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US lawmakers approve use of force as Iran option

Saturday, 19 May 2012 05:55

WASHINGTON, May 18, 2012 (AFP) - The Republican-led House of Representatives approved Friday the use of US force against Iran if the Tehran regime threatens the United States and its allies with nuclear weapons.

According to a section of the National Defense Authorization Act, "it shall be the policy of the United States to take all necessary measures, including military action if required, to prevent Iran from threatening the United States, its allies or Iran's neighbors with a nuclear weapon."

How is it that Ahmadinejad Is still Iran's president?

Friday, 11 May 2012 09:33

McClatchy Newspapers - By ALIREZA JAFARZADEH May 11, 2012

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced on April 28th that it would resume discussions with Iran on May 14-15, the first in two months since the last meeting over concerns about Tehran's nuclear activities ended in failure.

The IAEA wants Iran to address the questions raised in its November report detailing Iranian research and development activities relevant to manufacturing nuclear weapons.

Istanbul talks highlight the real solution to Iran problem

Wednesday, 18 April 2012 18:41

The author says the West should support the path to a democratic, free, secular and non-nuclear Iran as pronounced by NCRI President Maryam Rajavi in 2004.

LONDON, April 17 (UPI) - By ESMAEIL ABNAR - Back in January as the heat went up in the confrontation of the world and Iranian regime over its clandestine nuclear program we heard the Iranian regime's repeated threat to close the Strait of Hormuz.

This reminded me of a provocative incident between the Iranian regime's speedboats and the U.S. Navy in this strategically important shipping lane back in 2008. At that time, I wrote an opinion article in the Navy Times arguing that, to any experienced naval officer, the actions of the Iranian boats were at best extremely provocative; at worst, they may have had some quite sinister undertones, with the Iranian regime testing the waters for further bullying.

Iran's nuclear genie is out of the bottle

Monday, 16 April 2012 17:09

Further negotiations with Tehran are pointless; instead, America should back the Iranian opposition

THE BALTIMOR SUN - By Alireza Jafarzadeh April 16, 2012
After a yearlong round of escalating international economic sanctions and rhetoric, the regime in Iran has finally come around to raising expectations that it will take some constructive steps in reining in its nuclear weapons ambitions. But this cycle of threat and accommodation has played out before, and its outcome should have been predictable.

Council Of the European Union elaborates EU sanctions against Iran

Thursday, 15 March 2012 15:37

COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

Brussels, 15 March 2012 7538/12

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Council elaborates EU sanctions against Iran

The Council today developed the application of the EU's restrictive measures against Iran, which include asset freezes on persons and entities associated with Iran's nuclear activities.
In this context, the Council agreed that no specialised financial messaging shall be provided to those persons and entities subject to an asset freeze.