Iran

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 2 hours ago
AFP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sacked his interior minister, the ninth cabinet change in his near three-year presidency, the government daily Iran reported on Thursday. ...

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 2 hours ago
AP - When a group of Iraqi envoys headed to Iran recently, they were fully prepared for some tense moments. But they also hoped to come away with something to show for it: pledges of cooperation on weakening Shiite militias in Iraq. ...

Source: news.yahoo.com --- 2 hours ago
Reuters - President George W. Bush will tell Israel's parliament on Thursday that letting Iran acquire nuclear weapons would be an "unforgivable betrayal of future generations." ...

Source: www.msnbc.msn.com --- 3 hours ago
During a visit to Israel, President Bush on Thursday criticized the tactics of extremist groups like al-Qaida, Hezbollah and Hamas and said it would be 'unforgivable' if Iran were allowed to obtain nuclear weapons. ...

Source: ca.news.yahoo.com --- 5 hours ago
Reuters - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will tell Israel's parliament on Thursday that letting Iran acquire nuclear weapons would be an "unforgivable betrayal of future generations." ...

Source: www.iht.com --- 3 hours ago
When a group of Iraqi envoys headed to Iran recently, they were fully prepared for some tense moments. But they also hoped to come away with something to show for it: pledges of cooperation on weakening Shiite militias in Iraq. ...

Source: www.iht.com --- 3 hours ago
Iran's state-owned newspaper says a group Tehran has accused of bombing a mosque in the country last month and of having ties to the U.S. and Britain also planned to attack a Russian consulate. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 27 minutes ago
JERUSALEM 'Permitting the world's leading sponsor of terror to possess the world's deadliest weapon would be an unforgivable betrayal of future generations,' the president said. ...

Source: www.washingtonpost.com --- 5 hours ago
The United States should construct a combination of incentives and threats to engage Iran, and may have missed earlier opportunities to begin a useful dialogue with Tehran, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday. ...

Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com --- 4 hours ago
Vladimir Putin's last-minute decision to fulfill U. N. Security Council Resolution 1803 on Iran before handing over power to Dmitry Medvedev... ...

Source: www.ameinfo.com --- 3 hours ago
Iran on Wednesday denied reports that it has any plans to trim crude oil exports. A day earlier the country's president was quoted as saying Tehran was studying a plan to cut output. But Hojjatollah Ghanimifard, international affairs director at the National Iranian Oil Company, said the country is exporting oil as usual and has no plans to cut crude exports, reported Reuters. ...

Source: csmonitor.com --- 1 hour ago
Through its terrorist proxy Hezbollah, Iran builds up its Shiite influence in the region. ...

Source: www.iol.co.za --- 2 hours ago
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called on the top UN powers to give Iran security guarantees to help resolve the crisis over Tehran's nuclear programme. ...

Source: www.antiwar.com --- 4 hours ago
Excerpt: Early this month, the George W. Bush administration's plan to create a new crescendo of accusations against Iran for allegedly smuggling arms to Shiite militias in Iraq encountered not just one but two setbacks. ...

Source: www.alternet.org --- 3 hours ago
The condition of the Jews in Iran is a matter of political significance. ...

Source: www.atimes.com --- 8 minutes ago
The George W Bush administration and the top US commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, plotted a sequence of events that would sensationally build domestic US political support for a possible strike against Iran. Key to this was to be the disclosure of a major cache of Iranian weapons found in Karbala for use by Shi'ite militias. The weapons turned out to have nothing to do with Iran, and worse, the Iraq government suddenly distanced itself from the US's plan. - Gareth Porter (May 15, '08) ...

Source: www.buzzflash.net --- 5 hours ago
This is one of the best discussions I've seen of the (apparently) looming attack on Iran.   ...

Source: www.thefirstpost.co.uk --- 4 hours ago
There must have been a chorus of "About time too!" when David Miliband announced late on Tuesday night on BBC Radio that the UK, France and the US… ...

Source: www.geo.tv --- 5 hours ago
HELD AL QUDS: US President George W. Bush on Wednesday accused Iran of trying to destabilise Lebanon through its support for the Hezbollah militia, as he reaffirmed support for Prime Minister Fuad Siniora. "Hezbollah, the so-called protector of the Lebanese against Israel has now turned on its own people," Bush said in Jerusalem after a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. "Hezbollah is supported by Iran, and it''s an Iranian effort to destablise Lebanon''s democracy, and the United States stands strongly with the Siniora government." ...

Source: www.southcoasttoday.com --- 3 hours ago
NEW YORK — Oil prices shot to a new record near $127 a barrel Tuesday on concerns that Iran may consider cutting crude oil production. Gas prices, meanwhile, rose to a new record over $3.73 a gallon Tuesday, and their advance shows little sign of... ...