Iranian President Predicts ‘Elimination’ of Israel
ABC/Donna Svennevik(NEW YORK) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad kept to the same script in making his annual pilgrimage to New York City for the United Nations General Assembly session, expressing his government’s disdain for Israel in remarks t…
Father of American Held in Iran Has Brain Tumor Scare
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The father of a former Marine being held in Iran on espionage charges said he recently underwent surgery for a brain tumor and told ABC News he feared may not get to see his son again.Following a stroke last week, Ali Hekmati, fat…
US Beefs Up Presence Closer to Iran’s Shores
Hmera/Thinkstock(TEHRAN, Iran) — Nearly 50 miles from Iran sails the nuclear-powered USS Eisenhower — never before has the U.S. flexed so much muscle so close to the Muslim nation.The move is a blunt warning to Iran: Don’t follow through on a t…
Romney Shares Same ‘Red Line’ as Obama on Iran
Martin H. Simon/ABC(NEW YORK) — Mitt Romney has skewered President Obama’s Iran policy. But in an exclusive interview, days after the Israeli Prime Minister criticized the U.S. for not putting “red lines before Iran,” Romney to…
Iraq and US at Odds over Iranian Flights
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — U.S. officials were angry today over reports that Iraq is allowing Iran to use its airspace to supply the embattled Syrian regime with military equipment, but Iraq demanded evidence to back up the American accusati…
Iraq and US at Odds over Iranian Flights
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — U.S. officials were angry today over reports that Iraq is allowing Iran to use its airspace to supply the embattled Syrian regime with military equipment, but Iraq demanded evidence to back up the American accusati…
Hezbollah Leader Warns Iran Will Hit US Bases If Attacked by Israel
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(BEIRUT) — The leader of the Islamic militant group Hezbollah boasted that U.S. bases in the Middle East would be in danger if Israel launches a preemptive strike against Iranian nuclear facilities.Secretary General Seyyed Hassan…
International Manhunt Launched for Bomber’s Mystery Accomplice
Interpol(WASHINGTON) — An international manhunt is on to identify, capture and question a man suspected of being an accomplice in a deadly suicide bombing that targeted Israeli tourists in Bulgaria in July.Bulgarian police released three images of the…
US Puts More Pressure on Iran to Delay Israeli Attack
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The White House is making extra efforts to discourage the Israelis from launching a preemptive strike against Iran to cripple its rogue nuclear program.According to a story in The New York Times, the administration “…
Iran Summit: Tehran Hosts 100 Countries, Denies Nuclear Ambitions
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(TEHRAN, Iran) — Iran is hosting the biggest international summit it’s held in its modern history, and the country that is known for provocative words and unpredictable actions is trying to paint itself as the victim of lie…
Iran Summit: Tehran Hosts 100 Countries, Denies Nuclear Ambitions
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(TEHRAN, Iran) — Iran is hosting the biggest international summit it’s held in its modern history, and the country that is known for provocative words and unpredictable actions is trying to paint itself as the victim of lie…
UN Watchdog Group: Iran Has Doubled Centrifuges to Enrich Uranium
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Obama administration is still intent on resolving its issues with Iran’s rogue nuclear program in a diplomatic fashion even as a report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stated Thursday that Tehr…
Iranians Embarrassed by UN Chief, Egyptian President at Summit
AFP/GettyImages(TEHRAN, Iran) — Things didn’t go quite as planned for Iranian leaders hosting the Nonaligned Movement summit in Tehran on Thursday as they were taken aback by criticism of the Syrian government’s continued onslaught against pro-democra…
UN Chief and Iran Have Different Views of His Visit
SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images(TEHRAN, Iran) — United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s first visit to Tehran Wednesday was either a denouncement of a number of the Iranian government’s policies or a pleasant visit with his hosts, depending on whi…
UN Chief and Iran Have Different Views of His Visit
SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images(TEHRAN, Iran) — United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s first visit to Tehran Wednesday was either a denouncement of a number of the Iranian government’s policies or a pleasant visit with his hosts, depending on whi…
Iranian Lawmaker Warns of Israel’s Destruction If It Attacks First
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(TEHRAN, Iran) — An Iranian member of parliament says that Israel had better think long and hard before attacking his country in a preemptive strike to knock out its nuclear program, according to a story in The Tehran Times.Avaz …
Iranian Lawmaker Warns of Israel’s Destruction If It Attacks First
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(TEHRAN, Iran) — An Iranian member of parliament says that Israel had better think long and hard before attacking his country in a preemptive strike to knock out its nuclear program, according to a story in The Tehran Times.Avaz …
North Korea’s Kim Going to Iran, But Which Kim?
Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will travel to Iran next week, according to Iran’s semi-official Fars News Agency. But South Korean press suggests that Iran may have gotten its Kims mixed up….
Iranian President Unveils Upgraded Surface-to-Surface Missile
ABC/Donna Svennevik(TEHRAN, Iran) — Claiming that his country has to defend itself from the threat of a military strike, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced a new version of a short range surface-to-surface ballistic missile on Tuesday.Ahm…
Report: Iraq Keeps Filling Iran’s Coffers
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Iran is in desperate financial straits these days because of crippling economic sanctions imposed by the international community to punish Tehran for failing to stop its rogue nuclear program.However, The New York Ti…