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April 08 2012

00:31

U.S. Defines Its Demands for New Round of Talks With Iran

The Obama administration and its allies plan to call for the immediate closing and ultimate dismantling of a recently completed nuclear facility, American and European diplomats say.

April 05 2012

02:04

Iran’s Efforts to Stir Afghan Violence Provoke Concern

Iran secretly ordered its agents in Afghanistan to exploit public outrage over the burning of Korans, though it has failed to provoke widespread or lasting unrest.

April 04 2012

07:18

Impact of Iran Sanctions Widens

Leading oil companies in South Africa and Greece suspended imports of the country’s crude oil, further signs of emergency self-reliance emerging in Iran.

05:58

Impact of Iran Sanctions Widens

Leading oil companies in South Africa and Greece suspended imports of the country’s crude oil, further signs of emergency self-reliance emerging in Iran.

April 01 2012

04:02

Assessing Iran, but Thinking About Iraq

Faulty intelligence conclusions about Saddam Hussein’s supposed weapons of mass destruction cast a shadow over current efforts to evaluate Iran’s nuclear capabilities.

March 31 2012

03:31

Obama Clears Way for Measures Against Iran

President Obama’s determination cleared the way for severe new sanctions intended to slash Iran’s oil revenue and press Tehran to abandon its nuclear ambitions.

March 30 2012

08:48

White House Memo: Hard Line on Iran Places White House in a Bind

The administration wants to convince Iran that it is serious about military action without making war seem unavoidable.

06:00

Iran Suspends Reuters Journalists Over a Faulty Headline

The erroneous title on a Reuters video, saying that female ninjas in Iran were being trained as assassins, resulted in the government’s suspending the news agency’s staff there.

March 29 2012

07:20

Assad Seems to Mimic Iranian Strategy for Survival

Analysts suggested that President Bashar al-Assad of Syria was following a strategy used to great effect by Iran: pledging sincerity to diplomacy as a way to stall for time.

March 28 2012

05:40

Netanyahu and Barak Forge a Bond on Israel’s Iran Crisis

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak have formed an unexpected bond on the matter of Iran’s threat and in considering what must be done about it.

05:37

J Street, Pro-Israel but Against Iran Strike, Takes Its Message to Washington

Outnumbered by the hawkish and better-known American Israel Public Affairs Committee, some 700 members of J Street reminded their Congress members that the Jewish vote is not monolithic.

04:17

World Briefing | Middle East: Iran: U.S. Broadens Sanctions

The United States added an Iranian cargo airline, three officials from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and a Nigerian trading agent to its Iran sanctions blacklist on Tuesday.

March 19 2012

00:54

Pro-Israel Groups’ Differing Approaches on Iran

Some see President Obama’s statements of support as insufficient and are pushing for a more aggressive approach and stronger support of Israel, while others urge diplomacy.

March 17 2012

22:50

Iran Intelligence Crisis Showed Difficulty of Assessing Nuclear Data

Discerning the intentions of Iran’s leaders on the crucial steps to building a nuclear bomb is the most covert aspect of one of the world’s most difficult intelligence collection targets.

March 15 2012

04:07

Aiding Yemen Rebels, Iran Seeks Wider Mideast Role

The scale of Iran’s involvement remains unclear, and some Yemeni officials and analysts remain skeptical about the impact of any weapons shipments.

March 14 2012

13:12

Iranian Parliament Questions Ahmadinejad

The questioning of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over economic mismanagement was the first interrogation of its kind since Iran’s 1979 revolution.

March 10 2012

06:01

Netanyahu Says U.S. and Israel Differ on Urgency of Iran Threat

The Israeli prime minister said that distance and relative strength tended to make the United States view Tehran’s nuclear program differently than his country does.

March 09 2012

02:59

Iran Pressed to Give Nuclear Inspectors Full Access to Sites

In insisting on access to suspected nuclear sites like Parchin, six world powers signaled a unified resolve in renewed negotiations with Iran, which were suspended in frustration more than a year ago.

March 08 2012

23:04

Arab Spring and Iran Tensions Leave Palestinians Sidelined

With Israel and other world powers focusing on the Arab Spring and the mounting tensions with Iran, the Palestinian issue has effectively been shelved, leaving Palestinian leaders at a loss.

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