Home Blog Page 2409

Iran angered over India’s launch of Israeli spy satellite

0

AFP: Iran said Tuesday it had lodged an official complaint with New Delhi over India’s commercial launch of an Israeli spy satellite last month.

Cairo ‘exploring’ ties with Tehran

0

Washington Times: Diplomats yesterday cautioned against excessive alarm over a series of visits to Cairo by senior Iranian officials, saying Tehran’s bid to end three decades of estrangement is unlikely to yield an early restoration of formal relations.

Our politicized intelligence services

0

Wall Street Journal – By John R. Bolton: Today, Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee (and Thursday on the House side) to give the intelligence community’s annual global threat analysis. These hearings are always significant, but the stakes are especially high now because of the recent National Intelligence Estimate on Iran.

Iran made ‘good progress’ nuke chief says

0

UPI: The head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog said Iran has made “good progress” in addressing outstanding issues surrounding its nuclear program.

Iran’s satellite program is ‘troubling development,’ U.S. says

0

Bloomberg: Iran’s new space center built to send a research satellite into orbit is a “troubling development” because it employs the same technology used for producing long- range ballistic missiles, the U.S. State Department said.

Leak on cross-border chases from Iraq

0

New York Times: American military forces in Iraq were authorized to pursue former members of Saddam Hussein’s government and terrorists across Iraq’s borders into Iran and Syria, according to a classified 2005 document that has been made public by an independent Web site.

‘Adultery’ sisters to be stoned to death in Iran

Daily Telegraph: Two Iranian sisters convicted of adultery face being stoned to death after the supreme court upheld death sentences against them, Iranian media have reported.

Iran claims has built new radar-evading jet

0

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 04 – Iran claimed on Monday that it had begun to produce a new generation of fighter jets equipped with radar-evading systems.

Iran claims has built new radar-evading jet

0

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 04 – Iran claimed on Monday that it had begun to produce a new generation of fighter jets equipped with radar-evading systems.

Iran oil revenue stands at $43 billion – report

0

Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Feb. 04 – Iran’s crude oil revenue during the period from March 21, 2007 to November 21 stood at $43.492 billion, state media reported.