Posts Tagged: US Iran
White House: Election of New Iranian President Hassan Rohani is a ‘Hopeful Sign’
JPost - WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama's chief of staff said on Sunday the election of Iranian President Hassan Rohani was a "potentially...
Khamenei Says “We Don’t Give a Damn” About the U.S., as Iranians Head to Polls
Reuters - Millions of Iranians voted to choose a new president on Friday, urged by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to turn out...
Hagel: Obama Has Not Consulted Me On Defense Bill
The Weekly Standard - House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan asked Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel whether he recommended the president veto a defense spending bill....
Iran: Heavy Water Reactor Moving Closer to Completion
Jerusalem Post - A heavy water reactor in Arak, Iran, came one step closer to completion after the installation of the "upper container," according...
Pentagon Destroys Replica of Underground Nuclear Facility in Training Exercise
Ynet - The Pentagon has recently completed a series of field exercises on US soil as part of which a replica of an underground nuclear facility...
U.S., Israeli Generals Paint Picture of What Strike on Iran Might Look Like
What would a strike on Iran by the U.S. and/or Israel look like? The question has been posed countless times, but perhaps few have the...
Iran Could Use a Nuclear Weapon Against Israel and Get Away with It
Last week's IAEA report offered more proof than ever that Iran is racing towards a nuclear weapon. Even President Obama acknowledges this fact. Yet...
U.S. Beefs Up Bunker Buster to Counter Iran
Wall Street Journal - The Pentagon has redesigned its biggest "bunker buster" bomb with more advanced features intended to enable it to destroy Iran's...
Israeli Deputy FM: U.S. Response to Syria Chemical Weapons Use Will Send Signal to Iran
How the United States responds to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's use of chemical weapons will send a signal to Iran, Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Zev...
Top U.S. Scholar: Iran, Not Israel, Faces Real Threat
Times of Israel - Iran, not Israel, faces an existential threat, according to a top US analyst who is considered one of the world's...
Iran, Defying International Community, Continues Expansion of Nuclear Program
Iran, in defiance of the international community, is in the process of upgrading its main uranium enrichment facility at Natanz, according to Western diplomats. Technicians in...
Senate Adopts Resolution to Help Israel if Drawn Into Iran Conflict
On Israel's 65th Independence Day, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee adopted "Senate Resolution 65," stipulating that the U.S. will assist Israel diplomatically, economically and...
The Same Policy Cannot Work For Both Iran and North Korea
Tensions are high regarding the nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs of Iran and North Korea. In dealing with both rogue states for 20...
Iran’s Usual Scapegoat
At the close of the last round of talks in Kazakhstan between Iran and the P5+1 (the U.S., Russia, China, France, U.K.,...
