Tag: Iran

If former Sen. Chuck Hagel is truly to be Obama’s nominee for Sec. of Defense, we do ourselves a favor by vetting him well and vetting him now. In so doing, one of the first things that stands out are

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Outrage grows that U.S. did not jail anyone at HSBC bank for money laundering President Obama gives tear-filled statement about Newtown school shooting U.S. will send 400 troops with Patriot systems to Turkey-Syria border

The chief UN nuclear inspector said Friday after “good” talks in Tehran that he expects to reach a deal with Iran in January on outstanding issues over its controversial atomic programme. Parchin featured in a major IAEA report issued in

Reports indicate former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) is quickly rising to the top of Obama’s list of potential nominees for Secretary of Defense.  One big problem — “Hagel sits on the board of a bank that is under investigation for

An Islamic extremist hacker group appears to have followed through on its latest threats to attack several major American banks in retaliation for what it says is “widespread and organized offenses to Islamic spirituals and holy issues.”  The attack is

Iran congratulated North Korea on Wednesday for its “successful” launch of a long-range rocket, an incident which provoked global condemnation, and denied having a role in preparing the launch. Tehran “congratulates the people and the government” of North Korea on

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton accused Iran of exporting terrorism across the world from “Mexico to Thailand” at a forum of global leaders focused on Middle East issues. “We already know very well that the Iranian regime already exports terrorism,

Iran has temporarily shut its consulate in the Afghan city of Herat after protesters there attacked the mission’s compound, the official IRNA news agency reported Tuesday quoting a foreign ministry source. The measure came after an anti-Iran protest in front

Two Iranian warships docked in Port Sudan on Saturday, a witness said, marking the second port call by the Iranian navy in Sudan in five weeks. The Sudanese military said it was a “normal” port call but Israeli officials have

As the Obama administration insists there is no proof Iran has captured a second U.S. drone, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it’s time for the U.S. to count their drones. According to an IRGC spokesman, if the U.S.

The UN General Assembly approved a resolution on Monday by a vote of 174-6 that would require Israel to open its nuclear program to inspection “without further delay.” The only countries voting against it were the U.S., Canada, Marshall Islands,

Iran has announced it has gathered information from the drone the U.S. says Iran didn’t capture.  According to Iran, it is a ScanEagle drone by which the U.S. was allegedly “spying” on Iran’s “military sites and oil terminals.” The Islamic Revolutionary Guard

(AP) Official: Iran has evidence it captured US droneTEHRAN, IranA prominent Iranian lawmaker says Tehran has material evidence to prove that it has captured an American unmanned aircraft. The head of the Iranian parliament’s defense committee Ismaeil Kowsari wouldn’t specify

(AP) Iran claims capture of another US droneBy ALI AKBAR DAREINIAssociated PressTEHRAN, IranIran’s state TV said Tuesday that the country’s Revolutionary Guard has captured a U.S. drone after it entered Iranian airspace over the Persian Gulf. The report quoted the

Sec. of State Hillary Clinton says that President Obama is willing to talk if Iran is “willing to engage.” This apparently means the negotiations Presidential Adviser Valerie Jarrett has held in Obama’s stead will be supplanted by talks with Obama

In the wake of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to continue the expansion of Israeli settlements, both Britain and France appear to be on the verge of withdrawing their ambassadors from Israel. Although reports indicate that neither country wants to