to discuss closer ties and possible joint naval...
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5 Apr 2011

Iran is the biggest danger

The danger of Iran in our region is not in any way difficult to prove. In order to see evidence of hostility, and the danger, we only need to look at what Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday with regards to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states, specifically Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.
The danger of Iran in our region is not in any way difficult to prove. In order to see evidence of hostility, and the...

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5 Apr 2011

Proxy war in the Middle East

It is no secret that since the emergence of Iraq as a Shiite state after the invasion of the United States, there has been a major battle between Iran and Saudi Arabia for a new balance of power in the Middle East.
It is no secret that since the emergence of Iraq as a Shiite state after the invasion of the United States, there has...

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16 Feb 2011

Iran’s post-Islamist generation

There's no question the military dictatorship of the mullahtariat - that conglomerate uniting President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's faction, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his clerical circle, and the military/business complex ruled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) - very much followed to the minute the extraordinary chain of events in
There's no question the military dictatorship of the mullahtariat - that conglomerate uniting President Mahmud...

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