Månadsarkiv: februari 2012

Martin Peretz: Can The Israelis Pull Off An Attack On Iran? | The New Republic.   My posting, “All of Western Civilization Could Soon Be Threatened By a Nuclear Iran,” went up on Friday/Saturday at midnight. I don’t know whether there have … Fortsätt läsa →

Newsmax Poll: Nearly Half of Americans Say Attack Iran Now. Nearly half of Americans favor a pre-emptive U.S. strike against Iran’s nuclear weapons development program, a new Newsmax poll reveals — but there is a wide disparity between the opinions … Fortsätt läsa →

Iran ups repression of dissent ahead of vote: Amnesty International. Tuesday, 28 February 2012   Iran is holding Friday a parliamentary election, its first national poll since the controversial 2009 re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (Reuters) inShare   By AFP … Fortsätt läsa →

IAEA: Iran Making Nuclear Fuel at Protected Site – David E. Sanger and William J. Broad International nuclear inspectors reported on Friday that Iran was moving more rapidly to produce nuclear fuel than many outsiders expected at the Fordow underground … Fortsätt läsa →

US planning to boost sea and land defences as Iran fears grow – Telegraph. The Pentagon has begun to take tangible steps to prepare for a possible conflict with Iran by making formal plans to boost US sea and land … Fortsätt läsa →

Putin Says Iran Nuclear-Weapons Ability Would Risk Stability February 24, 2012, 1:52 PM ESTBy Stepan Kravchenko (Updates with comments from Putin starting in second paragraph.) Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) — Russia opposes Iran developing nuclear-weapons capability because it would endanger global … Fortsätt läsa →

Iran calls for further nuclear t… JPost – Iranian Threat – News. By REUTERS 02/24/2012 12:10 Western diplomats suspect Iran is merely seeking “talks about talks” in an attempt to ease outside pressure while it presses ahead with nuclear work. … Fortsätt läsa →

U.S. Offers India Help in Replacing Iran Oil Supplies – Pratish Narayanan and Anto Antony The U.S. government has offered to help India get alternative supplies for Iranian oil, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. The U.S. … Fortsätt läsa →

U.S. does not believe Iran is trying to build nuclear bomb The latest U.S. intelligence report indicates Iran is pursuing research that could enable it to build a nuclear weapon, but that it has not sought to do so. By … Fortsätt läsa →

Formerly secret telexes offer window into Iran’s nuclear deceit – The Washington Post. By Joby Warrick, Published: February 22 | Updated: Thursday, February 23, 3:59 PM The reason for the unusual purchase — 220 pounds of highly caustic fluorine gas — was never … Fortsätt läsa →

Youcef Nadarkhani, Iranian Pastor, May Face Execution For ‘Apostasy From Islam’ (REPORT). Huffington Post Youcef Nadarkhani, an Iranian pastor who in 2010 was found guilty of apostasy and sentenced to death for refusing to recant Christianity, may have received a … Fortsätt läsa →

Is Iran Oppressing Christians? By Damaris Kremida ISTANBUL, Turkey — Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence has ordered the last two officially registered churches holding Friday Farsi-language services in Tehran to discontinue them. Emmanuel Protestant Church and St. Peter’s Evangelical Church were … Fortsätt läsa →