CBS News | Romney to Blitzer: Nuclear Iran is 'number one national security threat' CNN (blog) The GOP candidate stood by his position that the U.S. should "keep a military option available" to handle Iran, should diplomatic efforts and sanctions not "dissuade them from becoming a nuclear capability nation." "I certainly hope that our military ... Adviser: Romney would back strike against Iran Romney says his position on Iran has not changed AC/DC In Iran, And Other News You May Have Missed |
NDTV | Courts Rebuke Iran's President With Sentences and Ally's Firing New York Times Published: July 30, 2012. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran suffered embarrassments in two politically delicate judicial cases on Monday, in what Iranian analysts called a possible sign of further isolation during his final year in office. World ... Iran sentences 4 to death in $2.6B fraud case Iran Bank Fraud Scandal: 4 Sentenced To Death |
The Associated Press | Panetta Urges More Time for Economic Pressure on Iran to Work New York Times CARTHAGE, Tunisia — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta sent a tacit message to Israeli leaders on Monday, urging that diplomacy and economic pressure be given more time to work before they move ahead with any military strike on Iran. World Twitter ... Iran sanctions having impact, even if not obvious-US Panetta: Sanctions not moving Iran away from nukes Panetta Praises Sanctions, Urges Caution on Iran |
KGMI | House, Senate negotiators agree on Iran sanctions Huffington Post WASHINGTON — House and Senate negotiators reached agreement Monday on a new round of stifling sanctions on Iran, targeting energy, shipping and insurance sectors with punitive measures to derail Tehran's suspected push for nuclear weapons. Congress pushes to finish Iran sanctions bill |
ABC News | Iran's Revolutionary Guard Accused in Israeli Embassy Bombing: Report ABC News Five members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard tried to kill an Israeli diplomat with a magnetic bomb this February, according to a police report cited by the Times of India, an Indian newspaper. This is the first time the Revolutionary Guard, a ... Cops name Iran military arm for attack on Israeli diplomat Iran army blamed for Israel diplomat attack in Delhi |
Gulf Allies Of US Add To Arsenals Amid Iran Threats Huffington Post DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- While Iran's military loudly trumpets every new project or purported advance in hopes of rattling the U.S. and its Gulf Arab allies, the U.S. is quietly answering with an array of proposed arms sales across the region as ... |
euronews | Iran expects to hold more nuclear talks - foreign minister Reuters VIENNA, July 30 (Reuters) - Iran expects to hold more talks with world powers on its nuclear programme following an inconclusive round of negotiations in Istanbul earlier this month, its foreign minister said in a newspaper interview published on Monday. Iran expects to hold more nuclear talks: FM Iran to support Syrian gov't under any circumstances: speaker |
China Keeps Buying Iran's Oil as U.S. and EU Intensify Sanctions Bloomberg The European Union banned the purchase and insurance of Iranian oil from July 1. About 95 percent of the world's tankers were insured by companies following EU law before the embargo. The U.S. Treasury Department said July 12 it would freeze NITC's ... |
Iran says to keep Hormuz open as long as it serves its interests Reuters DUBAI, July 30 (Reuters) - Iran will keep the vital Strait of Hormuz shipping lane open as long as the waterway served its interests, a military commander was on Monday quoted as saying. Iranian politicians and officials have often said that Iran could ... |
Business Insider | Iran Says Bunker-Buster Threats Against It Signal A Coming 'World Conflict' Business Insider Moves this week by the United States to position specialized massive “Penetrator” bombs for an attack on Iran clearly demonstrate a total lack of grasp by key players of the risks involved and the chain of events that will inexorably follow. This week ... |