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Iran Fears Growing Israel-Azerbaijan Cooperation
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Iran Fears Growing Israel-Azerbaijan Cooperation
Tehran increasingly fears that Azerbaijan is turning into a base for a military attack on its nuclear facilities. Read More »
Iran’s Arms Supply to Hizbullah: International Dimensions
In an exceptional political signal, a senior Israeli official contacted Mark Landler of the New York Times and explained that the Israeli government was determined to continue to prevent the transfer of advanced weapons to Hizbullah. The official, who remained ... Read More »
Iran’s Plans to Take Over Syria
Iran sees the civil war in Syria as a war of survival against a radical Sunni uprising that views Iran and the Shiites as infidels to be annihilated. Read More »
After Failed Negotiations, Iran Weighs a Nuclear “Breakout”
It does not appear that Iran intends to give up its nuclear activity; instead, it is waiting for the right moment to “break out.” Read More »
Arab Spring and Middle East WMDFZ at the 2013 Carnegie International Nuclear Policy Conference
Arab Spring and Middle East WMDFZ Click here to listen Event Panel April 9, 2013 Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Building International Trade Center, Amphitheater The 2010 NPT Review Conference Action Plan endorsed the convening in 2012 of a ... Read More »
Iran’s Usual Scapegoat
The headlines in the major newspapers in the West left little doubt that the talks had completely failed. Read More »
Understanding the Current State of the Iranian Nuclear Challenge
If negotiations only halt one aspect of the Iranian nuclear effort while letting the other parts of the program go forward, the world will still face an Iranian challenge in the years ahead. Read More »
About Those Talks With Iran
The reports coming out of the last round of talks between the P5+1 and Iran, held in Kazakhstan, were surprisingly positive. Read More »
Iranian Shiite Terror Cell in Nigeria Followed a Familiar Pattern
Shiite communities around the world represent the infrastructure upon which Iran builds its subversive policies worldwide. Read More »
‘US would back Israel in defensive Iran strike’
Bipartisan group of U.S. senators introduce resolution: U.S. would back Israel militarily in defensive strike, unilateral penalties against Iran “This is not a green light to Israel to do anything other than defend itself,” says Sen. Menendez. Read More »
Iran’s Attempted Rapprochement with Egypt: Implications for Sunni-Shiite Relations
In the wake of the Arab Spring there is a closing of ranks in the Arab world along Sunni Islamic and less Arab-nationalist lines. Read More »
Assassination of Iranian General in Syria
The death in Syria of Gen. Hassan Shateri of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps confirms that elements of the Iranian army are involved in Hizbullah’s activity. Read More »
Will Europe Define Hizbullah as a Terrorist Organization?
This is not the first time Europe has waffled when it comes to defining terrorism. Since the days of Maximilian Robespierre, the word Terreur has evoked horror and aversion and sparked philosophical and political debates. The organizations and militias that ... Read More »
Iranian Policy Toward Direct Nuclear Talks with the U.S.
Iran will not hasten to renew the dialogue with the United States, and will want to engage in such talks only from a position of strength. Read More »
The Postponed Iranian Crisis
At the end of October, Defense Minister Ehud Barak gave a revealing interview to London’s Daily Telegraph in which he explained why the urgency around the Iranian issue had changed. Read More »