Iran

Tougher EU sanctions against Iran come into force

Dec. 22, 2012 - New sanctions against Iran were approved last October. They go into effect today and include new restrictions on Iran's banking, shipping and industrial sectors.

They reflect heightened concern over Iran's nuclear goals and Israeli threats to attack Iranian atomic installations if diplomacy and other measures fail to deliver a solution.

Source: Jerusalem Post

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Iran will not halt 20% enrichment: official

Dec. 18, 2012 - According to the Washington Post the United States and five other world powers were hastily preparing for possible new talks with Iran, possibly even this week. They are prepared to offer Iran a new package of inducements if they will agree to freeze key parts of its nuclear program.

Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Director Fereydoun Abbasi has said that Tehran will not stop producing uranium enriched to a purity level of 20 percent in response to Western countries’ demands.

Source: Tehran Times

Next 9/11: Iran's death squad is here

Dec. 11, 2012 - About 10 Quds Force officers from Iran are already strategically placed in the U.S. Each one leads terrorist cells that are highly trained to attack U.S. infrastructure in case the U.S. fails to accept Iran's nuclear program, increases sanctions, confronts Iran militarily or intervenes in the Syrian civil war. The information has been supplied by a source within the office of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Source: WND

Alarm in Tehran and Moscow over Bushehr nuclear reactor’s near-explosion in mid-October

Dec. 1, 2012 - Information is just now coming to light that Iran conducted an emergency shut-down of its new Bushehr nuclear reactor in October. Loose bolts were discovered under the fuel rods. This could have led to an explosion of the nuclear power plant. If it had exploded it could have caused a million Iranian deaths and hundreds of thousands of radiation victims in the Persian Gulf emirates.

Informants in Moscow say that causes of the malfunction were being examined. Two possibilities are...

1. The bolts were deliberately unscrewed and dropped into the reactor vessel as an act of sabotage;

2. The Stuxnet virus which attacked Iran’s nuclear program two years ago was back and had tampered with the reactor’s computers.

During the crisis in October Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent emergency teams trained to deal with nuclear disasters to Bushehr.

Source: DEBKAfile

AP: Diagram suggests Iran working on nuclear bomb

Nov. 27, 2012 - The Associated Press has obtained a diagram from Iran showing the computer simulation of a nuclear weapon. Such a bomb would have more than three times the explosive force of the one that destroyed Hiroshima during World War II. It is believed that this graph is the basis of the International Atomic Energy Agency report last year that said Iran was calculating the "nuclear explosive yield" of potential weapons.

Source: CBS

What Gaza fighting taught Israel about possible war with Iran

Nov. 23, 2012 - Analysis of the brief Gaza war shows that Israel's military might, defense capabilities, and the support of the Israeli people were are very strong. However, if Israel had been fighting against the greater capabilities of Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon, they could be overwhelmed.

Israeli intelligence sources say Hamas and partners in Gaza had 10,000 rockets. Hezbollah in South Lebanon has between 100,000 and 200,000, including longer range rockets that carry heavier explosive warheads, according to Israeli military analysts.

Israel also had the blessing of the U.S. during this operation, as long as they did not go in with ground forces. This analysis suggests that Israel would suffer great damage if they were attacked by Iran, Hezbollah, and Islamic Jihad (in Gaza) all at the same time. Therefore, Israel will need help from the U.S. if they fight Iran. The author questions whether or not President Obama will support a war against Iran and its allied, especially if it is caused by a preemptive strike by Israel.

Source: Martin Fletcher - NBC

World Powers Want New Nuclear Talks with Iran Soon

Nov. 21, 2012 - Senior diplomats from Britain, China, France, Russia, the United States and Germany say they are "committed to having another round of talks with Iran as soon as possible." Earlier talks about Iran's nuclear program last June in Moscow ended in virtual failure.

Analysts warn that a window of opportunity for a negotiated solution is narrowing because of growing alarm over Tehran's nuclear activities in Israel.

Israel is scheduled to have elections on January 22. Some experts think Israel will not initiate air strikes against Iran before elections, but Israel will not rule out that possibility. World powers are concerned that such a preemptive strike will escalate into a great war in the region.

Source: Voice of America

Secret Iran nuclear-bomb plant expanding

Nov. 3, 2012 - Information has surfaced about Iran's secret site - Velayat 1, near the city of Najafabad.

To avoid suspicion, the site was built below a medicine factory called Abu Reyhan. The facility beneath the factory has three levels, with two underground entrances away from the facility.

The plant has the capacity of 800 centrifuges for uranium enrichment. A neutron detonator has been tested there, and the design process is almost complete for a nuclear warhead for the Iranian Shahab-2 ballistic missile. It is said that Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi, the father of Iran's nuclear program, does his work there, along with other scientists.

Source: WND

Iran confirms it has finished installing uranium centrifuges at Fordo plant

Nov. 2, 2012 -

Days after Ehud Barak said an attack on Iran could be postponed by 8 to 10 months Iran's atomic agency chief says Tehran 'is completing its nuclear activities regardless of the negative Western media speculation.'

Source: Haaretz

The US And Britain Are Putting Final Touches On A Possible Military Operation Against Iran

Oct. 28, 2012 - Britain and the U.S. are working on a military contingency plan in case of hostilities in the Middle East, but they say that the plan is not a prelude to a pre-emptive strike against Iran's nuclear facilities. According to the Guardian newspaper...

... the U.S. had asked Britain to use its bases in Cyprus, and British territory in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean, to help build up forces in the Gulf.

Source: Business Insider

NYT: US Officials Say Iran Has Agreed to Nuclear Talks -- *White House Denies*

Oct. 20, 2012 - The New York Times reports that the United States and Iran have agreed to one-on-one talks over Tehran's nuclear program. The agreement is said to be the result of secret talks between the two sides, but National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor denies the story, saying, "It’s not true that the United States and Iran have agreed to one-on-one talks or any meeting after the American elections."

Source: Breitbart

Dick Morris predicts Obama-Iran 'October surprise' 'I think they feel that Romney would assist Israel in attacking them' - WND

Obama cuts deal with Iran over nukes - Reza Kahlili - WND

U.S. Suspects Iran Was Behind a Wave of Cyberattacks

Oct. 17, 2012 -

American intelligence officials are increasingly convinced that Iran was the origin of a serious wave of network attacks that crippled computers across the Saudi oil industry and breached financial institutions in the United States.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta warned that the United States might experience a “cyber-Pearl Harbor.” Russia and China are thought to be the strongest agressors in the ongoing cyberwar. It is believed that they are the ones who have caused the greatest damage so far by stealing intellectual property and attacking the computer systems of American companies and government agencies.

Source: NY Times

Confirmed: Iran toying with 'deal' on nuke plans

Oct. 17, 2012 - According to the Jerusalem Post Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Selahi said:

“If our right to enrichment is recognized, we are prepared to offer an exchange. We would voluntarily limit the extent of our enrichment program, but in return we would need a guaranteed supply of the relevant fuels from abroad.”

Source: WND

US report: Israel-US discussing joint Iran attack

Oct. 9, 2012 - Politics may have contributed to the release of information about one military option - a short, surgical pre-emptive strike against Iran's nuclear facilities by the combined might of the US and Israel. This concept was revealed by an article in Foreign Policy magazine yesterday written by its CEO and editor at large David Rothkopf. Rothkopf is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and served as an undersecretary of commerce in the Clinton administration.

The Foreign Policy article was posted soon after Republican candidate Mitt Romney criticized President Obama's Iran policies. Speaking at the Virginia Military Institute, he said, “Iran today has never been closer to a nuclear weapons capability. And it has never acted less deterred by America.”

Source: Jerusalem Post

A Truly Credible Military Threat to Iran - Foreign Policy

US sources: US, Israel plan October Surprise. Others: Israel can do it alone - DEBKAfile

Iran's secret nuclear-bomb plant revealed - WND

Netanyahu announces he’ll hold elections ‘as soon as possible’ - The Times of Israel

Netanyahu Orders Early Elections: How does this fit into the PM’s war planning?- Joel Rosenberg's Blog

Iran preparing for nuclear war

Oct. 8, 2012 - According to Reza Kahlili, an ex-CIA spy in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and counterterrorism expert, Iran could reach the "Red Line" defined by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, much sooner than next Spring. He thinks Iran is already preparing for the liklihood of a pre-emptive strike by Israel. Meanwhile a source within Iran’s Revolutionary Guards says that Iran has already armed some of its ballistic missiles with chemical and biological warheads, to retaliate if Israel does attack. One Revolutionary Guard commander said:

“The enemy has always threatened us and we consider [the probability of] military confrontation at 100 percent . There are signs that the threat is real, we are ready and the people should be ready, too.”

Source: Washington Times

Defecting Iranian cameraman brings CIA priceless film of secret nuclear sites

Oct. 6, 2012 - After Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke at the United Nations General Assembly he returned to Iran. However, his personal cameraman, Hassan Golkhanban, defected from the Iranian entourage and stayed in the U.S. Now it is known that he has turned over to the CIA a treasure trove of photographs and videos of secret Iranian nuclear installations.

The Iranian cameraman has given US intelligence the most complete and updated footage it has ever obtained of the interiors of Iran’s top secret military facilities and various nuclear installations, including some never revealed to nuclear watchdog inspectors.

Source: DEBKAfile

October Surprise? Obama secret Iran deal cut

Oct. 5, 2012 - Reza Kahlili, an ex-CIA spy in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and counterterrorism expert, says that an anonymous source reports that a three-person delegation of the Obama administration engaged in secret negotiations yesterday with a representative of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. They urged Iran to announce a temporary halt to uranium enrichment before next month’s U.S. election in order to save Barack Obama’s presidency.

The U.S. representatives promised the Obama administration quickly would remove some sanctions on the Iranian central bank and oil industry, with further collaboration after the election, the source said.

Source: WND

Ed. Note: The moral issue here is deception. If this article is correct, the American people will be tricked into temporary approval of the President just long enough to influence the outcome of the elections.

Iranian police clash with protesters over currency plunge

Oct. 4, 2012 - The Iranian currency is collapsing. The rial has lost 40 percent of its value against the dollar in a week. Riot police clashed with demonstrators in Tehran who are angered by the plunge. Money changers were arrested for selling dollars.

The rial has hit record lows against the U.S. dollar almost daily as Western economic sanctions imposed over Iran's disputed nuclear program have cut its export earnings from oil, undermining the central bank's ability to support the currency.

Source: Reuters

Iranian MP: Tehran Would Enrich Uranium to 60% If Talks Fail

Oct. 3, 2012 - An Iranian lawmaker said that if negotiations with major powers over its nuclear program fail, his country will begin to enrich uranium to 60 percent purity.

Mansour Haqiqatpour, deputy head of parliament's Foreign Policy and National Security Committee, said 60 percent enrichment would be to yield fuel for nuclear submarines, which often require uranium refined to high levels.

Iran is already enriching some of its uranium to the 20% mark, for use in a medical research reactor.

Source: BewsNax

Iranian source: Nuclear program hiring ‘non-stop,’ ramping up enrichment

Oct. 2, 2012 - An unnamed source in Iran's nuclear program says that they are making steady progress in its uranium enrichment. He also said it had been,

“very hectic” of late at the facility where he is employed. “More and more young graduates and people are brought in every day... We have been working non-stop.”

Source: Times of Israel

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