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An attack on Iran remains a terrifying possibility, as a desperate flight forward by the Anglo-American coalition from an already hopeless situation in Iraq.

CIA agents spying on Hezbollah and Iran nabbed at Pizza Hut

Posted by seumasach on November 23, 2011

Voltairenet

22nd November, 2011

Several dozen spies working for the CIA in Iran and Lebanon have been caught, ABC News said, citing U.S. officials with connections to the intelligence community.

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New sanctions on Iran illegal: Russia

Posted by seumasach on November 22, 2011

PressTV

22nd November, 2011

Russia’s foreign ministry has denounced as “unacceptable and illegal” the new sanctions imposed by certain Western states on Iran’s banking system and energy sector.

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Israeli DM: ‘Time Has Come’ to Move Against Iran

Posted by seumasach on November 21, 2011

Jason Ditz

Antiwar.com

In an interview on CNN today, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak met a question about Israel’s repeated threats to attack Iran with scorn, saying it was not “a subject for public discussion.”

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War clouds amassing over Iran

Posted by seumasach on November 21, 2011

Wayne Madsen

Voltairenet

18th November, 2011

Israel’s all-powerful lobby in Washington, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), an organization composed of Israeli collaborators, infiltrators, and outright traitors to the United States, is steamrolling through the House of Representatives H.R. 1905 [1], which would prohibit the President of the United States, the Secretary of State, members of the U.S. Foreign Service, or any special envoy from engaging in any sort of diplomatic contact, official or unofficial, with any member or agent of the government of Iran. Only when the President informs the requisite committees may he proceed with engaging on diplomatic contact with Iran. Israel has de facto control over the foreign affairs committees of Congress, so any White House notification of the need to contact Iranian officials would be instantly transmitted to Binyamin Netanyahu’s office in Jerusalem and Israel would then circumvent any U.S.-Iranian contact. AIPAC, with its resolution, is further making the United States a vassal of the Jewish state.

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Russia: IAEA Iran report unprofessional

Posted by seumasach on November 20, 2011

PressTV

20th November, 2011

Russia has criticized the release of the latest IAEA report by the UN nuclear chief as unprofessional and premature, lauding Iran’s efforts to ease concerns over its nuclear program.

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Germany opposes military action against Iran

Posted by seumasach on November 17, 2011

Fars News Agency

17th November, 2011

Germany Repeats Strong Opposition to US, Israeli Rhetoric against Iran

TEHRAN (FNA)- Germany’s Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and Economics Minister Phillip Rosler dismissed the US and Israeli war rhetoric against Iran, saying their country is strongly opposed to any military action against the Islamic Republic, as a major regional country.

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Russia to Back Iran against Potential Western Aggressions

Posted by seumasach on November 11, 2011

FNA

11th November, 2011

“A military operation against Iran could have grave consequences,” Chairman of the Russian Parliamentary Committee for International Affairs Konstantin Kosachev told reporters on Thursday.

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Israeli PM orders investigation into Iran leak

Posted by seumasach on November 4, 2011

 

Guardian

 

3rd November, 2011

Israel‘s prime minister has ordered an investigation into alleged leaks of plans to attack Iran‘s nuclear facilities, it has been reported.

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Werritty accused of anti-Iran plot

Posted by seumasach on October 19, 2011

The exposure of Werrity fits in, then, with the moves against the Murdoch press in that it is consistent with the marginalization of pro-Zionist elements within ruling circles. This would, then, be, not a move against an attack on Iran, but against an association of any such attack with Israel. In fact, it would be a move to facilitate an attack on Iran by removing any association with Zionism and even by pushing Israel to a compromise with  the Palestinians. The liberal imperialists know that pro-western elements inside Iran’s green movement are not pro-Zionist and that, therefore, Israel is an obstacle to mobilising them against Ahmadinejad.

Rory MacKinnon

Morning Star

16th October, 2011

Disgraced defence secretary Liam Fox’s self-styled “adviser” stood accused of conspiring to overthrow the Iranian government today.

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‘Iran will deny UN rapporteur entrance’

Posted by seumasach on July 21, 2011

PressTV

21st July, 2011

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says the Islamic Republic will not allow the UN special Rapporteur on human rights to enter the country.
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Iran carves out an AfPak hub

Posted by seumasach on June 27, 2011

M.K.Bhadrakumar

Asia Times

28th June, 2011

The participation of the presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan in the international conference on terrorism held in Tehran over the weekend becomes a major diplomatic and political victory for Iran at the present juncture of regional politics. Both Asif Ali Zardari and Hamid Karzai were received by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.

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