Reuters: Gaza will become Israel's graveyard, the speaker of Iran's parliament was quoted as saying on Sunday after the Jewish state launched a ground offensive deep into the coastal Palestinian territory. Gaza to be Israeli “graveyard” — Iran’s Larijani
Reuters: Gaza will become Israel's graveyard, the speaker of Iran's parliament was quoted as saying on Sunday after the Jewish state launched a ground offensive deep into the coastal Palestinian territory. Iraqi premier visits Iran to discuss US-Iraq pact
AP: Iraq's prime minister is visiting Iran where the newly implemented security deal between the United States and Baghdad is expected to top his agenda. Iran official meets Hamas chief in Syria
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 03 – A senior Iranian official on Saturday met with the head of the militant Islamist Palestinian group Hamas as the group’s standoff with Israel entered into its second week.
Iran official meets Hamas chief in Syria
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Jan. 03 – A senior Iranian official on Saturday met with the head of the militant Islamist Palestinian group Hamas as the group’s standoff with Israel entered into its second week.
Iran says OPEC might meet in Kuwait in Feb
Reuters: A senior Iranian official said on Saturday OPEC could meet in February in Kuwait to review the oil market's performance in January, after a newly agreed production cut, but added that no official invitation had been made. Tehran’s links with Hamas could spark retribution
The Independent: Iran's open support for Hamas, coupled with US and Israeli accusations that Tehran has supplied it with weapons, could harden Israeli public opinion in favour of military strikes against Iran whose nuclear programme is seen as an "existential" threat to the Jewish state.
Shadow of Iran looms large over Gaza
FOX News – By Walid Phares: The Israeli air raids on Hamas’s infrastructure along with troop movements around Gaza’s enclave and the shelling of Israel by the jihadist organization are both troubling developments in the Middle East but they are certainly neither new nor surprising.
Obama promises Bush III on Iran
Wall Street Journal – By John Bolton: President-elect Barack Obama has promised major changes in U.S. diplomacy and repeatedly criticized the Bush administration on both substance and style. The diplomacy he favors is exactly what Condi Rice has been pursuing for years.
Iran students say ready to fight Israel
AFP: Hundreds of Islamist students marched in the streets of the Iranian capital on Thursday vowing their readiness to travel to Gaza to fight Israel over its onslaught against the Palestinian territory. Iranian newspaper reportedly closed for Gaza article
Reuters: A newspaper close to former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been closed down for publishing an article the authorities said was sympathetic to Israel, the official IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday. 