Reuters: Israeli and visiting U.S. forces are holding a biennial air-defence exercise this month but on a reduced scale, partly out of reluctance to stoke tensions with Iran, Israeli security sources said on Sunday.
Israel and U.S. scale back war game amid Iran face-off
Ramping up on Iran
Washington Times: In the words of Henry Kissinger: “There are all kinds of tactical discussions about how to deal with Iran…. But there are a number of fundamental principles to keep in mind.
How the UK flouts the law to serve Iran
Sunday Telegraph: The ruthlessness with which our Government enforces EU law against its citizens strikingly contrasts with its eagerness on occasion to flout EU law itself. One of the murkier chapters in our foreign policy in recent years has been the Foreign Offices readiness to appease the dictatorial regime in Iran, for reasons not unconnected to a series of huge trade deals.
Iran to hit back at US kidnaps
Sunday Times: Iran is threatening to retaliate in Europe for what it claims is a daring undercover operation by western intelligence services to kidnap senior officers in its Revolutionary Guard.
Iran storm kills five, including three babies-radio
Reuters: Three babies choked to death when a sand storm swept through an Iranian desert city on Friday night, state radio and a senior official said on Saturday.
Ahmadinejad holds talks with top Syrian official
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 17 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met and held talks with Syrian Prime Minster Mohammad Naji Otri, the official Syrian news agency SANA reported on Saturday.
Ahmadinejad holds talks with top Syrian official
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Mar. 17 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met and held talks with Syrian Prime Minster Mohammad Naji Otri, the official Syrian news agency SANA reported on Saturday.
Iran is playing a growing role in Iraq economy
New York Times: While the Bush administration works to stop Iran from meddling in Iraq, Iranian air-conditioners fill Iraqi appliance stores, Iranian tomatoes ripen on the windowsills of kitchens here and legions of white Iranian-made Peugeots sit in Iraqi driveways.
OPEC to hold meeting if prices fall – Iran oilmin
Reuters: OPEC would hold an “emergency meeting” if oil prices were to fall, Iran’s oil minister was quoted as saying in comments published on Saturday, speaking after the oil cartel’s March 15 meeting in Vienna.
Iran’s army warns U.S. against any “stupid move”
Reuters: A senior Iranian army commander warned the United States and other Western powers not to make any “stupid move” over Tehran’s nuclear programme and said they would be surprised by the military response to any such action.
