Washington Times: Why should our enemies be worried? We have elected a new president. To back up deterrence warnings, he will require a compelling infrastructure of sanctions and rewards.
Deter Iran
Iran says would welcome Obama talks: report
Reuters: Iran would welcome talks between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, the country's vice president said in an interview with Japan's Kyodo news agency.
“An eye for an eye” – Iran hands out gruesome punishment
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 27 – An Iranian court sentenced a man to be blinded with acid as punishment for blinding a woman several years ago, state-run press reported on Thursday.
“An eye for an eye” – Iran hands out gruesome punishment
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Nov. 27 – An Iranian court sentenced a man to be blinded with acid as punishment for blinding a woman several years ago, state-run press reported on Thursday.
Iran says navy can strike well beyond its coast
Reuters: Iran's navy can strike an enemy well beyond its shores and as far away as Bab al-Mandab, the southern entrance to the Red Sea that leads to the Suez Canal, an Iranian naval commander said on Thursday.
UK envoy to Iran summoned over atom remarks
Reuters: The British ambassador was summoned to Iran's Foreign Ministry this week over British comments about Tehran's disputed nuclear work, state media said.
IAEA sits down to meeting on Iran, Syria
AFP: Allegations of illicit nuclear programmes by Syria and Iran came under the spotlight Thursday at a crunch meeting of the UN's atomic watchdog.
Iran urged to halt “crackdown” on women activists
Reuters: U.N. human rights investigators called on Iran on Thursday to end what they called a "crackdown" on women's rights activists who have been harassed and detained for seeking equal status in the Islamic Republic.
Russia to complete Iran nuclear plant in 2009 -Tass
Reuters: Russia will complete Iran's first nuclear power plant in 2009, Itar-Tass news agency quoted the head of Russia's state nuclear corporation as saying on Thursday.
Iran raises its enriching capability
New York Times: Iran said Wednesday its main uranium-enrichment plant was now equipped with 5,000 centrifuges — a sharp increase from the 4,000 it announced in August. machines that spin incredibly fast to enrich the element into nuclear fuel.
