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ISIS-online.org - INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY - ISIS Report: "IRANIAN SMUGGLING FOR MILITARY NUCLEAR PROGRAMS: FROM SHAHID HEMMAT INDUSTRIAL GROUP TO THE PHYSICS RESEARCH CENTER" by David Albright and Paul Brannan (pdf) May 16, 2012)
YNET NEWS.com: "'Hezbollah has 300 operatives in NYC'" by Yitzhak Benhorin, Reuters (SNIPPET: "A law enforcement official said that the New York Police Department, whose monitoring of Muslim communities has prompted political controversy, believes that between 200 and 300 Hezbollah sympathizers live in New York City. Between 10 and 20 of those are relatives of Hezbollah leaders or fighters who were killed in action, said the official.") (Published April 6, 2012, 08:36/Israel News)
YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "EU TELLS IRAN IT 'MUST' SUSPEND ATOM ACTIVITY European Union reiterates demand that Islamic Republic halts uranium enrichment, days after Tehran says it has no intention to do so" (Published May 7, 2012, 23:57/Israel News)
YNET NEWS.com: "'HEZBOLLAH BOOSTING DRONE UNIT'" by Ronen Bergman (SNIPPET: "Hezbollah is equipped with Ababil ("Swallow") drones, which are manufactured by Iran. The Ababil has several models, including one that can carry a warhead packed with several dozens of kilograms of explosives.") (Published April 27, 2012, 13:03/Israel News)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS: "IRANIAN AGENT DEPORTED FOR SPYING ON JEWS IN INDIA The city police deported Iranian national Hamid Kashkouli, 40, for spying on the Chabad House and other Jewish, Israeli targets." by Rachel Hirshfeld (SNIPPET: "The Special Branch of the Dehli police deported Iranian national Hamid Kashkouli, 40, who was pursuing his PhD from the University of Pune (UoP) in India, Pune Mirror reported. Kashkouli was found spying on the Chabad House in Koregaon Park, the Rasta Peth Synagogue and other Jewish and Israeli targets. Kashkouli was on the payrolls of the Iranian intelligence, according to reports. Following a court order, Kashkouli was deported to Iran from Delhi, last month.") (April 27, 2012, 3:15 pm)
HOMELAND.HOUSE.GOV - Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies: Washington, D.C. - "JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING: IRANIAN CYBER THREAT TO THE U.S. HOMELAND" (April 26, 2012)
YNET NEWS.com: "IRAN'S OIL MINISTRY FORMS CYBER CRISIS CENTER Islamic Republic aims to battle computer virus threatening to cripple oil exports; ministry forms special team of over 50 IT experts" by Dudi Cohen (Published April 24, 2012, 10:14/Israel News)
RFERL.org - RADIO FREE EUROPE RADIO LIBERTY: Azerbaijan - "AZERBAIJAN SAYS AL-QAEDA-LINKED MILITANT LEADER KILLED" (SNIPPET: "Those arrested had reportedly been trained in Iran, Syria, Pakistan, and some had fought against NATO troops in Afghanistan, the ministry said. In July, Azerbaijan jailed 17 members of a group it said was linked to Al-Qaeda for sentences of between five years and life.") (April 19, 2012)
YNET NEWS.com: "IRAN NAMES NEW NUCLEAR EMERGENCY AGENCY CHIEF Tehran's Atomic Energy Chief Fereydoon Abbasi, who survived 2010 assassination attempt, promoted; no announcement as to whether he'll pull double duty" (SNIPPET: "According to a Wednesday report in The New York Times, the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency considers Abbasi to be a key figure in Iran's nuclear program.") (Published April 18, 2012, 08:16/Israel News)
YNA.co.kr - YONHAP NEWS AGENCY: "IRANIAN OFFICIALS OBSERVED N. KOREA'S ROCKET LAUNCH: SOURCE" (SNIPPET: ""On March 31, 12 Iranians of the Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG) arrived in North Korea. The Iranians undoubtedly were there to observe the missile launch and receive test data from North Korea," the source told Yonhap News Agency, requesting anonymity." SNIPPET: "North Korea and Iran have long been suspected of regularly exchanging ballistic missile technology.") (April 16, 2012, 07:21)
NORAD.mil - NORAD News: Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado - "NORAD AND USNORTHCOM ACKNOWLEDGE MISSILE LAUNCH" (SNIPPET: "...U.S. systems detected and tracked a launch of the North Korean Taepo Dong-2 missile...") (April 12, 2012)
JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: Berlin - "SHIP WITH IRANIAN ARMS SEIZED AT SEA Vessel carried arms destined by Syrian President Bashar Assad; Azerbaijan arrests suspects in weapons smuggling." (April 15, 2012, 01:10)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "SENIOR AL QAEDA IDEOLOGUE LEAVES IRAN FOR MAURITANIA" by Thomas Joscelyn (SNIPPET: "Abu Hafs al Mauritani" SNIPPET: "Abu Hafs has been recognized as a key figure inside al Qaeda since the 1990s.") (April 11, 2012)
THE WASHINGTON FREE BEACON: "CIA: IRAN NUKE EXPANSION Iran Boosts Its Nuclear Program in 2011 Adding Both Nuclear Material and Facilities, CIA Report Says" by Bill Gertz (April 4, 2012)
FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE: "JIHADIST INFILTRATION" by David Meir-Levi (SNIPPET: "The problem on our southern border has grown only worse since then, with continued jihadist entry via Mexico and the new alliance between Iran and Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez. The Iran-Venezuela connection and Iran's quest for deployable WMDs create the threat of a nuclear armed Venezuela under Iranian influence holding the USA hostage with nuclear-armed missiles having in their cross-hairs all of the southern USA from San Diego to Sarasota.") (April 2, 2012)
WASHINGTON INSTITUTE.org - THE WASHINGTON INSTITUTE FOR NEAR EAST POLICY - House Committee on Homeland Security - TESTIMONY by DR. MATTHEW LEVITT Director, Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence: "IRAN, HIZBALLAH, AND THE THREAT TO THE HOMELAND" (pdf) (March 21, 2012)
YNET NEWS.com: "U.S., EUROPEAN OFFICIALS PROBE IRAN NUCLEAR SMUGGLING" (SNIPPET: "A dramatic expansion in nuclear and military smuggling investigations should lead to a flood of new criminal cases, primarily against Iranian and Chinese middlemen, US law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.") (March 29, 2012, 01:25/Israel News)
INDIAN EXPRESS.com: New Delhi - "DAYS BEFORE REMAND END, POLICE HAND OVER KAZMI" (SNIPPET: "Urdu journalist Mohammed Ahmad Kazmi was sent to Tihar Jail under judicial custody, three days before his remand was to end, after the Delhi Police hurriedly produced him before a city court on Saturday. Kazmi was arrested for providing logistical support to the three Iranian suspects involved in bomb attack on the car of an Israeli diplomat on February 13.") (March 25, 2012, 00:44 hrs)
MEMRI.org - Inquiry & Analysis Series Report No. 817: "IRANIAN WEBSITE DESCRIBES HOW IRAN WILL REPULSE A GROUND ATTACK" by A. Savyon & Y. Mansharof (SNIPPET: "Mashreq stressed that the IRGC did not demonstrate its full might during the recent maneuvers. Thus, for example, it did not use the TOR-M1 medium-range aerial defense system, which has been improved by Iran to a range of 12 kilometers, as opposed to the original model, which only has a range of four-and-a-half kilometers/ The IRGC also did not employ Toophan missiles (especially the Toophan-5), 107-millimeter rockets, rocket propelled grenades (RPGs), etc.") (March 22, 2012)
EURASIA REVIEW.com (Written by Hudson Institute): "THE MULLAHS IN THE AMERICAS - OpEd" by Jaime Daremblum (SNIPPET: "Has the danger of Iranian activity in Latin America been exaggerated? It seems odd that serious analysts are asking such a question, given Tehran's 32-year record of sponsoring terrorism, killing Americans, aiding rogue dictators, and undermining democracy across the globe. But since many commentators are now arguing that Iran's hemispheric threat has been overblown, it's worth reviewing a few basic facts.") (March 22, 2012)
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Committee on Homeland Security - Majority Preliminary Investigative Findings: "IRAN, HEZBOLLAH AND THE THREAT TO THE HOMELAND" (pdf) (March 21, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "They just can't keep their sites off the Great Satan's servers" (SNIPPET: "icpalestine.ir/.org, domains of "The International Conference on Palestinian Intifada" that sport a favicon and banner both with the official seal of the Islamic Republic, are nominally hosted in Iran, but redirect to icpalestine.com. The latter is hosted in the United States.") (March 20, 2012)
MCCLATCHY DC.com: Baghdad, Iraq - "WORRY ABOUT IRANIAN ARMS FLIGHTS REVEALS U.S.-IRAQ DIFFERENCES OVER SYRIA" by Sahar Issa, Mcclatchy Newspapers (SNIPPET: "How many Iranian flights have crossed over Iraq to reach Syria is a matter of debate. A prominent Iraqi politician with personal knowledge of the issue said that "the Iranians have 34 flights a week to Syria from various Iranian airports," and that all those flights use Iraqi air space.") (March 19, 2012)
VOA NEWS.com - English: "INDIA PURSUING FOURTH IRANIAN IN DELHI BOMBING" (SNIPPET: "Indian authorities are going after a fourth Iranian in connection with a plot to attack Israeli diplomats. The Press Trust of India reports Indian authorities Saturday issued an arrest warrant for Masoud Sedaghatzadeh.") (March 17, 2012)
INDIAN EXPRESS.com - Express Exclusive: "CALL DETAILS OF BANGKOK BOMBERS LED COPS TO ISRAEL EMBASSY ATTACKER" by Vijaita Singh, New Delhi (SNIPPET: "The Delhi Police figured out the conspiracy behind the recent attack on an Israeli Embassy car by studying call details of the Bangkok bombers, who reportedly belong to the same Iranian module that planned assaults on Israeli targets in New Delhi, Georgia and Bangkok last month.") (March 16, 2012, 14:29)
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY - Chairman Peter T. King (THE HILL): "LAWMAKER PLANS HEARINGS ON IRAN" by Jordy Yager, The Hill (SNIPPET: "The House Homeland Security Committee is planning a hearing next week to explore Iran's capacity to carry out terrorist attacks in the United States. Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.), the panel's chairman, told The Hill that the U.S. intelligence community has become greatly concerned with Iran since law enforcement officials disrupted a plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States five months ago. American authorities have accused Iran of orchestrating the plot.") (March 12, 2012)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "ALLEGED IRAN TERROR PLOT THWARTED IN AZERBAIJAN" (SNIPPET: "Diplomatic targets appear to be priority for Iran in recent terror plots.") (March 14, 2012)
THIS DAY LIVE.com (AFP): AZERBAIJAN ARRESTS IRAN BACKED ATTACK PLOTTERS" (SNIPPET: "Azerbaijan has arrested 22 people on suspicion of plotting attacks on the US and Israeli embassies in Baku on behalf of neighbouring Iran, the national security ministry said Wednesday.") (March 14, 2012)
THE TIMES OF INDIA: New Delhi - "OPEN WARRANT AGAINST 3 IRANIANS IN ISRAELI DIPLOMAT CAR BLAST" (SNIPPET: "A Delhi court today issued an "open warrant" against three Iranian nationals in connection with the February 13 Israeli diplomat car bombing in which journalist Syed Mohammed Ahmad Kazmi is already under arrest.") (PTI, March 14, 2012, 09:13 pm IST)
NTI.org - GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "NUCLEAR CONCEALMENT SUSPECTED AT IRANIAN MILITARY BASE" (SNIPPET: "The reconnaissance imagery suggests Iran is seeking to conceal previous trials of a neutron initiator, the two diplomatic officials said. An additional envoy did not back the assertion, but said any effort to build such a component would have no application other than nuclear-bomb development.") (March 8, 2012)
ICE.gov - News Release: El Paso, Texas - "BRITISH BUSINESSMAN ORDERED TO REMAIN IN FEDERAL CUSTODY PENDING TRIAL Charge stems from scheme to illegally export to Iran parts for 'Hawk' surface-to-air missile systems" (SNIPPET: Christopher Tappin, 65...") (March 6, 2012)
FBI.gov: "HELP US BRING BOB LEVINSON HOME $1 Million Reward Offered for Missing Retired FBI Agent" (SNIPPET: "This week marks the fifth anniversary of Robert Levinson's disappearance, and the FBI today announced a reward of up to $1 million for information leading to the safe recovery and return of the retired special agent. Levinson, who retired from the FBI in 1998 after 22 years of service, was working as a private investigator when he traveled to Kish Island, Iran on March 8, 2007. He has not been seen or heard from publicly since he disappeared the following day. In 2010, a video showing him in captivity was sent to the Levinson family by his captors.") (March 6, 2012)
MEMRI - The Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor - Global Jihad News: "COMMANDER OF THE IRANIAN BASIJ: We Will Avenge the Burning of the Koran by Burning the White House" (Posted March 5, 2012)
Security.Blogs.CNN.com: "U.S. SEES INCREASED IRAN INVOLVEMENT IN SYRIA" by Barbara Starr (SNIPPET: "The United States sees increasing involvement by and military aid from Iran in the attacks against opposition to the Syrian regime, according to several Obama administration officials.") (March 5, 2012, 01:22 pm ET)
YNET NEWS.com: "REPORT: IRAN HELD NUCLEAR TEST IN N.KOREA" German press says Tehran, Pyongyang collaborated on possibly more than one nuclear test in early 2010" (Published March 5, 2012, 08:32/Israel News)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "INDICATIONS OF AN IRANIAN NUCLEAR WEAPON TEST IN NORTH KOREA, IN 2010" (March 4, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Portrait of Americans Writing Their Own FISA Warrants" (March 4, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Basij Bloggers Confab" (March 4, 2012)
UNDIPLOMATIC SERVICE - blog: "IRAN, AL-QAEDA AND MAKING NOTHING OUT OF SOMETHING" by Matt Wahsiedler (March 1, 2012)
NOSINT - NAVAL OPEN SOURCE INTelligence - blog (FARS NEWS): "OPTIMIZED MISSILE-LAUNCHING FRIGATES DELIVERED TO IRGC NAVY" (March 1, 2012)
FBI.gov - Washington, D.C. - Press Release: Washington - "AUSTRALIAN MAN AND HIS FIRM INDICTED IN PLOT TO EXPORT RESTRICTED MILITARY AND OTHER U.S. TECHNOLOGY TO IRAN" (SNIPPET: "An Australian man and his company have been indicted today by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia for conspiring to export sensitive military and other technology from the United States to Iran, including components with applications in missiles, drones, torpedoes, and helicopters. The five-count indictment charges David Levick, 50, an Australian national, and his company, ICM Components Inc., located in Thorleigh, Australia...") (February 29, 2012)INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "MPAC TOUTS IRAN'S 'VICTORY'" (February 29, 2012)
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NTI.org - GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "IRANIAN URANIUM REMAINS UNACCOUNTED FOR, U.N. NUCLEAR AGENCY SAYS" (February 27, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "'GLOBAL MARCH TO JERUSALEM' FORMS BOARD IN IRAN" (February 27, 2012)
CNS NEWS.com: "QUR'AN CARNAGE: ISLAMIC BLOC CALLS FOR CALM, BUT IRANIAN GENERAL SAYS BURN THE WHITE HOUSE" by Patrick Goodenough (February 27, 2012)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "'PLAYED FOR FOOLS' BY IRAN" (February 27, 2012)
IRAN TRACKER.org (THE WEEKLY STANDARD BLOG): "It's No 'Potemkin' Nuclear Enrichment Plant" by Maseh Zarif (February 22, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "SARBAZ ROOHULLA REZVI: A TIE THAT BINDS IRI, GM2J, AND MB" (Feburary 26, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "INTERNATIONAL UNION OF UNIFIED UMMAH: GLOBAL FRONT OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN" (February 26, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "UNIFIED UMMAH A/K/A/ UMMAH HEARTS: IRI FRONT IN GAZA" (February 26, 2012)
THE MEIR AMIT INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "IRANIAN AND HEZBOLLAH TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAELI TARGETS ABROAD The Situation on the Ground and Background Information - February 15, 2012" (February 27, 2012)FreeRepublic.com (AP): "ISRAEL TO SELL $1.6 BILLION IN ARMS TO IRAN'S NEIGHBOR AZERBAIJAN" (February 26, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Basije Azarbaijan" (February 26, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRGC's FARS News Agency opens office in Istanbul" [Note: Photos included.] (February 25, 2012)
NTI.org - GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "IRAN ADVANCES URANIUM ENRICHMENT EFFORTS: IAEA" (February 24, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "U.S. ON GUARD AGAINST POSSIBLE IRAN PLOTS" (February 23, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Emad Shekarchi: Our man at the Hizballah Cyber Army, and on Google+" (February 23, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Mahmoud Shabanzadeh: Our man at the CRCIS, and on Google+" (February 23, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "GENERAL JALALI: 'Iran has begun to operate its first cyber army'" (February 23, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "'Iran Cyber Army' Hits Azerbaijan State TV Site" (February 23, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "FOMERLY SECRET TELEXES OFFER WINDOW INTO IRAN'S NUCLEAR DECEIT" (February 23, 2012)
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GWUMC.edu - HSPI - HSPI Commentary Series: "WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE A-TEAM OF TERRORISM? A Brief Assessment of Hizballah and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps" by A. Aaron Weisburd (pdf)(February 23, 2012)MEMRI.org - Inquiry & Analysis Report No. 801: "FORMER IRANIAN REGIME OFFICIALS CRITICIZE SUPREME LEADER KHAMENEI" by Y. Mansharof and A. Savyon (February 21, 2012)
CNS NEWS.com: "NEW FEARS FOR IRANIAN PASTOR ON DEATH ROW WHO REFUSES TO RENOUNCE HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH" by Patrick Goodenough (February 21, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Iran, Hezbollah are on Syria side: Velayati" (February 23, 2012)
DAILY STAR.com.lb: Baku - "AZERBAIJAN ARRESTS 'IRAN-LINKED' ATTACK PLOTTERS: REPORT" (SNIPPET: "State broadcaster AzTV, quoting the National Security Ministry, said police had detained people linked to Iranian intelligence services and Hezbollah who intended to stage attacks on foreign citizens in the country. The report said the suspects had gathered intelligence on targets and bought explosives, guns and ammunition, but gave no further details.") (February 21, 2012, 06:11 pm) (Read More...)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "FARS NEWS AGENCY 'CORRESPONDENT' ARRESTED IN BAKU" (February 18, 2012)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS.com - ARUTZ SHEVA - News Brief: "Iranian Navy Ships Leave Syria" (February 21, 2012, 10:20)
YNET NEWS.com: "U.S. OFFICIAL: IRAN SHIPS DOCKED IN SYRIA CARRIED ARMS, OIL" (February 21, 2012, 08:27/Israel News)
BBC NEWS: "THAILAND NAMES SIXTH BANGKOK BOMB SUSPECT" (SNIPPET: "The man was named by police as Norouzi Shaya Ali Akbar, 57, wanted on charges of possessing and making explosives.") (Last updated February 20, 2012, 08:00 ET)Link
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "AN ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN CONNECTION TO THE GLOBAL MARCH TO JERUSALEM?" (SNIPPET: "The other site, aimislam.com, is where the story gets... interesting.") (February 19, 2012)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "basijpress.ir: YET ANOTHER IRGC SITE ON iWeb SERVER IN CANADA It's the site of Basij Press Agency." (February 20, 2012)
CITIZEN LAB.org: "THE CANADIAN CONNECTION: AN INVESTIGATION OF SYRIAN GOVERNMENT AND HEZBULLAH WEB HOSTING IN CANADA" (2011)
CITIZEN LAB.org - CITIZEN LAB AND CANADA CENTRE FOR GLOBAL SECURITY STUDIES Munk School of Global Affairs University of Toronto: "THE CANADIAN CONNECTION: AN INVESTIGATION OF SYRIAN GOVERNMENT AND HEZBULLAH WEB HOSTING IN CANADA" (pdf) (November 17, 2011)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Poor Reza [it's a social network disease]" (January 30, 2012)
REUTERS.com: Tehran - "Iran Halts Oil Sales to UK, France on Eve of Talks" (February 19, 2012, 6:08 pm EST)
HAARETZ.com (AP): "IRAN POISED TO EXPAND URANIUM ENRICHMENT AT UNDERGROUND FACILITY, DIPLOMATS SAY Diplomats tell AP that Iran has put finishing touches for the installation of thousands of new-generation centrifuges at Fordo site." (February 18, 2012 21:18)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "SUSPECT 5 IN BANGKOK: Nikkhahfard Javad" (February 18, 2012)
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NTI.org - GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "EUROPEAN, U.S. TARGETS WITHIN REACH OF IRANIAN MISSILES, GENERAL SAYS" (February 17, 2012)
YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "IRANIAN NAVAL SHIPS ENTER MEDITERRANEAN VIA SUEZ" (SNIPPET: "Two Iranian vessels, a destroyer and a supply ship, cross through Suez into Mediterranean...") (February 17, 2012, 22:04/Israel News)Video - HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE (CNN): "Chairman King on CNN 'Erin Burnett Out Front' on Potential Iranian Attack on Homeland" (February 16, 2012)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY: Washington - "TREASURY DESIGNATES IRANIAN MINISTRY OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND SUPPORT OF TERRORISM Ministry Targeted for its Role in Facilitating Abuses by the Iranian and Syrian Regimes" (February 16, 2012)U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY: "ANTI-TERRORISM DESIGNATION; SYRIA DESIGNATION; IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS DESIGNATION" (February 16, 2012)
THE MEIR AMIT INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "IRANIAN AND HEZBOLLAH TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAELI TARGETS ABROAD The Situation on the Ground and Background Information February 15, 2012"NOW LEBANON.com: "IRANIAN GUARDS, MAHDI ARMY TROOPS ENTER SYRIA'S DRUZE MOUNTAIN" (February 15, 2012)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "TEHRAN RAMPS UP SUPPORT FOR ASSAD" (February 15, 2012)
NTI.org - GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "U.S. INTENSIFYING SURVEILLANCE OF SYRIAN CHEMICAL ARMS" (February 15, 2012)
REUTERS.com: Tehran - "IRAN TO LOAD OWN NUCLEAR FUEL RODS IN TEHRAN REACTOR" (February 15, 2012, 7:06 am EST)
YNET NEWS.com (AP): "UK SUSPECT IN IRAN MISSILE PLOT TO BE SENT TO U.S." (SNIPPET: "Christopher Tappin") (February 13, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "UK SUSPECT IN IRAN MISSILE PLOT TO BE SENT TO U.S."
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Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRAN'S NEWEST AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM..." (November 25, 2011)
NTI.org - GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "IRAN CLAIMS 3,000 NEW URANIUM CENTRIFUGES" (SNIPPET: "Iran has added 3,000 new-model uranium enrichment centrifuges at its Natanz complex..." SNIPPET: "The Natanz site now contains 9,000 operational enrichment machines, Iran's Press TV quoted Ahmadinejad as saying." SNIPPET: "In a separate move, Iran on Wednesday inserted its initial domestically produced nuclear fuel rods into a medical isotope production reactor in Tehran.") (February 15, 2012)Link
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "REPORT: NEW LEADER OF AL QAEDA NETWORK IN IRAN NAMED" by Thomas Joscelyn (SNIPPET: "Muhsin al Fadhli, who is said to be al Qaeda's new leader inside Iran. A notorious Kuwaiti terrorist named Muhsin al Fadhli has reportedly taken over leadership of al Qaeda's network inside Iran.") (February 15, 2012)IDF.il - ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: "CHIEF OF STAFF: Iran intends to attack both Israeli and global targets" (February 15, 2012, 7:14 pm)
Security.Blogs.CNN.com: "WORRIES THAT IRAN COULD TARGET U.S. JEWISH GROUPS" by Carol Cratty, with reporting from Ross Levitt and Dugald McConnell (February 15, 2012, 04:25 ET)
YEMEN POST.com: "YEMENI AUTHORITIES SEIZE WEAPON-LOADED IRANIAN SHIP" (February 14, 2012)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "HAMAS LEADER MEETS AHMADINEJAD, ENDORSES VIOLENCE" (February 14, 2012)
CNS NEWS.com: "IRAN ACCUSED OF EXPORTING VIOLENCE, WITH ATTACKS IN THAILAND, INDIA AND GEORGIA" by Patrick Goodenough (February 15, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE IRGC [they get reckless'" (SNIPPET: "Reckless doesn't mean not dangerous. Quite the opposite. They may fail spectacularly, or be wildly successful. One thing I believe we can count on is that they will take risks, act swiftly, and burn as many assets as they have to along the way in order to do what Khamenei wants.") (February 15, 2012)U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY - Resource Center: "Treasury Issues Guidance Concerning National Defense Authorization Act Sanctions on Iran" (February 14, 2012)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "HAMAS LEADER MEETS AHMADINEJAD, ENDORSES VIOLENCE" (February 14, 2012)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "POSSIBLE THIRD ATTACK ON ISRAELI TARGETS FAILS" (February 14, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRI ASSASSINS AND THEIR GIRLS IN THAILAND" (February 17, 2012)
BANGKOK POST.com: "UPDATE: IRANIAN BOMBS HIMSELF An Iranian man was severely injured when he threw a bomb at police that hit a tree and bounced back towards him and exploded in Bangkok on Tuesday afternoon, reports said." (SNIPPET: "Bombs went off on Sukhumvit 71 road, injuring five people, including an Iranian man, the reports said.") (February 14, 2012, 3:44 pm)Link (Read More...)
REUTERS.com: Manama - "U.S. NAVY: "IRAN PREPARES SUICIDE BOMB BOATS IN GULF" by Warda Al-Jawahiry (February 12, 2012)
CT NOW.com: "FEDS SEEK ASSETS FROM 5 CONNECTICUT CAR COMPANIES IN TERRORISM PROBE" by Jesse Leavenworth, THE HARTFORD COURANT (SNIPPET: "A federal complaint contends that U.S.-based car buyers -- including five in Connecticut -- received almost a quarter billion dollars to purchase and ship used vehicles as part of an international money-laundering scheme involving Lebanon-based terrorist group Hezbollah. The civil action pending in U.S. District Court in New York City seeks forfeiture of assets from several Middle Eastern financial institutions and 30 used-car buyers and exporters.") (February 13, 2012, 9:04 pm EST)Link
MEMRI TV.org - Video Clip No. 3313: "Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah: We Have Received Moral, Political, and Material Support from Iran since 1982" ("Al-Manar TV (Lebanon) - February 7, 2012 - 04:31)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY: Washington - "FACT SHEET: IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT SANCTIONS ON IRAN" (February 6, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "TEXT OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN" (February 6, 2012)
DANIEL PIPES.org (Video - EZRA LEVANT, THE SOURCE): "SYRIA AND IRAN IN THE NEWS" (February 6, 2012)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "'HELL TO PAY' IF TERRORISTS' LINK TO DRUG CARTELS ISN'T CHECKED" by Guy Taylor (SNIPPET: "Collaboration between Latin American drug cartels and groups such as Iran's Quds Force and the Islamic terror group Hezbollah is growing "far faster than most policymakers in Washington, D.C., choose to admit," a former U.S. intelligence official testified Tuesday.") (February 2, 2012)
FBI.gov - Most Wanted Terrorists: "RAMADAN ABDULLAH MOHAMMAD SHALLAH Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO); Interstate Transportation in Aid of Racketeering; Conspiracy to Murder Persons in a Foreign Country"
YNET NEWS.com: "MI CHIEF: IRAN CAN PRODUCE 4 BOMBS" by Neri Brenner (SNIPPET: "Iran is vigorously pursing military nuclear capabilities and today the intelligence community agrees with Israel on that. Iran has over four tons of enriched materials and nearly 100kg of 20% enriched uranium -- that's enough for four bombs," he said.") (February 2, 2012, 09:39/Israel News)
PAYVAND.com - news ("Source: ISNA"): "IRAN LAUNCHES SPANISH LANGUAGE SATELLITE TV CHANNEL" (SNIPPET: "Iran launched state-run Spanish-language TV channel dubbed Hispan on Tuesday. The television network would broadcast 24 hour news, entertainment, educational and documentary programs...") (January 31, 2012)
MEMRI TV.org - Video Clip No. 3304: "Former Member of Russian Joint Chiefs of Staff Col.-Gen. Leonid Ivashov: Russia Is Ready to Use Military Power to Defend Iran and Syria; Attack on Syria or Iran Is Indirect Attack on Russia; US in Libya Like Hitler in Poland" - ["Russia Today TV (Russia) - February 1, 2012 - 02:28"]
PRESS TV.ir: "Iran, Iraq ink MoU on Transportation" (SNIPPET: "Iran and Iraq have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to increase cooperation in road, railway and air transportations as well as technical and engineering fields.") (January 26, 2012, 10:34 am GMT)
BOSTON.com (AP): Washington - "U.S. HAS ARRESTED IRANIAN SCIENTIST" by Douglas Birch and Paul Elias (SNIPPET: "Prison records show the U.S. has been holding Seyed Mojtaba Atarodi, 54, a microchip expert and assistant professor at Tehran's prestigious Sharif University of Technology, in a federal facility in Dublin, Calif., outside San Francisco.") (January 26, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "EXPLORING AN IRGC-LINKED SOCIAL NETWORK" (SNIPPET: "If you think you might be interested in examining social networking accounts with varying degrees of linkage to the IRGC, keep reading.") (January 23, 2012)
HAARETZ.com: "AZERBAIJAN THWARTS TERROR ATTACK AGAINST ISRAELI, JEWISH TARGETS Security Official in Baku Links Iran to Planned Operation; Three Men Detained" (SNIPPET: "Three men were detained last week after planning to attack two Israelis employed by a Jewish school in Baku, the Azerbaijan Ministry of National Security has revealed." SNIPPET: "The ministry said that the three men, named as Rasim Aliyev, Ali Huseynov and Balaqardash Dadashov, received smuggled arms and equipment from Iranian agents.") (January 23, 2012)
JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: "'HEZBOLLAH HAS LONG-RANGE SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES'" by Yaakov Katz (SNIPPET: "Group believed to have received more surface-to-surface rockets, some of which can reach targets 300 km. away.") (January 19, 2012, 04:05)
MEFORUM.org - THE MIDDLE EAST QUARTERLY: "IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS STRIKE OIL" (SNIPPET: "In July 2011, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appointed Maj. Gen. Rostam Qassemi of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as oil minister...") (Winter 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Anyone up for some high-tech skeet shooting?" (SNIPPET: "If it can put a satellite into orbit, it can lob a nuclear warhead into the Rose Garden.") (January 16, 2012, 16:45 pm)
PAYVAND.com - PAYVAND IRAN NEWS ("Source: ISNA"): "IRAN TO LAUNCH SATELLITE INTO SPACE EARLY FEBRUARY Iran plans to launch satellite into space and inaugurate military projects early February, said Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi." (January 16, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "OH, AND WHILE WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM Here is a pic from the funeral procession for the most recent fatality" (January 16, 2012, 16:33)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH: "Now All the Facebook Basijis are Ahmadi Roshan" (SNIPPET: "SNIPPET: "Previously they were all Qassem Suleimani, commander of the IRGC' Quds Force." (January 16, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Ahmadi Roshan, another dead guy with a Facebook account" (January 16, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Can I interest anyone in an employee of Bank Melli?" (SNIPPET: "Haj Ahmad") (January 16, 2012, 16:41)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRAN'S SEPARATE BUT EQUAL 'INTERNET' FOR THE PROLES" (January 16, 2012)
THE MEIR AMIT INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "SPOTLIGHT ON IRAN Week of January 4-11, 2012"
WASHINGTON INSTITUTE.org - Policy Watch #1892: "HIZBALLAH POISED TO STRIKE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA" by Matthew Levitt (SNIPPET: "New discoveries regarding Hizballah bombmaking in Thailand are no surprise given the group's long history of terrorist operations in Southeast Asia.") (January 18, 2012)Link
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS.com: "HUGE CACHE OF BOMB-MAKING MATERIALS FOUND IN THAILAND Friday's Arrest of a Lebanese Suspect in Thailand has led to the discovery of 400 boxes of bomb-making material. Travel Warning in Force." by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (SNIPPET: "Thai police on Friday arrested a Lebanese man carrying a Swedish passport, who was linked with Hizbullah, the dominant political force in Lebanon that is financed in part by Iran. The Lebanese suspect, Atris Hussein, told police where 10 pounds of urea and 10 gallons of liquid ammonium nitrate were being stored. Police said the material was for bombs for attacks outside of Thailand.") (January 16, 2012, 10:44 am)Link
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRGC PLOT IN BANGKOK SUFFERS A SETBACK" (SNIPPET: "Calling this a 'Hizballah plot' just because the identified individuals are Lebanese fails to take into account the fact that Hizballah is a unit of the IRGC.") (January 15, 2012)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "MYKONOS URTEIL" (January 15, 2012, 13:28)
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LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "MEMBERS OF GERMAN AL QAEDA CELL LIVING IN IRAN" by Thomas Joscelyn (SNIPPET: "Meziche, in particular, has compiled a dossier with extensive links to notorious al Qaeda operatives, including members of al Qaeda's 9/11 Hamburg cell.") (January 18, 2012)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "GERMAN JIHADIS IN IRAN" (January 14, 2012)
GRENDEL REPORT.posterous.com: "QODS FORCE COMMANDER WAS A GUEST OF ASSAD LAST WEEK" (Updated January 14, 2012, 03:43 GMT)
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FBI.gov - New York - Press Release: Brooklyn, New York - "KAREEM IBRAHIM SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR CONSPIRING TO COMMIT TERRORIST ATTACK AT JFK AIRPORT Ibrahim and Co-Conspirators Plotted to Explode Fuel Tanks and Pipeline at Airport" (SNIPPET: "Kareem Ibrahim, Abdul Kadir, and Abdel Nur were arrested in Trinidad in June 2007, with Kadir aboard a plane headed to Venezuela, en route to Iran.") (January 13, 2012)Link
YNET NEWS.com: "MI CHIEF: IRAN, HEZBOLLAH ARMING SYRIA Major-General Aviv Kochavi says Tehran, Hezbollah supply Assad with 'information, weapons and other means'" by Yoav Zitun (January 11, 2012, 21:25/Israel News)
THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY: "REP. PETER KING: U.S. Should Expel 'So-Called Iranian Diplomats'" -NewsMax by John Bachman and Steve Malzberg (SNIPPET: "King, who is chairman of the Homeland Security Committee and also serves on the House Intelligence Committee, said the United States long ago should have expelled "so-called Iranian diplomats" from this country. "The great majority of these people are not diplomats. They are thugs, they are intelligence officers ... and they are here to plot against the United States," King said.") (January 10, 2012)Link
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Not an accident" (January 11, 2012)
NTI.org - GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "IAEA VERIFIES URANIUM ENRICHMENT AT SECOND IRANIAN CENTRIFUGE SITE" (January 10, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "THE IRGC's CYBER SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAT PAYCHECKS" (January 8, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "NOTHING UNDERMINES CONFIDENCE IN YOUR CURRENCY...like banning trade in your own currency." (January 8, 2012)
WASHINGTON POST.com (AP): Tehran, Iran - "IRAN REPORTEDLY BEGINS URANIUM ENRICHMENT AT UNDERGROUND SITE AMID THREATS, MILITARY MANEUVERS" (Updated January 8, 2012, 10:56 am)
MIAMI HERALD.com (AP): Caracus, Venezuela - "IRAN'S LEADER ARRIVES IN VENEZUELA TO MEET CHAVEZ" (SNIPPET: "It is the Iranian leader's fifth visit to Venezuela.") (January 8, 2012)VOA NEWS.com: "AHMADINEJAD BEGINS VISIT TO LATIN AMERICA" (January 8, 2012)
MIAMI HERALD.com: "VENEZUELAN CONSUL IN MIAMI ORDERED TO LEAVE U.S. BY TUESDAY FOR DISCUSSING CYBER-ATTACKS" by Antonio Maria Delgado (SNIPPET: "The Obama administration on Sunday expelled Venezuela's consul general in Miami after allegations surfaced that she discussed possible cyber-attacks on U.S. soil while she was stationed at her country's embassy in Mexico.") (January 8, 2012)LATIN AMERICAN HERALD TRIBUNE: Miami, Florida - "U.S. EXPELS VENEZUELA CONSUL FOR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN TERRORISM AGAINST U.S. (VIDEO)" (SNIPPET: "After U.S. lawmakers and federal agencies investigated reports that Iranian and Venezuelan diplomats in Mexico were involved in plotting cyberattacks against U.S. targets, including nuclear power plants, the US today expelled one of the diplomats -- Livia Antonieta Acosta Noguera -- who was Venezuela's Consul General in Miami.") (January 8, 2012)MILITARY.com (MIAMI HERALD): "IRAN LEADER'S 'TOUR OF TYRANTS' RAISES CONCERNS" (SNIPPET: "Under pressure at home and facing a fresh wave of economic sanctions, Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad is seeking the company of friends -- in Latin America. Starting Sunday, Ahmadinejad will be on a four nation tour that includes U.S. antagonists such as Venezuela, Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador.") (January 7, 2012)YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "IRAN: URANIUM SITE OPERATIONAL SOON" (SNIPPET: "The Fordow nuclear enrichment plant...") (January 8, 2012, 10:23/Israel News)
Edition.CNN.com: Tehran, Iran - "IRAN SAYS NUCLEAR REACTOR IS WEEKS FROM OPERATING AT FULL CAPACITY" (SNIPPET: "Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant...") (Updated January 7, 2012, 2252 GMT)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Fiber Line to Iran Cut" (January 6, 2012)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "U.S. ADDS AL QAEDA KURDISH BATTALIONS TO LIST OF TERROR GROUPS" by Bill Roggio (January 5, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "ANTI-TERRORISM DESIGNATIONS - 1/5/2012" (Posted January 6, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Welcome to the target List, Mr. Daqduq" (January 6, 2012)
THE MEIR AMIT INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "Ali Daqduq, senior Lebanese Hezbollah operative handled by the Iranian Al-Quds Force to support Shi'ite militias in Iraq, was captured by the coalition and held by the Americans. He was recently handed over to the Iraqi administration, which may release him as it released Quds Force operatives captured in Iraq" (January 4, 2012)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "npa1404.ir: Site of the National Productivity Award" (SNIPPET: "They are striving for efficiency in the economic jihad, as per instructions from The Grand Poobah Himself" (January 6, 2012)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN [netblock, useragent]" (January 6, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "pooyapendar.ir: Site of the Pooyapendar Pishro Company" (SNIPPET: "Be sure to check out their projects and their list of clients")(January 6, 2012)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "pejvak-physics.com: Purveyor of Persian Physics Software" (January 6, 2012)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS.com: "AHMADINEJAD TO VISIT LATIN AMERICA" (SNIPPET: "Ahmadinejad is expected to travel to Venezuela first and then go on to visit Nicaragua, Cuba and Ecuador.") (January 5, 2012, 07:18)NTI.org - GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "OBAMA INKS IRAN PENALTIES, TEHRAN CALLS FOR ATOMIC DISCUSSIONS" (January 3, 2012)
FOX NEWS.com (AP): "IRAN CLAIMS TO HAVE PRODUCED ITS FIRST NUCLEAR FUEL ROD" (January 1, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "atf.gov.ir" (SNIPPET: "Site of the Permanent Commission of the Supreme Council of Science, Research, and Technology" (January 1, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "INTERESTING GOINGS ON IN ARDAKAN" (SNIPPET: "Note that they're running Windows XP.") (January 1, 2012)
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Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Dissemination *_is_* Collection" (January 1, 2012)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "U.S. TREASURY TAKES ANOTHER BITE OUT OF HIZBALLAH'S MONEY LAUNDERING ENTERPRISE" (December 29, 2011) (December 29, 2011)
MONTEREY HERALD.com (AP): Manama, Bahrain - "BAHRAIN TO TRY 8 IN TERROR CASE NEXT MONTH" (SNIPPET: "Bahraini authorities in November accused the group of having links to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard and planning attacks against high profile sites, including the Saudi Embassy and a Gulf causeway linking Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.") (December 29, 2011, 12:12 am PST)CNS NEWS.com: "IRANIAN LAWMAKER: 'These War Games Are a Warning to the Western Countries'" by Patrick Goodenough (December 27, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "USA vs LEBANESE CANADIAN BANK et al" (Posted December 27, 2011, 11:11)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "OUSSAMA SALHAB, HIZBALLAH OPERATIVE" (December 27, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "DR. HASSAN ABBASI, STRATEGIST" (December 27, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "HOJAT VAHIDI AND THE 'COMMITTEE OF THE HOLY DEFENSE STRATEGY IN EUROPE'" (December 27, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRI FRONT OF THE DAY AWARD GOES TO...the Union of Islamic Students Associations (in Europe)" (December 18, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: "HIZBALLAH FUNDRAISING AND OPERATIONS IN THE U.S. AND LATIN AMERICA" (December 27, 2011)
HUDSON NEW YORK.org: "IRAN'S ISLAMIST REGIME AND THE AMERICAN HELPING IT" by Manda Zand Ervin (SNIPPET: "Senator Jon Kyl has called for an investigation into Trita Parsi and his work. Last month, on November 5, Parsi stated that criticism of Iran should be "punishable." What these lobbyists recount to Americans such as Norquist and the members of the US government are distortions and lies.") (December 26, 2011)BUSINESS INSIDER.com: "Iran Declares it is Ready to Expand Military Ties with Iraq" by Robert Johnson (December 25, 2011, 8:32 am)
YNET NEWS.com: "IRAN Launches 10-Day Naval Drill" by Dudi Cohen (December 24, 2011, 12:08/Israel News)
English.FARS NEWS.com - News Number 9007278614: Tehran, Iran - "Commander: 90% of IRGC Possibilities in Tehran Used for Soft War" (December 24, 2011, 14:44)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "COURT FINDS IRAN AIDED 9/11 ATTACKS" (SNIPPET: "The ruling describes years of cooperation between the Shiite-Iranian government and the Sunni-dominated al-Qaida terrorist group. The alliance dates back to efforts by Sudanese Islamist leader Hassan al-Turabi and was built on the two sides' shared enemies.") (December 23, 2011, 2:03 pm)Video via YouTube.com: "5 Iranian technicians working in electrical projects in Syria have been kidnapped in the town of Homs, the state run Press TV report on Wednesday 24 December." - "Uploaded by Agaahi on Dec 21, 2011"FOX NEWS.com (NEWS CORE): Washington - "U.S. OFFERS $10M FOR IRAN-BASED AL QAEDA FINANCIER" (SNIPPET: "The U.S. State Department offered a $10 million reward Thursday for information that helps authorities find Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil, better known as Yasin al Suri, an Iran-based senior financier of Al Qaeda. Suri, operating under an agreement between Al Qaeda and the Iranian government since 2005, allegedly moves money and recruits through Iran and on to Pakistan and Afghanistan, the department said in its announcement.") (December 22, 2011)REWARDS FOR JUSTICE.net - Seeking Information Against International Terrorism: "WANTED Information Leading to the Location of YASIN AL-SURI UP TO $10 Million Reward"TREASURY.gov - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY: Washington - "TREASURY DESIGNATES 10 SHIPPING COMPANIES AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE TIED TO IRISL AND IRANO HIND" (December 20, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "MALTA-BASED IRANIAN FRONTS DESIGNATED BY U.S. TREASURY"
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INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COUNTER-TERRORISM: "CARGO CONTAINERS IN TRANSIT -- THE IRANIAN THREAT" by Nitzan Nuriel and Adam (December 18, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET- HAGANAH.com: "FIRE AT IRAN REFINERY PROMPTS STATE OF EMERGENCY" (December 20, 2011)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "Panetta Says Nuclear-Armed Iran 'Unacceptable'" by Jim Garamone (SNIPPET: "The secretary believes the U.N. inspectors would know if Iranian leaders make the decision to produce nuclear weapons. "They have not done so yet," Kirby said.") (December 20, 2011)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "irannuc.ir: fronting for Iran's nuclear project" (December 18, 2011)
MEMRI.org - Inquiry & Analysis Series Report No. 777: "TWITTER CONTINUES TO EVADE EXPLAINING ITS BREAKING OF U.S. LAW AND ITS INDIRECT SUPPORT FOR ONLINE JIHAD: THE CASE OF HIZBULLAH AND AL-MANAR TV" by Steven Stalinsky (December 22, 2011)BIG PEACE.com: "COURT: IRAN AND HIZBALLAH HELPED AL-QAEDA IN 9/11 ATTACKS" by Clare M. Lopez (SNIPPET: "In a blockbuster ruling, Federal Judge George Daniels in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York issued an order stating that Iran and its Lebanese Shi'ite terror proxy, Hizballah, are jointly responsible together with al-Qa'eda for the attacks of September 11, 2001. The long-awaited ruling came in the cases of Havlish, et al. v. Islmic Republic of Iran, et al., and Bingham, et al. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, et al., lawsuits filed by families of 9/11 victims.") (December 18, 2011, 7:29 a.m.)IRAN911CASE.com: "FLIGHT 93 HERO'S FAMILY AND OTHER 9/11 FAMILIES FILE NEW LAWSUIT AGAINST IRAN" (SNIPPET: "On May 19, 2011, the lawyers filed papers in federal court in Manhattan disclosing for the first time that IranÕs and Hizballah's terrorist leader, Imad Mughniyah, was an active participant in escorting 9/11 hijackers through Iran and into Afghanistan for terrorist training, and in assisting the hijackers to obtain "clean" passports and visas enabling entry into the United States. Also, the attorneys for the families have filed evidence establishing that top Iranian officials assisted al Qaeda leadership and operatives to escape to Iran from Afghanistan after the U.S.-led invasion in the wake of 9/11. Iran then provided safe haven and support for these al Qaeda members inside Iran. In July, the Havlish attorneys filed under seal the sworn testimony of three defectors from Iran's intelligence agency, the Ministry of Information and Security. The 25 hours of sworn testimony of the three defectors, recorded on videotape, shows Iran's key role, involving top Iranian government officials, in the planning and preparation for the 9/11 attacks.") (September 8, 2011)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "ASHIYANE" (December 18, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "SOMETHING ABOUT THE IRGC AND USED CAR DEALERS" (December 18, 2011)
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INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "U.S. SUES ALLEGED HIZBALLAH MONEY LAUNDERERS" (December 16, 2011)
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Justice.gov - DEA - DEA News: Washington, D.C. - "CIVIL SUIT EXPOSES LEBANESE MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME FOR HIZBALLAH Lebanese Financial Institutions, Including Institutions Linked to Hizballah, Allegedly Wired Over $300 Million into the United States for the Purchase and Shipment of Used Cars to West Africa as Part of Money Laundering Scheme; Proceeds from Car Sales and Narcotics Trafficking Allegedly Were Funneled Back to Lebanon Through Hizballah-Controlled Money Laundering Channels" (December 15, 2011)Complaint - Link (pdf)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRI FRONT OF THE DAY AWARD GOES TO...the Union of Islamic Students Associations (in Europe)." SNIPPET: "Chapter/Departments Given the IRI's penchant for using these sorts of organizations as cover for intelligence activities, I'll note the websites of the member associations (mostly in Germany):") (December 18, 2011)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRGC & RELATED CYBER ACTIVITY, POSTS FROM THE INTERNET HAGANAH BLOG" (December 18, 2011)
SelectedWisdom.com: "DECAPITATING REVOLUTIONARY LEADERS VIA TWITTER" (December 17, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Coordinating Council for Islamic Revolution Cyber Activists" (December 16, 2011)
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Online.WSJ.com - THE WALL STREET JOURNAL - Europe Business: Berlin - "SANCTIONS HIT -- AND MISS -- IN GERMAN TRADE WITH IRAN" by David Crawford (December 17, 2011)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "U.S. TRANSFER DANGEROUS HEZBOLLAH LEADR INVOLVED IN MURDER OF 5 U.S. SOLDIERS TO IRAQI CUSTODY" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "Musa Ali Daqduq, the senior Hezbollah commander who was tasked by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps to establish Shia terror groups into a Hezbollah-like entity, was transferred to Iraqi custody today, White House National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor told Reuters.") (December 16, 2011)WASHINGTON TIMES.com (AP): Moscow - "RUSSIAN CUSTOMS SEIZE IRAN-BOUND RADIOACTIVE METAL" (SNIPPET: "...radiation levels were exceeded by 20 times." SNIPPET: "...Sodium-22, a radioactive isotope of sodium...") (December 16, 2011)PAYVAND.com - PAYVAND IRAN NEWS ("Source: Radio Zamaneh"): "IRAN: FACTORY EXPLOSION IN YAZD CLAIMS MORE LIVES" (SNIPPET: "The explosion at the Ghadir Steel Smelter has claimed more lives as four more workers have succumbed to injuries sustained during the incident.") (December 15, 2011)YNET NEWS.com: "IRAN TO BUILD NEW NUCLEAR FACILITY IN ISFAHAN" by Dudi Cohen (December 15, 2011, 12:52/Israel News)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "WANTED: AYMAN SAID JOUMAA" (December 14, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - blog: "LEBANESE DRUG LORD INDICTED, LINKED TO HIZBALLAH FUNDING" (SNIPPET: "Ayman Joumaa") (December 13, 2011, 6:24 pm)
Justice.gov - DEA - News Release: Alexandria, Virginia - "U.S. CHARGES ALLEGED LEBANESE DRUG KINGPIN WITH LAUNDERING DRUG PROCEEDS FOR MEXICAN AND COLOMBIAN DRUG CARTELS" (SNIPPET: "... charges against the alleged leader of an international drug trafficking and money laundering network for coordinating multi-ton shipments of cocaine from Colombia to Los Zetas Mexican drug cartel destined for the United States and laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in these drug proceeds back to the Colombian suppliers. Ayman Joumaa, a/k/a "Junior," 47, of Lebanon, was indicted ...") (December 13, 2011)WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "U.S. AUTHORITIES PROBING ALLEGED CYBERATTACK PLOT BY VENEZUELA, IRAN" by Shaun Waterman (SNIPPET: "A former computer instructor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico told Univision that he was recruited by a professor there in 2006 to organize a group of student hackers to carry out cyberattacks against the United States, initially at the behest of the Cuban Embassy. In an undercover sting, instructor Juan Carlos Munoz Ledo and several selected students infiltrated the hackers and secretly videotaped the Iranian and Venezuelan diplomats.") (December 13, 2011)News.Blogs.CNN.com: "ALLEGED CYBERPLOT POINTS TO VENEZUELA, IRAN, DOCUMENTARY SAYS" (SNIPPET: "The U.S.-based Spanish-language network Univision recently aired an investigative documentary alleging that Venezuelan and Iranian diplomats were interested in an offer from a group of Mexican hackers to infiltrate the websites of the White House, FBI, Pentagon and U.S. nuclear sites. But the hackers were university students recruited to do the dirty work who decided instead to document the evidence to disrupt the plot, the documentary reported.") (December 14, 2011, 11:41 am ET)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "LA AMENAZA IRANI [The Iranian Threat (in Latin America)]" (December 13, 2011)
CBN.com - CBN News: "IRAN, HEZBOLLAH TENTACLES REACHING LATIN AMERICA" by Erick Stakelbeck (December 12, 2011)
TREASURY.gov - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY: Washington - "TREASURY SANCTIONS TWO SENIOR IRANIAN OFFICIALS FOR SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES" (SNIPPET: "Hassan Firouzabadi" SNIPPET: "Abdollah Araqi") (December 13, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "FORMER IRAN GUARD COMMANDER JOINED MALIKI AT WHITE HOUSE" (December 14, 2011, 10:08 am)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "EX-IRAN GUARD COMMANDER VISITS WHITE HOUSE WITH IRAQ LEADER" by Ashish Kumar Sen (SNIPPET: "A former commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, which the FBI says played a role in a 1996 terrorist attack that killed 19 U.S. servicemen, accompanied Iraq's prime minister to the White House on Monday, attending an event at which President Obama trumpeted the end of the Iraq War. Hadi Farhan al-Amiri, transportation minister in Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government, was part of the delegation that visited the White House to discuss Iraq's future and Iran's influence there, among other topics.") (December 12, 2011)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRAN: 7 KILLED IN STEEL FACTORY BLAST [It was an accident, honest]" (December 12, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "OVER 120 HEZBOLLAH, BASIJ FIGHTERS KILLED IN SYRIA, REPORT" (December 12, 2011)
HAARETZ.com (AP): "Hezbollah Reveals Identities of CIA operatives in Lebanon" (SNIPPET: "A CIA spokeswoman calls the latest Hezbollah claims "spurious" and says al-Manar is the group's "propaganda arm." Last mothn, the former U.S. officials said that dozens of spies working for the CIA were captured recently in Lebanon and Iran, as well as after Iran's claim earlier this year that it had intercepted a major spy ring.") (Last update December 12, 2011, 23:54)Link
HAARETZ.com: "Iran Says Arrests 12 CIA agents amid reports of compromised U.S. ring" by Yossi Melman (November 24, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "AMERICAN ISLAMIST PROMOTES JEWISH CONSPIRACY ON IRANIAN TELEVISION" (December 12, 2011, 11:44 am)
THE GLOBAL MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD DAILY REPORT - Recommended Reading: "AMERICAN ISLAMISTS AND IRANIAN PROPAGANDA" (November 16, 2011)
Blog.HERITAGE.com - The Foundry: "IRAN CONDUCTING ANTI-U.S. OPERATIONS FROM LATIN AMERICA" by Israel Ortega and James Phillips (December 9, 2011, 2:35 pm)
Noticias.UNIVISION.com - Documentales Univision: "WHO IS WHO IN THE IRANIAN THREAT IN LATIN AMERICA?" by Castro Ocando and Jorge Mota (December 8, 2011)
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Noticias.UNIVISION.com - Documentales Univision: "'That is how I infiltrated Iran' A young Mexican spy narrates the details of an operation executed in Teheran" (December 8, 2011)
FOX NEWS.com (AP): "RETIRED FBI AGENT WHO VANISHED IN IRAN REAPPEARS IN VIDEO SENT TO HIS FAMILY" (December 9, 2011)
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SC MAGAZINE.com.au: "STUXNET A 'PERFECT MATCH' TO IRAN NUCLEAR FACILITY, PHOTO REVEALS" by Darren Pauli (December 9, 2011, 4:05 am)
SKY NEWS: "IRAN SHOWS OFF CAPTURED US DRONE ON STATE TV" (December 9, 2011, 9:31 am UK)
JTA.org: Sydney, Australia - "AUSTRALIA EXPANDS SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN" (SNIPPET: "Australia imposed expanded sanctions on Iran as concerns escalated over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program. Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said Tuesday that the new measures restrict business with the petroleum and financial sectors in Iran.") (December 6, 2011)ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS.com - ARUTZ SHEVA: "IRAN LURES ARGENTINA INTO TRANS-ATLANTIC TERROR AXIS Iran is trying to spread its international terrorist axis by luring Argentina to join Venezuela in a trans-Atlantic terror axis." by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (December 5, 2011, 11:22 am)ISAF.NATO.int: Kabul, Afghanistan - "ISAF RELEASES STATEMENT ON MISSING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, December 5, 2011"
GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "Iran Missile Effort Seen Hurt by Blast" (December 5, 2011)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org: "IRANIAN MP ISMAIL KAWTHARI INCITES AGAINST BRITAIN PRIOR TO EMBASSY ATTACK AND THREATENS TO OPERATE AGAINST MISSILE SHIELD IN TURKEY" (December 5, 2011)
WEEKLY STANDARD.com - The blog: "IRAN SHOWED AL QAEDA HOW TO BOMB EMBASSIES" by Thomas Joscelyn (December 3, 2011, 9:45 am)
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IN.REUTERS.com: "INDIA MONITORS IRAN SHIP CARRYING ARMED MEN" by Frank Jack Daniel ("...Moored off the country's southern coast for more than a month...") (December 2, 2011, 12:08 am IST)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "IRAN MAY TARGET AMERICAN BASES IN GERMANY" (December 2, 2011, 3:27 pm)
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JEWISH WORLD REVIEW: "THE REAL WAR IN IRAN" by Caroline B. Glick December 2, 2011)
GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "EXPERIMENTAL IRANIAN MISSILE COULD CARRY WMD: ISRAEL" (November 30, 2011)
THE MEIR AMIT INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "A terrorist cell was recently exposed in Bahrain which planned to attack Bahraini and Saudi Arabian targets. The attacks, attributed by the Bahraini and Saudi media to Iran, may be part of a terrorist campaign waged by Iran against Saudi Arabia and its allies." (November 30, 2011)INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "EUROPEANS REACT STRONGLY TO IRAN'S UK EMBASSY ATTACK" (November 30, 2011, 6:16 pm)
"IRAN MILITARY" on FACEBOOK.com - Photo Gallery: "Occupy British Embassy by Iran Military - Updated 18 hours ago - Taken in Tehran, Iran" (November 29, 2011)
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GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "IRANIAN MISSILE FACILITY TOTALED IN MYSTERIOUS BLAST" (November 29, 2011)
YNET NEWS.com: "'IRAN BLAST -- NEAR MILITARY ACADEMY'" by Dudi Cohen (November 29, 2011, 00:21/Israel News)
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Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Hizballah Cyber Army Facebook Group" (November 26, 2011, 22:20)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Hizballah Army Takes a Hit on Facebook" (November 26, 2011, 21:12)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Iranian Cyber Army: Two Additional Reports [from 2009 & 2010]" (November 23, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Cyber Jihad Front" (November 6, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Hizballah Cyber Army [complete with website in Brooklyn]" (November 1, 2011)
HAARETZ.com: "NORTH KOREA SUPPLYING SYRIA, IRAN WITH PROHIBITED NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY, REPORT SAYS German newspaper Die Welt reports that Pyongyang has provided the countries with 'maraging steel,' used to upgrade missiles and centrifuges." by Yossi Melman (November 28, 2011, 17:16)ALERT5.com (English.FARS NEWS.com): "IRAN SAYS IT COULD TARGET MISSILE SHIELD IN TURKEY" (November 27, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRGC COMMANDER ADMITS TO QODS FORCE INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ" (November 25, 2011, 13:36)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRAN'S NEWEST AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM..." (November 25, 2011, 15:48)
EURASIA REVIEW.com (EUROPEAN FOUNDATION FOR DEMOCRACY): "IRAN AND CYBER-HEZBOLLAH STRATEGIES: KILLING ENEMIES IN HYPERSPACE -- ANALYSIS" by Wahied Wahdat-Hagh (SNIPPET: "In other words, Cyber Jihadists intend to kill their enemies in hyperspace and in reality. At the same time, these modern Jihadists praise the Islamist bloggers and the "bases of jihad and martyrdom".") (November 25, 2011)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "JIHAD IN CYBERSPACE [Facebook for Ali, but not for thee]" (October 22, 2011; Updated November 25, 2011)
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YNET NEWS.com: "IRAN'S KHAMENEI PRESENTS WAR SCENARIOS" by Dudi Cohen (November 25, 2011, 12:02/Israel News)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Another Accident, this time outside Tyre, Lebanon" (November 23, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "1st Session of the World Assembly of Islamic Awakening [Tehran]" (November 22, 2011)
GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "IRAN PENALTIES INSUFFICIENT TO CURB ATOMIC EFFORT: EXPERTS" (November 22, 2011)
JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST (REUTERS): "EU Ups Heat on Iran, Reaches New Sanctions Deal" (November 22, 20-11, 20:41)
WORLD THREATS.com: "CHEMICAL WEAPONS FOUND IN LIBYA; U.S. SUSPECTS IRAN SOLD THEM TO QADDAFI" -Posted by Ryan Mauro (November 22, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "OFAC LISTS MORE IRANIANS INVOLVED IN THE NUCLEAR PROJECT" (November 21, 2011, 21:53)
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY: "FACT SHEET: NEW SANCTIONS ON IRAN" (November 21, 2011)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY: "Remarks by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner on Targeting Iran's Nuclear and Missile Programs" (November 21, 2011)
FOX NEWS.com (AP): Washington - "CIA SPY RANKS REPORTEDLY BUSTED IN IRAN, LEBANON" ( SNIPPET: "The intelligence debacle is particularly troubling because the CIA saw it coming.") (November 21, 2011)BBC NEWS: "U.K. SEVERS TIES WITH IRANIAN BANKS The UK has imposed new sanctions against Iran which will cut off all financial ties with Iranian banks." (Updated November 21, 2011, 15:36 ET)
YNET NEWS.com (AP): "REPORT: ACTIVITY AT ALLEGED IRAN NUKE SITE" (November 21, 2011, 12:03/Israel News)
WASHINGTON POST.com: "IRAN MAY HAVE SENT LIBYA SHELLS FOR CHEMICAL WEAPONS" by R. Jeffrey Smith, Joby Warrick, Colum Lynch (SNIPPET: "The shells, which Libya filled with highly toxic mustard agent, were uncovered in recent weeks by revolutionary fighters at two sites in central Libya. Both are under heavy guard and round-the-clock surveillance by drones, U.S. and Libyan officials said.") (November 20, 2011, 3:06 pm)WASHINGTON POST.com: Tehran - "IRANIAN COMMANDER DIED DURING MISSILE TESTING, BROTHER SAYS" by Thomas Erdbrink (SNIPPET: "At his funeral, Moqadam was called the "founder" of Iran's missile program. Moqadam's brother, Mohammad Tehrani Moqadam, himself a Guard officer, told the official government newspaper Iran on Saturday that the commander had also founded the missile unit of the Lebanese Hezbollah group, was involved in IranÕs space program and had died while conducting a final test on a missile.") (November 19, 2011)JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST (REUTERS): "IRAN ARMY TESTS DEFENSES AS NUCLEAR TENSIONS RISE" (November 19, 2011, 11:53)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "REPORT: IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD FUNNELING DRUGS TO THE WEST" (November 18, 2011, 4:03 pm)
NYC AVIATION.com: "Germany's 'Air Force One' Sold to Iran" by Matt Molnar (November 21, 2011)
PAYVAND.com (Source: ISNA.ir): "Iran Plans to Import Chinese Cars" (November 20, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: "Protesting Hate by Promoting Anti-Semitism" (November 18, 2011)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER - OpEd: "SHOCK AT TERROR PLOT IGNORES THREAT FROM IRAN" by Rep. Patrick Meehan (SNIPPET: "Since the Iranian sponsored assassination plot against the Saudi ambassador to the United States was revealed to the public, I have been struck by the commentary and conventional wisdom in the media that has downplayed the likelihood of the attack.") (November 17, 2011, 8:05 pm)WASHINGTON TIMES.com - Opinion - Commentary: "DECKER & TRIPLETT: Israel Beware: China Arms Hezbollah" by Brett M. Decker and William C. Triplett II (November 17, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - Document (UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Southern District of New York): "MANHATTAN U.S. ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES EXTRADITIONS TWO DEENDANTS CHARGED WITH CONSPIRING TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO HIZBALLAH One of the Defendants Allegedly Agreed to Acquire $9.5 Million Worth of Surface-to-Air Missiles and Other Weapons for Hizballah" (SNIPPET: "HENAREH, 57, a citizen of Iran, and AKSU, 49, a citizen of Turkey, arrived in the Southern District of New York today.") (November 17, 2011) (pdf)INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "TWO EXTRADITED FROM ROMANIA IN HIZBALLAH STING" (November 17, 2011, 5:35 pm)
Indictment - Link (SNIPPET: "SIAVOSH HENAREH, a/k/a "Siyavesh Henareh," a/k/a/ "the Doctor," and CETIN AKSU, the defendants...") (pdf)
JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: "IRAN TRAINING PALESTINIANS TO OPERATE ANTI-TANK MISSILES" by Yaakov Katz (November 17, 2011, 04:49)
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Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "MOHAMMAD JAVAD ARDASHIR LARIJANI MAKES AN APPEARANCE IN NYC" (November 16, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "SECURITY RESEARCHER SAYS IRAN TO BLAME FOR ITS OWN DUQU INFECTIONS" (November 16, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: "AMERICAN ISLAMISTS AND IRANIAN PROPAGANDA" (SNIPPET: "Tune in to Press TV, the Iranian government's English-language broadcast outlet..." SNIPPET: "Watch long enough and you'll also see a parade of American Muslim activists, all lamenting their problems with government policies and decrying the plight of life here for Muslims. In the past 12 months, representatives of American Islamist groups have appeared on Press TV for interviews more than 35 times, the most recent example taking place Tuesday. Most of those included representatives of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), who appeared at least 29 times. Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) officials appeared at least six times.") (November 16, 2011)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Because the State Department wants to make sure ... that the FBI doesn't run out of work any time soon." (November 15, 2011, 14:36)
FORBES.com - OpEd: "Is Citibank Being Abused by the Islamic Republic of Iran?" by Avi Jorisch (November 15, 2011, 12:18 pm)
AMERICAN THINKER.com - blog: "Grover Norquist and the Iran Lobby" by Clare M. Lopez and David Reaboi (November 14, 2011)
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Video (AP): "Iranian Boats Shadow U.S. Aircraft Carrier in Gulf" (Posted February 15, 2012)
ALERT5.com: "IRAN TO SEND THREE SATELLITES INTO SPACE" (November 14, 2011
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS.com - ARUTZ SHEVA: "AFTER STUXNET: Iran Detects Another Computer Virus" (November 14, 2011, 12:13 am)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "'IRGC Military Base Blast Kills 27'" (SNIPPET: "It was an accident." SNIPPET: "Among the dead? IRGC Brig. Gen. Hassan Tehrani Moqaddam, who was responsible for overseeing Iran's domestic missile production activities, among other things.") (November 13, 2011)THE ATLANTIC: "INTERVIEW WITH A TALIBAN INSIDER: IRAN'S GAME IN AFGHANISTAN" by Leah Farrall (November 14, 2011, 6:37 am ET)
ALL THINGS COUNTERTERRORISM - blog: "MY MEETING WITH ABU WALID AL MASRI" (November 15, 2011, 9:10 am)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "VYACHESLAV DANILENKO: IRAN'S RUSSIAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS EXPERT" (November 13, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "A Link Between IRGC and IHH" (November 13, 2011)
BARNABAS FUND.org: "DAILY PRAYER POINT" (SNIPPET: "The seizure of 6,500 Bibles by the Iranian authorities was announced by a parliamentary advisor in August.") (Posted November 13, 2011)WASHINGTON POST.com (AP): Vienna - "IAEA SHOWS INTEL ON SUSPECTED IRANIAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM TO 35 NATIONS ON AGENCY BOARD" (November 11, 2011)
DAILY MAIL.co.uk: "GOOGLE RELEASES SATELLITE IMAGES OF IRANIAN FACILITIES WHICH UN SAYS MAY BE USED TO DEVELOP NUCLEAR WEAPONS" (Last updated November 11, 2011, 8:28 am)
FOX NEWS.com: "CHINA: IRAN'S NEW BEST FRIEND" by Eric Shawn & Ben Evansky (November 10, 2011)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "REPORT SEEMS TO AFFIRM SUSPICIONS OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM" (November 9, 2011)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "WATCHDOG REVEALS IRAN'S NUCLEAR ARMS WORK Activity not halted in '03 as reported" by Bill Gertz (SNIPPET: "Iran has carried out extensive development of nuclear weapons, including work on a warhead for its medium-range Shahab-3 missile and preparations for an underground test, the International Atomic Energy Agency revealed in an internal report Tuesday.") (November 8, 2011)INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "IRANIANS ATTACK IAEA NUCLEAR REPORT" (SNIPPET: "Iran has responded with violent threats...") (November 14, 2011, 4:18 pm)
FAS.org - AS STRATEGIC SECURITY BLOG: "IAEA RELEASES NEW REPORT ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM" (November 8, 2011)
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Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Yes, about those KH-55s" (November 8, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "Iran Accuses America of 'Iranophobia'" (SNIPPET: "Now Iran's political and military leaders are using a similar strategy to fend off heightened scrutiny of their nuclear ambitions and other diplomatic crises facing the Islamic Republic.") (November 8, 2011, 12:55 pm)INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "HIZBALLAH'S AGGRESSIVE WAR PLANS" (November 7, 2011, 9:40 am)
JCPA.org - JERUSALEM CENTER FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS: "HIZBULLAH DISCUSSES ITS OPERATIONAL PLAN FOR WAR WITH ISRAEL: Missile Fire on Tel Aviv and Conquest of the Galilee" by Shimon Shapira (SNIPPET: "The operational plan was formulated in tandem with senior Iranian strategic experts...") (November 2, 2011)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "A View from Inside the Office [CRCIS]" (November 7, 2011)
stepping back in time...SOFIR.org: "CRCIS - THE AYATOLLAH'S 'COMPUTER RESEARCH CENTER OF ISLAMIC SCIENCES'" (Report No. 4, 02 June 2005)
CNS NEWS.com (AP): "Iranian Influence Seeping Into Iraq" (November 7, 2011)
JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: "IRAN PRESSES PASTOR: ISLAM OR DEATH" by Benjamin Weinthal (November 7, 2011, 03:54)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Cyber Jihad Front" (SNIPPET: "Another IRGC site.) (November 6, 2011, 15:46)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "INCREASED ONLINE ACTIVITY OF THE IRANIAN RADICAL RIGHT" (May 1, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "irgc-pd" (November 4, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "barackobama.ir" (November 4, 2011)
GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "CHINA SEEN DEPLOYING NEW NUKE-READY BALLISTIC MISSILES" (November 4, 2011)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "INSIDE THE RING" by Bill Gertz (SNIPPET: "CHINA-IRAN MISSILE SALES China is continuing to provide advanced missiles and other convential arms to Iran...") (November 2, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "REPORT: IRANIAN OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGE COMPLICITY IN ASSASSINATION PLOT" (November 2, 2011, 7:06 pm)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org: "'Occupy Wall Street' - Reactions and Support in the Arab & Muslim World: 'The United States Will Fall' -- Iranian Students Demonstrate in Support of 'Occupy Wall Street,' and Hold News Conference at Former U.S. Embassy in Tehran"Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRANIAN MPs ISSUE STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF IRGC QUDS FORCE" (November 2, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Hizballah Cyber Army [complete with website in Brooklyn]" (SNIPPET: "Another IRGC/Basij-linked project, turned up through examining social networks of known IRGC/Basij activists and operators.") (November 1, 2011)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "The #occupy movement is now supported by the Basij [wsfall.com]" (November 1, 2011)
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GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "ISRAEL FREES IRAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS SUPPLIER" (SNIPPET: "Nahum Manbar was found guilty in 1997...") (November 1, 2011)
GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "Iran Plays Down Likelihood of New Atomic Discussions" (October 31, 2011)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com - Commentary: "NORIEGA & CARDENAS: TIME FOR LATIN AMERICA TO ROLL UP IRAN WELCOME MAT Anti-American linkages that facilitate terror plots must exact price" (November 1, 2011)
RFERL.org: "IRAN'S BASIJ LAUNCHES WEBSITE TO COVER OCCUPY WALL STREET MOVEMENT" (October 31, 2011)
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Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "CHINESE TECH GIANT AIDS IRAN" (SNIPPET: "Suffice it to say that Huawei - itself closely tied to the government of China - is now the dominant player in Iran's mobile phone market, and thus the primary supplier of related intercepts, user data, etc.") (October 27, 2011)WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "CHINESE TELECOM FIRM TIED TO SPY MINISTRY CIA: Beijing Funded Huawei" by Bill Gertz (October 11, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "ALLEGED OPPOSITION WEBMASTER HAS HIS DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR THE SECOND TIME" (SNIPPET: "And so I ask, How many operatives in the IRGC's Cyber Army are currently in Canada?") (October 27, 2011)CNS NEWS.com: "HILLARY CLINTON: 'I'm Trying to Increase the Number of Visas' for Iranian Students" by Susan Jones (October 27, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "MULTIPLE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINES ENTITIES UPDATED OR ADDED ... TO OFAC's LIST." (October 27, 2011)
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Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "SIGN THAT THE GOODS ARE MEANT FOR THE IRGC?" (October 27, 2011)
FBI.gov - Minneapolis - Press Release: Washington - "FIVE INDIVIDUALS INDICTED IN A FRAUD CONSPIRACY INVOLVING EXPORTS TO IRAN OF U.S. COMPONENTS LATER FOUND IN BOMBS IN IRAQ Indictment Also Alleges Fraud Conspiracy Involving Illegal Exports of Military Antennas to Singapore and Hong Kong" (SNIPPET: "Five individuals and four of their companies have been indicted..." SNIPPET: "Yesterday, authorities in Singapore arrested Wong Yuh Lan (Wong), Lim Yong Nam (Nam), Lim Kow Seng (Seng), and Hia Soo Gan Benson (Hia), all citizens of Singapore, in connection with a U.S. request for extradition. The United States is seeking their extradition to stand trial in the District of Columbia. The remaining individual defendant, Hossein Larijani, is a citizen and resident of Iran who remains at large.") (October 25, 2011)Link (pdf)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com (en.TREND.az): "SINGAPORE HALTS FUEL SUPPLY FOR IRANIAN AIRCRAFTS" (October 20, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com (TREASURY.gov): "TREASURY DESIGNATES COMMERCIAL AIRLINE LINKED TO IRAN'S SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM" (October 12, 2011)
ACLJ.org: "IRANIAN AYATOLLAH'S 'SECRET SECURITY' PRESSURE CHRISTIAN PASTOR YOUCEF NADARKHANI" (October 26, 2011, 11:16 am)
Video (Rep. Peter King (R-NY) Chairman of the HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY): "CHAIRMAN PETER KING OPENING STATEMENT AT HEARING ON IRANIAN TERROR OPERATIONS IN U.S." (October 26, 2011)KRGV.com: Washington, D.C. - "CONGRESS LOOKING AT LINKS BETWEEN IRAN, LATIN AMERICA" -reported by Kirk Chaisson (SNIPPET: "Some members of Congress are especially concerned about Iran's alliance with Venezuela.") (Last update: October 26, 2011, 5:31 pm)GSN.NTI.org - GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "IAEA Pressed to Publish Less Iran Nuclear Data, Diplomats Say" (SNIPPET: "Diplomatic sources on Tuesday affirmed reports that the International Atomic Energy Agency is facing pressure from China and Russia to tone down or withhold a forthcoming safeguards assessment expected to include data reflecting a possible Iranian effort to establish a nuclear deterrent, Agence France-Presse reported (see GSN, Oct. 25).") (October 26, 2011)English.FARS NEWS.com: Tehran - "Iran, Cuba Keen to Develop Agricultural Cooperation" (October 15, 2011, 12:00)
FBI.gov - Minneapolis - Press Release: Washington - "FIVE INDIVIDUALS INDICTED IN A FRAUD CONSPIRACY INVOLVING EXPORTS TO IRAN OF U.S. COMPONENTS LATER FOUND IN BOMBS IN IRAQ Indictment Also Alleges Fraud Conspiracy Involving Illegal Exports of Military Antennas to Singapore and Hong Kong" (SNIPPET: "Five individuals and four of their companies have been indicted..." SNIPPET: "Yesterday, authorities in Singapore arrested Wong Yuh Lan (Wong), Lim Yong Nam (Nam), Lim Kow Seng (Seng), and Hia Soo Gan Benson (Hia), all citizens of Singapore, in connection with a U.S. request for extradition. The United States is seeking their extradition to stand trial in the District of Columbia. The remaining individual defendant, Hossein Larijani, is a citizen and resident of Iran who remains at large.") (October 25, 2011)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "PROXIES AND VPNs: ILLEGAL FOR THEE, BUT NOT FOR ME" (October 25, 2011)
FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS.org - blog: "Don't Just Blame Iran for the Terror Plot, Blame WikiLeaks" by Ryan Mauro (October 25, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Jihad im Cyberspace [Facebook for Ali, but not for thee]" (SNIPPET: "Ali Fallah is not merely the registrant of the Cyber Hizballah site, he is evidently also the director of the Internet division of the IRI Ministry of Culture. And despite his dire warning to others, Ali Fallah is himself active on Facebook") (October 22, 2011)Link
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Photos from the first Cyber Hizballah Conference" (Posted October 25, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "www.hizbullahcyber.com" (October 4, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Second Cyber Hizballah Conference Held in Tehran (October 4, 2011)
Blog.HERITAGE.org - The Foundry: "MISJUDGING THE IRANIAN THREAT" by Emil Maine (October 21, 2011, 10:30 am)
GSN.NTI.org - GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "IRAN PREPARES TO TRANSPORT ATOMIC SUBSTANCE TO NEW ENRICHMENT FACILITY" (SNIPPET: "Iran is preparing for the initial transport of an atomic substance to its subterranean facility at Qum, where it would be used in uranium enrichment operations, Reuters reported on Friday (see GSN, Oct. 20).") (October 21, 2011)YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "REPORT: IRAN TO SOON MOVE NUCLEAR MATERIAL TO BUNKER" (SNIPPET: "They said a first batch of uranium hexafluoride gas (UF6) -- material which is fed into machines used to refine uranium -- would be transferred to the Fordow site near the holy city of Qom in preparation for launching enrichment work there.") (Published October 21, 2011, 13:00/Israel News)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com (Washington Times): "TAKING AIM AT IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS" (October 20, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - blog: "TEHRAN'S LONG HISTORY OF MURDER IN THE WEST" (October 20, 2011, 9:17 am)
FBI.gov - New York - Press Release: "MANHATTAN U.S. ATTORNEY ANNOUNCES THE INDICTMENT OF TWO MEN IN AN ALLEGED PLOT TO ASSASSINATE SAUDI ARABIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES" (SNIPPET: "Manssor Arbabsiar" SNIPPET: "His co-defendant,Gholam Shakuri, remains at large.") (October 20, 2011)Link
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: "CAIR's ODD STAND ON IRANIAN ASSASSINATION PLOT" (October 19, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "HOW IRAN KILLS ABROAD - ROYA HAKAKIAN (Wall Street Journal) (October 19, 2011)
CNS NEWS.com: "FEDS CAUGHT AND RELEASED 28 IRANIANS WHO BECAME FUGITIVES INSIDE U.S.; ICE WON'T SAY WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM" by Edwin Mora (October 18, 2011)
Online.WSJ.com - Global View - Opinion: "FROM TEHRAN TO TIJUANA" by Bret Stephens (October 19, 2011)
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Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "COMPANIONS OF IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS (JUNDALLAH) - ssi" (October 17, 2011)
stepping back in time...Online.WSJ.com - Opinion: "THE TEHRAN-CARACAS NUCLEAR AXIS" (December 15, 2009)
Video (FOX NEWS via YOUTUBE.com): "Congressman Poe on Fox News to Discuss Iran" (Added October 17, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Companions of Iran's Revolutionary Guards (Jundallah) - SSI" (October 17, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRGC-Linked Cleric: Why Assassinate a Lowly Amabassador ... when we can assassinate King Abdullah himself." (October 16, 2011)
WASHINGTON POST.com - Post Opinions - blog: "INTELLIGENCE LINKS IRAN TO SAUDI DIPLOMAT'S MURDER" by David Ignatius (October 13, 2011, 07:04 pm)
FOX NEWS.com: "FEINSTEIN QUESTIONS WHETHER IRAN BACKING MORE PLOTS IN WAKE OF ALLEGED ASSASSINATION SCHEME" (SNIPPET: "Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said she's been aware of the investigation for about a month and that "intelligence indicates" there could be "problems" elsewhere.") (October 13, 2011)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRGC BOMBING/ASSASSINATION PLOT BUSTED BY DEA/FBI" (October 11, 2011)
Shadow.FOREIGN POLICY.com - Shadow Government: "WHY IS IRAN CONSPIRING WITH MEXICAN DRUG DEALERS?" by Jose R. Cardenas (October 12, 2011)
FOX NEWS.com - Opinion: "ARE IRAN'S TERRORISTS FINDING A SAFE HAVEN IN LATIN AMERICA? by Joseph Humire (SNIPPET: "Of the many Iranians implicated in the attacks during the nineties in Argentina, one individual stands out as having masterminded these attacks--Mohsen Rabbani. Rabbani is the former cultural attache of the Iranian embassy in Buenos Aires. Rabbani, who now heads the Oriental Thought Cultural Institute in Qom, Iran...") (October 12, 2011)Link
CNS NEWS.com: "IRANIANS WIN 4,453 'DIVERSITY VISA' APPLICATIONS TO IMMIGRATE TO U.S." by Matt Cover (October 14, 2011)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY: Washington - "TREASURY DESIGNATES IRANIAN COMMERCIAL AIRLINE LINKED TO IRAN'S SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM" (October 12, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Iran: Airline Banned on Ticket System" (October 11, 2011)
GSN.NTI.org - GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "U.N. AGENCY TO AIR DATA ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR MISSILE CONCERNS" (October 11, 2011)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "IRAN'S QODS FORCE COMMANDER INVOLVED IN PLOT TO KILL SAUDI AMBASSADOR" by Bill Roggio (October 13, 2011)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - Threat Matrix - blog: "MORE ON THE U.S. DESIGNATIONS OF TOP QODS FORCE LEADERS" by Bill Roggio (October 12, 2011, 12:14 am)
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY: Washington - "TREASURY SANCTIONS FIVE INDIVIDUALS TIED TO IRANIAN PLOT TO ASSASSINATE THE SAUDI ARABIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES" (SNIPPET: "The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced the designation of five individuals, including four senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) officers connected to a plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States Adel Al-Jubeir, while he was in the United States and to carry out follow-on attacks against other countries' interests inside the United States and in another country. As part of today's action, Treasury also designated the individual responsible for arranging the assassination plot on behalf of the IRGC-QF.") (October 11, 2011)LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "MASTERMIND OF DEADLY RAID ON AMERICAN SOLDIERS COORDINATED PLOT AGAINST SAUDI AMBASSADOR" by Thomas Joscelyn (October 12, 2011)
FBI.gov - New York - Press Release: Washington - "TWO MEN CHARGED IN ALLEGED PLOT TO ASSASSINATE SAUDI ARABIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES" (SNIPPET: "A criminal complaint filed today in the Southern District of New York charges Manssor Arbabsiar, a 56-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen holding both Iranian and U.S. passports, and Gholam Shakuri, an Iran-based member of Iran's Qods Force, which is a special operations unit of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that is said to sponsor and promote terrorist activities abroad.") (October 11, 2011)Amended Complaint (pdf)
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Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRGC BOMBING/ASSASSINATION PLOT BUSTED BY DEA/FBI" (October 11, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog - Breaking News: "IRAN-TIED ASSASSINATION, BOMBING PLOT DISRUPTED" (SNIPPET: "Arbabsiar made it clear he didn't care how the ambassador died, or how many innocent people died with him. "They want that guy done, if the hundred go with him, f*** 'em," he allegedly said. When the informant said he could use a bomb or shoot the ambassador, Arbabsiar said "it doesn't matter... whatever is easy for" you. Arbabsiar was arrested Thursday at New York's John F. Kennedy airport, but Shakuri, a Quds force member, is at large.") (October 11, 2011, 3:08 pm)LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "U.S. UNCOVERS IRANIAN PLOT TO ASSASSINATE SAUDI ARABIAN AMBASSADOR TO AMERICA" by Wes Bruer and Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: ""Chevrolet" was the code word used by Arbabsiar and Shakuri to refer to the plot to assassinate Ambassaor Adel al-Jubeir. During many recorded phone conversations in Farsi, Shakuri repeatedly told Arbabsiar to "buy" the Chevrolet, indicating that the plot was still to be carried out." SNIPPET: "Today's indictment is only the most recent incident in which the US has pointed the finger at Iran for supporting acts of international terrorism. Over the past several months, the US government has directly implicated Iran in supporting the operations of both al Qaeda and the Taliban in the Middle East and Central Asia.") (October 11, 2011)Link
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Reports of Facebook Being Blocked Are Overblown" (SNIPPET: "Regime supporters don't seem to have any problem accessing their accounts. For example, the Qods Force updated their Wall repeatedly on 12 October.") (October 16, 2011)
THE MEIR AMIT INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "SPOTLIGHT ON IRAN Week of October 5-11, 2011" -Editor Raz Zimmt (October 11, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRAN'S TWO NAVIES" (October 10, 2011)
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Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Iranian Cyber Defenders" (October 10, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Two More Basij YT Channels" (October 12, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Iran Cyber Army [On YouTube]" (October 10, 2011)
CNS NEWS.com: "STATE DEPARTMENT CONSIDERING 5,662 'DIVERSITY VISA' APPLICANTS FROM TERROR STATES" by Elizabeth Harrington (SNIPPET: "As part of its 2012 Diversity Visa program, the U.S. State Department is considering 5,662 applicants from countries deemed 'State Sponsors of Terrorism' -- Iran, Syria, Sudan and Cuba. In 2011, the State Department awarded 2,427 Diversity Visas to people from Iran, Syria and Sudan -- 1,842 for Iran; 553 for Sudan; and 32 for Syria.") (October 11, 2011)WASHINGTON POST.com (AP): Tehran, Iran - "Iran says Wall Street protests are start of 'American Spring' that will topple capitalism" (October 9, 2011, 2:22 pm)
GSN.NTI.org - GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "IRAN 'TRICKED AND MISLED' IAEA, FORMER OFFICIAL SAYS" (October 7, 2011)
Blogs.TELEGRAPH.co.uk: "IRAN EMBARRASSED BY REVOLUTIONARY GUARD DEATH IN SYRIA" by Con Coughlin (October 5, 2011)
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Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Pasdaran/IRGC Facebook page" (October 5, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Basij ask: Who wants video of us busting heads and raiding homes?" (SNIPPET: "This is the latest posting to one of the Basij's official Facebook accounts (they have two currently))" (October 5, 2011)Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "SECOND CYBER HIZBALLAH CONFERENCE HELD IN TEHRAN" (October 4, 2011)
Forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "www.hizbullahcyber.com" (October 4, 2011)
THE MEIR AMIT INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "SPOTLIGHT ON IRAN Week of September 21-28, 2011" (September 28, 2011)
POPSCI.com - POPULAR SCIENCE: "Iran Indefinitely Suspends Plans to Launch a Monkey into Space" by Clay Dillow (October 3, 2011)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Sirwanweekly.com, October 3, 2011"): "In Iran, Reports of Underage Brides"
JIHAD WATCH.org (PRESSTV.com): "ISLAMIC JIHAD LEADER IN TEHRAN SAYS JIHAD IS ONLY OPTION FOR PALESTINIANS" (October 2, 2011)
YNET NEWS.com: "REPORT: Tehran to Host Intifada Conference" (Published October 1, 2011, 00:51)
YNET NEWS.com: "IRAN SUBSTITUTES S-300 AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM Tehran says it has developed missile capable of tracking, striking aircraft at distance of 70 to 150 km" (Published September 30, 2011, 09:45/Israel News)YNET NEWS.com: "REPORT: IRANIAN NAVY GETS NEW CRUISE MISSILES" (SNIPPET: "Tehran says its marine forces now possess domestically-developed cruise missiles with a range of 200km and dual offshore, onshore homing capabilities") (September 28, 2011, 20:39/Israel News)COMPASS DIRECT: Istanbul - "IRANIAN PASTOR STANDS FIRM IN FAITH, FACES EXECUTION" (September 28, 2011)
CNS NEWS.com (AP): Muscat, Oman - "2 AMERICANS RELEASED FROM IRANIAN PRISON HEAD HOME" (September 25, 2011)
ABS-CBN NEWS.com (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE): New York - "Ahmadinejad Calls for Western Navies to Leave Gulf" (Updated September 24, 2011, 7:56 am)
YNET NEWS.com: "Israeli Student Receives Special Gift from Ahmadinejad" by Aviel Magnezi (SNIPPET: "SNIPPET: "Dan Folk (21), an Israeli who was invited to the event in which over 100 students took part, ended up getting a business card and memento from Ahmadinejad. "It was at his hotel in Manhattan, we got there and had to wait in the security check line for nearly an hour," said the student, adding, "we gave them our cell phones and any kind of camera we were carrying. During the security check I showed them my Israeli driver's license and the Iranian security officer smiled at me."") (Published September 23, 2011, 13:11/Israel News)CNS NEWS.com (AP): New York - "IRAN ASKS RUSSIA ABOUT BUILDING MORE NUKE REACTORS" (September 23, 2011)
HUDSON.org (NRO's The Corner Blog): "AHMADINEJAD ARRIVES IN NEW YORK ON A WAVE OF RELIGIOUS REPRESSION" by Paul Marshall (September 19, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "IRANIAN AMBASSADOR: UN Vote 'a Step Towards Wiping Out Israel'" (September 19, 2011, 4:31 pm)
CNS NEWS.com: "AHMADINEJAD, MUGABE KEEP FLAG FLYING FOR DESPOTS AT U.N." by Patrick Goodenough (September 19, 2011)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Roznama Ummat, Pakistan, September 16, 2011"): "URDU BOOK: PAKISTAN SUPPLIED STINGER MISSILES TO IRAN"
Nation.FOX NEWS.com: "FOX NEWS REPORTING: IRAN'S NUCLEAR SECRETS" (September 16, 2011)
FOX NEWS.com - Exclusive: "NEW A.Q. KHAN DOCUMENTS SUGGEST PAKISTAN SPREAD NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY" by Micah Morrison (SNIPPET: "Documents obtained by Fox News suggest that for decades Pakistan spread nuclear weapon technology around the globe in exchange for cash, political influence and help with its own atomic bomb program. Among those on the other side of the deals: China, Iran, North Korea and Libya.") (September 16, 2011)GSN.NTI.org - GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "PAKISTAN PLANS TO BUY ADVANCED CHINESE ATOMIC TECHNOLOGY" (September 16, 2011)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Press TV (Iran), September 13, 2011; Tehran Times (Iran), September 12, 2011."): "Iranian-Pakistani Plan to Increase Mutual Trade Tenfold"
YNET NEWS.com: "IRAN TESTS NEW SMART BOMBS Tehran's mass air force drill peaks as IRIAF tests fighter jets' new anti-missile systems, guided smart bombs said to have range of 40km" (Published September 14, 2011, 14:46/Israel News)CNS NEWS.com (AP): Vienna - "HEAD OF U.N. NUCLEAR AGENCY BELIEVES IRAN IS BUILDING NUCLEAR WARHEAD" by George Jahn, AP (September 12, 2011)
GLOBAL SECURITY.org (RIA NOVOSTI): Bushehr, Iran - "IRAN LAUNCHES BUSHEHR NUCLEAR POWER PLANT" (September 12, 2011, 17:18)
Alert5.com (English.FARS NEWS.com): "IRAN SAYS ITS SAEQEH FIGHTER SQUADRON OPERATIONAL" (September 11, 2011)
Video via "sherlock72": "Iran F-5 Fighter Aircraft Crashes in Tabriz during Velayet-3 Air Defense Drill" (Added September 10, 2011)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Press TV, Iran, September 8, 2011"): "IRAN, PAKISTAN CALL FOR ENHANCED TIES"
ABC NEWS.go.com: "FEDS: THREAT OF AL QAEDA TERROR ATTACK ON 9/11" (SNIPPET: "At least three individuals -- one believed to be a U.S. citizen -- entered the U.S. in August by air with the intent to launch a vehicle-borne attack against Washington D.C. or New York around the anniversary of 9-11, according to intelligence officials. SNIPPET: "The suspected terrorists are believed to have embarked on their journey to the U.S. from Afghanistan, according to one senior official taking a route that took them through at least one other country, possibly Iran.") (September 8, 2011)JIHAD WATCH.org (UPI, September 6, 2011): "CANADIAN PM: ISLAMIC TERRORISM IS GREATEST THREAT TO CANADA'S SECURITY" (Posted September 7, 2011)
THE MEIR AMIT INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "JERUSALEM DAY EVENTS IN TORONTO WERE SPONSORED BY A LOCAL SHI'ITE ORGANIZATION AND INCLUDED ANTI-ISRAELI, ANTI-ZIONIST AND ANTI-AMERICAN SLOGANS." (PHOTO CAPTION: "Left: A demonstrator holds a picture of Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei." PHOTO CAPTION: "Right: Hezbollah flags (YouTube")) (September 6, 2011)forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRANIAN HACKERS FORGE SSL CERTIFICATES" [Note: Additional links;info] (September 4, 2011)
COMPUTER WORLD.com: "HACKERS STEAL SSL CERTIFICATES FOR CIA, MI6, MOSSAD Criminals acquired over 500 DigiNotar digital certificates, Mozilla and Google issue 'death sentence'" by Gregg Keizer (SNIPPET: "The confirmed count of fraudulently-issued SSL (secure socket layer) certificates now stands at 531, said Gervase Markham, a Mozilla developer who is part of the team that has been working to modify Firefox to blocks all sites signed with the purloined certificates. Among the affected domains, said Markham, are those for the CIA, MI6, Mossad, Microsoft, Yahoo, Skype, Facebook, Twitter and Microsoft's Windows Update service.") (September 4, 2011, 05:35 pm ET)HAARETZ.com: "IAEA: IRAN REACHES BREAKTHROUGH IN SUSPECTED NUCLEAR WEAPONS PUSH" by Yossi Melman (SNIPPET: "According to the report by the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran has installed new and improved 2IR as well as 4IR centrifuges, which according to experts, will be immune to cyber attacks that were able to breach the older centrifuges.") (September 3, 2011, 19:04)Link
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "REPORT: HIZBALLAH SETTING UP 90 MILES FROM U.S." (September 2, 2011, 10:22 am)
IASW - InterAmericanSecurityWatch.com (INVESTOR.com - IBD Editorials, September 1, 2011): "CUBA'S TERROR SMOKING GUN" (SNIPPET: "According to a report in Italy's respected Corriere della Sera Wednesday, three Hezbollah terrorists operating out of Mexico have left that country to establish a permanent "bridgehead" to the communist island, calling their clandestine operation "The Caribbean Dossier." Twenty-three other terrorists from the Iran-linked terror group are expected to join the operation, which has a startup budget of more than $500,000. Corriere reported that the mission in Cuba is to provide logistical support for upcoming terrorist attacks planned in the hemisphere.") (Posted September 2, 2011)YNET NEWS.com: "REPORT: HEZBOLLAH OPENS BASE IN CUBA" by Menachem Gantz (September 1, 2011, 12:35/Israel News)
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YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "WESTERN ENVOY DISMISSES IRAN 'CHARM OFFENSIVE,' UPCOMING REPORT TO HIGHLIGHT NUKE WORRIES" (September 1, 2011, 17:38/Israel News)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org - News from Iraq ("Source: Alsumarianews.com, August 31, 2011"): "In Two Iraqi Provinces, Civil Society Organizations Call for Boycotting Iranian Products" (Posted September 1, 2011)
FOX NEWS.com: "ISRAEL SENDS WARSHIPS TO EGYPTIAN BORDER AS IRAN DISPATCHES FLEET TO RED SEA" (August 31, 2011)
Online.WSJ.com - Opinion Asia: "TEHRAN'S GHOST FLEET A Chinese state-owned firm in Hong Kong has been helping Iranian ships get around U.S." (August 29, 2011, 2:18 a.m. ET)
YNET NEWS.com: "ISLAMISTS HOLD ANTI-ISRAEL MARCH IN BERLIN" (SNIPPET: "Muslim hatred in heart of Europe: More than 1,000 Muslims marched Saturday in Berlin and chanted anti-Israel slogans to mark al-Quds Day, set by Iran following the Islamist revolution in the country.") (August 28, 2011, 00:29/Israel News)CNS NEWS.com: "TROUBLED BY GROWTH OF CHRISTIANITY, IRANIAN REGIME DESTROYS BIBLES" by Patrick Goodenough (August 26, 2011)
JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST (REUTERS): "'N. KOREA SUPPLIED IRAN WITH NUCLEAR COMPUTER SOFTWARE'" (August 24, 2011, 22:15)
RADIO FREE EUROPE RADIO LIBERTY: Farah, Afghanistan - "CAPTURED TALIBAN COMMANDER: 'I Received Iranian Training'" (SNIPPET: "The claim was made by Mullah Dadullah, who was captured recently in the Lash-e Zoveyn region of Farah Province, close to the Iranian border. "I was trained in Iran for three months. Our trainers were a mix of Pakistanis, Iranians, and Arabs," Dadullah, the head of a group of some 150 Taliban fighters..." SNIPPET: ""Ali Talibi and Hussein Rezai were two of my Iranian instructors. They taught me to fire rockets and to plant mines," he added." SNIPPET: "He said that recently Iranian officials offered him $50,000 in return for destroying the Kamal Khan Dam in Nimroz Province, east of Farah. Farah's provincial police chief, Gahussudin, said that Dadullah was tasked with sabotaging major infrastructure projects in the region.") (August 23, 2011)JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST (REUTERS): Tehran, Iran - "IRAN STARTS MOVING URANIUM CENTRIFUGES TO BUNKER" (SNIPPET: "Iran has started moving the machines that enrich uranium for nuclear fuel from its main atomic complex in the central city of Natanz to an underground bunker near the holy city of Qom, its top nuclear official was quoted as saying on Monday. "Transferring Natanz centrifuges to Fordow (near Qom) is under way with full observance of standards," Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani told state broadcaster IRIB. "Fordow's facilities are being prepared and some centrifuges have been transferred."") (August 22, 2011, 14:03)BREITBART.com (AFP): "RUSSIA IN TALKS TO BUILD MORE NUCLEAR PLANTS IN IRAN: REPORT" (August 21, 2011, 03:45 pm US/Eastern)
en.TREND.az: Azerbaijan, Baku - "CYBER HEZBOLLAH GROUP ATTENDS GATHERING IN IRAN" (SNIPPET: "Members of Hezbollah cyber network attended a gathering in Tehran to discuss the possible damages of social networks like facebook and Google +. Iranian Roozegar daily reported quoting Director of internet unit in Iran's digital network center of Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance Rohollah Momennasab as saying.") (August 21, 2011, 12:02)English.ALARABIYA.net: "Iran replaces ambassador in Syria who quit his post" (August 21, 2011)
forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com - forum - IRAN"
COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS - Elliott Abrahms - Pressure Points - blog: "OUR IRAN HOSTAGES GET 8 YEARS" (August 20, 2011)
Blog.HERITAGE.org - The Foundry - blog: "IRAN TURNS AMERICAN HIKERS INTO HOSTAGES" by James Phillips (August 20, 2011)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com - Editorial: "OBAMA'S IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS" (July 26, 2011)
ALERT5.com (PRESS TV.ir): "Iran Claims to Unveil New Cruise Missile Next Week" (August 21, 2011)
IDF Spokesperson.com (ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES): "POPULAR RESISTANCE COMMITTEE: IRAN'S 'TERROR SUB-CONTRACTOR' IN THE GAZA STRIP" (August 21, 2011)
forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "moqawmh.ps: site of the Popular Resistance Committees" (August 19, 2011)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "STATE DEPARTMENT: IRAN THE 'MOST ACTIVE STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM'" by Thomas Joscelyn (August 19, 2011)
HOT AIR.com - Green Room - Blog: "AHMADINEJAD TO VISIT CARACAS; VENEZUELA TO MOVE ITS GOLD" -Posted by Fausta Wertz (August 17, 2011, 10:30 am)
Online.WSJ.com: Caracas, Venezuela - "VENEZUELA PLANS TO MOVE RESERVE FUNDS" by Jose de Cordoba and Ezequiel Minaya (SNIPPET: "The planned moves would include transferring $6.3 billion in cash reserves, most of which Venezuela now keeps in banks such as the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, and Barclays Bank in London to unnamed Russian, Chinese and Brazilian banks, one document said. Venezuela also plans to move 211 tons of gold it keeps abroad and values at ...") (August 17, 2011)THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: "BIGGEST THREAT TO IRAQ? IRAN-BACKED MILITIAS, NOT AL QAEDA, U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS" by Anna Mulrine (SNIPPET: "Though the car bomb attacks that hit 13 cities in Iraq Monday bear the markings of Al Qaeda in Iraq, militias are the greater concern because of the support they "are getting on a daily basis from Iran," said Maj. Gen. Jeffrey Buchanan, spokesman for US forces in Iraq. The military has found caches of rockets supplied by Iran and "manufactured as recently as 2010," he added.") (August 16, 2011)Link
WEEKLY STANDARD.com: "THE HIDDEN HAND The Obama administration finally highlights Iran's key role in supporting al Qaeda" by Stephen F. Hayes & Thomas Joscelyn (August 15, 2011)
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Justice.gov/usao: Chicago, Illinois - "IRANIAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO 51 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR PLOT TO ILLEGALLY EXPORT MISSILE COMPONENTS AND AND RADIO TESTS SETS TO IRAN" (SNIPPET: "An Iranian national who maintained a residence and business in California..." SNIPPET: "Davoud Baniameri, 38") [pdf] (August 15, 2011)NASDAQ.com (DOW JONES NEWSWIRES): Caracas, Venezuela - "VENEZUELA, IRAN TO HOLD TALKS; SEEK TO BOOST TIES WITHIN OPEC" (August 16, 2011)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Asr-e Iran (Iran), August 14, 2011"): "IRANIAN MP: Iranian Companies Are Building Homes in Venezuela Instead of Iran"
English.FARS NEWS.com: Tehran - Iran: "Senior Paraguayan Lawmakers Stress Development of Ties with Iran" (SNIPPET: "Iran has in recent years expanded friendly ties with Latin America, specially in economic, trade and industrial fields. Since taking office in 2005, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has expanded Iran's cooperation with many Latin American states, including Venezuela, Bolivia and Cuba.") (August 14, 2011, 15:08)YNET NEWS.com (News Agencies): "Iran Gearing For 'Cyber War'?" (August 12, 2011, 12:34/Israel News)
TELEGRAPH.co.uk: "IRAN AGREES TO FUND SYRIAN MILITARY BASE" by Con Coughlin (SNIPPET: "Iran has agreed to fund a new multi-million-dollar military base on the Syrian coast to make it easier to ship weapons and other military hardware between the two countries, according to Western intelligence reports.") (August 12, 2011, 11:25 pm BST)forum.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "OFAC UPDATE [BANK MELLI AND A COUPLE OF SYRIAN BANKS]" (Posted August 11, 2011)
Justice.gov/usao/nj - Press Release: "DUTCH CITIZEN ARRESTED, CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY TO EXPORT GOODS TO IRAN" (August 8, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "MAN CHARGED WITH TRYING TO SEND GOODS TO IRANIAN MILITARY" (SNIPPET: "A Dutch man has been charged in a New Jersey court for trying to export goods to the Iranian military without authorization from the U.S. government. Ulrich Davis, a former manager of a Netherlands-based freight forwarding company, was arrested Saturday as he tried to fly to the Netherlands from Newark Liberty International Airport.") (August 9, 2011, 3:45 pm)Link (pdf)
CNS NEWS: "IRANIAN-BACKED SHI'ITE CLERIC THREATENS U.S. TROOPS IN IRAQ" by Patrick Goodenough (August 8, 2011)
CNS NEWS.com: "'BLOW TO THE WEST': IRAN ELEVATES REVOLUTIONARY GUARD COMMANDER TO HELM OF OPEC" by Patrick Goodenough (August 5, 2011)
CNS NEWS.com: "TOP IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD IN LINE TO BECOME OIL MINISTER, OPEC HEAD" by Patrick Goodenough (SNIPPET: "Brig. Gen. Rostam Ghasemi") (July 29, 2011)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS.com - ARUTZ SHEVA: "REPORT: TURKEY SEIZES ANOTHER IRANIAN ARMS SHIPMENT A report said that Turkey had recently halted and detained an Iranian shipment of arms bound for Syria, which held weapons for Hizbullah." by David Lev (August 4, 2011, 12:41 pm)DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Baghdad, Iraq - "MULLEN BLASTS IRAN FOR INTERFERENCE IN IRAQ" by Jim Garamone (August 2, 2011)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com (TREASURY.gov, July 28, 2011): Washington - "TREASURY TARGETS KE AL-QA'IDA FUNDING AND SUPPORT NETWORK USING IRAN AS A CRITICAL TRANSIT POINT" (Posted August 1, 2011)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "TREASURY TARGETS IRAN'S 'SECRET DEAL' WITH AL QAEDA" by Thomas Joscelyn (July 28, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "U.S. ACCUSES IRAN OF PACT WITH AL-QAIDA" (July 28, 2011, 3:09 pm)
TREASURY.gov - Press Release: Washington - "TREASURY TARGETS KEY AL-QA'IDA FUNDING AND SUPPORT NETWORK USING IRAN AS A CRITICAL TRANSIT POINT" (July 28, 2011)
Source: ADNKRONOS.com - IGN via Google Translation: "IRAN, REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS OF ASYMMETRIC WARFARE: PROVIDING WEAPONS TO THE TALIBAN" (Last updated July 26, 10:54)
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JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST (REUTERS): "REPORT: CHINA, IRAN BARTER TO BYPASS SANCTIONS" (July 25, 2011, 10:59)
HUDSON NEW YORK: "NUCLEAR COOPERATION BETWEEN ARGENTINA AND IRAN?" by Anna Mahjar-Barducci (SNIPPET: "With the help of Venezuela, there is reason to believe that Argentina is cooperating with Iran on its the nuclear issue in a deal that involves Argentina's willingness to drop the accusations against Iran for the 1994 bombing in return for business.") (July 27, 2011)JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: "PERUVIAN ARMY VET WARNS OF GROWING IRANIAN PRESENCE" by Yaakov Katz (SNIPPET: ""We definitely need to be concerned with the growing presence of Iran in South America," Contreras said. "It appears that Iranian organizations provide support to other terrorist organizations, and that there is cooperation between them." Hezbollah is known to maintain strongholds in South America -- particularly in the area connecting Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay -- where its supporters are actively involved in drug-smuggling, arms-trafficking, money-laundering, fraud and intellectual-property piracy.") (July 25, 2011, 03:45)INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Brain drain continues to degrade Iran's nuclear weapons program" (August 1, 2011)
THE MEIR AMIT INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "SPOTLIGHT ON IRAN Week of July 21-28, 2011" (July 28, 2011)
WASHINGTON POST.com (AP): Vienna - "AP Exclusive: OFFICIALS SAY SHOT IRANIAN WAS NUCLEAR SCIENTIST, NOT STUDENT AS TEHRAN CLAIMS" (July 28, 2011)
ABC.net.au: "NUCLEAR SCIENTIST SHOT DEAD IN IRAN" (SNIPPET: "Darioush Rezaie, 35" SNIPPET: "Several nuclear scientists have been assassinated in Iran in the past few years.") (Posted July 24, 2011, 17:57)CNS NEWS.com: "MISSILE COLLABORATION: IRAN HAS THE TECHNOLOGY, N. KOREA HAS THE URANIUM ENRICHMENT" by Patrick Goodenough (July 22, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "HIZBALLAH TROUBLE ON THREE FRONTS" (July 21, 2011, 3:31 pm)
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CNS NEWS.com: "IRANIAN WEAPONS CACHE DISASTER THREATENS TO UNSEAT E.U.'s ONLY COMMUNIST PRESIDENT" (July 19, 2011)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: President.ir, Fars TV (Iran), July 16, 2011, IRNA (Iran), July 11, 2011"): "CHINESE SENIOR OFFICIAL IN TEHRAN: CHINA AND IRAN STRIVING FOR STRATEGIC COOPERATION" (SNIPPET: "In a meeting in Tehran with a high-ranking delegation of the Communist Party of China headed by senior official He Gouqiang, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that China and Iran had common enemies and should strengthen their cooperation in the fields of technology, energy, and space, and expand their annual exchange trade to $100 billion.")YNET NEWS.com (NEWS AGENCIES): "China, Iran Ink Major Infrastructure, Trade Deals" (Published July 16, 2011/Israel News)
InterAmericanSecurityWatch.com - IASW: "REPS. RIVERA, ROS-LEHTINEN AND MACK WANT STATE DEPT INVESTIGATION ON LINKS BETWEEN ARGENTINA, IRAN, AND VENEZUELA" (July 15, 2011)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com - Inside The Ring: "CHINA MISSILE SALES" by Bill Gertz (SNIPPET: "Newly released classified documents reveal China's continued violations of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) with sales of missiles and parts to Iran, Syria and Pakistan.") (July 13, 2011, 3:44 pm)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: ISNA (Iran), July 10, 2011; Mehr (Iran), July 9, 2011"): "IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ: Security Cooperation with Iraq -- After U.S. Withdrawal"
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: "HOUSE HEARING: HIZBALLAH THREAT LOOMS IN U.S. BACKYARD" (July 8, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - Writings by Topic: "Hizballah"
THE MEIR AMIT INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER - Information Bulletins: "HEZBOLLAH"
IDFspokesperson.com - ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES: "LIST OF SMUGGLING ATTEMPTS BY SEA TO HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH, OTHER TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS" (Posted July 5 2011)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com - Inside The Ring: "MISSILE DEFENSE CONCESSION" by Bill Gertz (SNIPPET: "The Obama administration is about to make another concession to Russia on missile defense by concluding an agreement with Turkey to base a radar there that would monitor Iranian missile launches. The deal is raising questions about whether the administration gave in to a Turkish demand that no missile-tracking data from the radar be shared with Israel or other non-NATO members. The demand was based on the Turkish governmentÕs increasing Islamist and pro-Iranian policies.") (July 6, 2011)CNS NEWS.com: "U.S. ENVOY BLAMES IRAN FOLLOWING DEADLY MONTH FOR U.S. FORCES IN IRAQ" by Patrick Goodenough (July 5, 2011)
CNN.com: "OFFICIAL: MILITIAS USING IRANIAN WEAPONS TO TARGET U.S. IN IRAQ" by Barbara Starr and Chelsea J. Carter (July 3, 2011, 5:27 a.m. EDT)
WSJ.com: Tehran, Iran - "IRAN FUNNELS NEW WEAPONS TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN" by Jay Solomon (July 2, 2011)
PAJAMAS MEDIA.com - blog: "IRAN DELIVERS THREATENING LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei reportedly warns the White House of consequences if they "meddle" in Syria's affairs." by 'Reza Kahlili' (July 3, 2011, 12:00 am)GSN.NTI.org - GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE (PRESSTV.com, June 29, 2011): "IRANIAN RADAR SYSTEM GOES ONLINE" (Posted June 30, 2011)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Images of a preparation for a suicide bombing in Iran" (June 28, 2011)
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ACLJ.org - AMERICAN CENTER for LAW and JUSTICE: "A PASTOR FACING IMPENDING EXECUTION FOR BEING A CHRISTIAN IN IRAN" (July 1, 2011, 10:08 pm)
THE MEIR AMIT INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "SPOTLIGHT ON IRAN - Week of June 23-30, 2011" (SNIPPET: "Pictures of the week: Revolutionary Guards' "Great Prophet-6" military exercises") (Posted June 30, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "Iran Hosts Counter-Terrorism Conference in Bid to Restore National Image" (SNIPPET: "While pointing fingers at Israel and the West, Iran conveniently failed again to mention its own support of designated terrorists Hizballah and Hamas, or other noted militants.") (June 28, 2011, 1:22 pm)THE MEMRI BLOG.org - MEMRI IRANIAN MEDIA BLOG ("Source: Fars (Iran), June 27, 2011"): "AHMADINEJAD: Iran and Cuba Play An Important Role In Restoring World Order" (SNIPPET: "Ahmadinejad added that Tehran would stand by Cuba until "the final victory" and that the two countries play an important role in rectifying "the oppressive world order."")CNS NEWS.com: "U.N. CHIEF ENDORSES U.S.-BASHING 'ANTI-TERROR' CONFERENCE HOSTED BY IRAN" by Patrick Goodenough (June 27, 2011)
TREASURY.gov - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY: "FACT SHEET: TREASURY SANCTIONS MAJOR IRANIAN COMMERCIAL ENTITIES" (June 23, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT BLOG: "IRAN ACQUIRING NUCLEAR CAPABLE WARHEADS" (June 23, 2011, 6:12 pm)
ICE.gov - News Release: Macon, Georgia - "INTERNATIONAL PROCUREMENT NETWORK MEMBERS INDICTED FOR SUPPLYING IRAN WITH U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS" (June 23, 2011)
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TREASURY.gov - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY: Washington - "TREASURY DESIGNATES TEN SHIPPING COMPANIES, THREE INDIVIDUALS AFFILIATED WITH IRAN'S SHIPPING LINE In Coordinated Action with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, Treasury Targets IRISL Front Companies and Executives in the Middle East, Asia and Europe" (June 20, 2011)Link
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INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "OFAC ADDS INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES TO IRAN NPWMD LIST" (June 20, 2011)
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ABC NEWS.go.com - Blotter: "IRAN SCAM TO EVADE TERROR SANCTIONS BUSTED, NYC OFFICIAL SAYS" (June 20, 2011)
PAJAMAS MEDIA.com - blog: "IRANIAN COMMANDER: 'We Have Infiltrated America and the UK'" by 'Reza Kahlili'" (June 20, 2011)
WASHINGTON POST.com (AP): Washington - "GATES BLAMES SHIITE EXTREMISTS FOR RECENT U.S. DEATHS IN IRAQ, SAYS IRAN SUPPLYING POWERFUL ARMS" (June 19, 2011)
INTER AMERICAN SECURITY WATCH.com - IASW: "IRAN CALLS FOR GROWING TIES WITH NICARAGUA" (June 20, 2011)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org - Iran ("Source: Etemaad (Iran), June 19, 2011"): "REPORT IN IRAN: AHMADINEJAD'S CHIEF OF STAFF VISITED SAUDI ARABIA"
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "www.basijmohandesin.ir: Site of the Basij Engineers" (June 15, 2011)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com (THE MEIR AMIT INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER): "SPOTLIGHT ON IRAN, WEEK OF JUNE 2-9, 2011 [Basij 'Clean Internet' Campaign]" (June 15, 2011)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "'The day after Iran's first nuclear test...' [gerdab.ir]" (June 15, 2011)
INVESTORS.com - IBD Editorials: "AHMADINEJAD'S NEW FRIENDS" (June 15, 2011, 06:55 pm ET)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: ISNA (Iran), June 14, 2011; president.ir (Iran), June 14, 2011"): "Iranian, Chinese Presidents: Our Relationship is Strategic; Karzai: Foreign Forces Must Exit Afghanistan"
IAEA.org - Document - Desrestricted 9, June 2011: "Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Report by the Director General" (pdf) (May 24, 2011)Link
FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "JIHADI MISSILE CRISIS" by Frank Crimi (June 15, 2011)
THE GLOBAL MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD DAILY REPORT: "CAIR LEADER Tells Iranian TV Anti-Muslim Sentiment Generated by 'Muslim Bashers'" (June 14, 2011)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "ZARQAWI AIDE RETURNS TO AFGHANISTAN TO WAGE JIHAD FOR AL QAEDA" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "An al Qaeda operative who was close to slain al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al Zarqawi has been released from Iranian custody and has recently returned to Afghanistan to fight NATO and Afghan forces. After eight years in Iranian custody, Salahuddin al Maqdisi has come back to Afghanistan...") (Note: Undated photo included.) (June 13, 2011)INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "CAIR Official Hypes American 'Islamophobia' on Iranian Television" (June 13, 2011)
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THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Mehr, Iran, June 12, 2011"): "IRAN ASKS RUSSIA FOR CLOSER AEROSPACE COOPERATION" (SNIPPET: "At a meeting with Russian communications minister Igor Schegolev, Iranian aerospace organization officials asked for closer cooperation in aerospace matters between the two countries, and for help in constructing new-generation satellites and sending an astronaut into space.")ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS.com: "SYRIAN SOLDIER: IRANIANS, HIZBULLAH HELPING SYRIAN ARMY" (June 12, 2011, 10:15 am)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "IRAN ACQUIRING NUCLEAR CAPABLE WARHEADS" (June 10, 2011, 8:51 pm)
JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: "'Iran caught 10 times trying to send arms to terrorists'" by Yaakov Katz (June 10, 2011, 01:47)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: IRNA (Iran), June 10, 2011"): "Increase of 32% in Iranian Oil Exports to China"
JIHAD WATCH.org (THE GUARDIAN, June 8, 2011): "IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD WEBSITE GOES OFF-MESSAGE, ANTICIPATES 'THE DAY AFTER IRAN'S FIRST NUCLEAR TEST'" (Posted June 10, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "TREASURY TARGETS IRANIAN SECURITY FORCES" (June 9, 2011)
TREASURY.gov - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY: Washington - "TREASURY SANCTIONS IRANIAN SECURITY FORCES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES" (June 9, 2011)
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YNET NEWS.com (AFP): "NUCLEAR CHIEF SAYS IRAN WILL TRANSFER 20% ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES FROM NATANZ TO PLANT NEAR QOM" (SNIPPET: "Iran will transfer its 20% uranium enrichment activities to the Fordo site, southwest of Tehran, and triple its production capacity, the country's nuclear chief said Wednesday.") (Published June 8, 2011, 13:48/Israel News)FOX NEWS (AP): Tehran, Iran - "IRAN DEFIES SANCTIONS WITH NUKE CENTRIFUGE ANNOUNCEMENT" (SNIPPET: "Iran's nuclear chief and Vice President Fereidoun Abbasi was quoted Wednesday by the official IRNA news agency as saying Tehran will soon set up the more advanced type of centrifuges, suitable for higher-level uranium enrichment, at the Fordo site near the holy city of Qom in central Iran.") (June 8, 2011)JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST (REUTERS): "'Iran sends submarines for reconnaissance in Red Sea'" (June 7, 2011, 11:27)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "IRAN ANALYST: IRANIAN A-BOMB MAY BE EIGHT WEEKS AWAY" (June 6, 2011, 10:20 pm)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "IRANIAN SUPPORT IN D.C." (June 6, 2011, 7:44 pm)
JIHAD WATCH.org: "U.K.: EVIDENCE CONTINUES TO MOUNT THAT IRAN IS ARMING THE TALIBAN" (Posted June 8, 2011)
BBC News: "IRAN'S ILLEGAL ARMS TRADE: 'HYPOCRITICAL AND DANGEROUS'" by Allan Urry (Updated June 6, 2011, 19:24 ET)
PAJAMAS MEDIA.com - blog: "IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS HEAD: Execution, Eye Gouging, Cutting Off Hands and Feet 'Beautiful and Necessary'" by 'Reza Kahlili' (June 6, 2011, 12:00 am)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: Kayhan, Iran, June 7, 2011; Lenziran.com, June 3, 2011"): "IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO UN: The Uprisings Will Soon Reach Europe"
THE MEIR AMIT INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "An Iranian delegation participated in events held by the IHH in Istanbul on the anniversary of the Marmara flotilla, focused on fostering the myth of the "Marmara shaheeds". The Iranian delegation raised the flags of Iran and Hezbollah, and held meetings with IHH activists and radical Islamist elements affiliated with it." (June 5, 2011)Link
Justice.gov/usao/nys - Press Release - Southern District of New York: "QUEENS BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED IN MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT TO 10 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR VIOLATING IRAN TRADE EMBARGO, MONEY LAUNDERING AND OTHER CRIMES" (SNIPPET: "Reza Safarha") (pdf) (June 3, 2011)Blog.HERITAGE.org - The Foundry: "IRAN'S MISSILE BUILDUP: NEW REPORTS OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE" by James Phillips (June 2, 2011)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "'Ahmadinejad versus Khamenei: IRGC Wins, Civilians Lose'" (May 30, 2011)
MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch No. 3875: "Iranian Ayatollah Affirms Legitimacy of Suicide Operations, Approves Killing Israeli Civilians -- Including Children" (SNIPPET: "The issue of martyrdom operations and their religious legitimacy has been repeatedly discussed by Iranian ayatollahs. [1] In a recent fatwa posted on his website in response to an online inquiry, Iranian Ayatollah Taqi Mesbah-e Yazdi ruled that martyrdom operations were not only legitimate but were a duty incumbent upon every Muslim.") (May 30, 2011)JPOST.com - JERUSALEM POST: Berlin, Germany - "GERMAN BANK TIED TO IRAN DEFIES CLOSURE ORDER" by Benjamin Weinthal (SNIPPET: "Hamburg-based bank to mount legal challenge to EU sanctions because of its involvement in Iran's nuclear program.") (MAY 29, 2011, 01:25)JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: "'Iran aiding Assad in crackdown against protesters'" (SNIPPET: "Iran has continued to send trainers and advisers to Syria in order to helpBashar Assad's government clamp down on anti-regime protests despite US sanctions against Iranian military officials, The Washington Post reported on Friday.") (May 28, 2011, 09:07)WASHINGTON TIMES.com - Page 2 - Inside The Ring: "NEW IRAN ARMS DATA" by Bill Gertz (May 25, 2011)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com - Topic: "Iran"
ISIS-Online.org - INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY - IAEA Iran Safeguards Report: "LEU Monthly Production Dramatically Higher but Centrifuges less Efficient than Optimal; Deployment of Advanced Centrifuges Delayed; IAEA's Knowledge about Iran's Enrichment Activities Continues to Diminish (Revised May 25)" (pdf) (May 24, 2011; Revised May 25, 2011)Report - Link (pdf) (May 24, 2011)
ISIS NuclearIran: "Nuclear Highlights from the Report of U.N. Security Council Panel of Experts on Iran" (May 23, 2011)
ISIS-Online.org - Countries - Category: "Iran"
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "IRANIAN GOVERNMENT DEFENDS NAZI REMARKS AFTER RETRACTION" (May 25, 2011, 6:16 pm)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: ISNA, Iran, May 24, 2011"): "IRANIAN QODS FORCES: The Revolution Will Reach More Arab Countries"
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Al-Shourouq, Egypt, May 25, 2011"): "Egyptian, Iranian FMs Meet in Indonesia"
ISAF.NATO.int: Kabul, Afghanistan - "AL-QAEDA FOREIGN FIGHTER CAPTURED DURING SECURITY OPERATION" (SNIPPET: "A combined Afghan and coalition security force captured a Germany-based Moroccan al-Qaeda foreign fighter facilitator during a security operation in Qalat district, Zabul province, May 8. After his capture the facilitator provided details about his personal travel from Germany. He also observed foreigners from many countries converging in Pakistan to conduct attacks against coalition forces in Afghanistan. The combined force found passports and identification cards from France, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia amongst ten insurgents killed during the operation. During a delay in his travels in Iran, the facilitator stated he was approached to become a suicide bomber. However, he declined because of his goal to take part in the Global Jihad.") (May 24, 2011)Link
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Blogs.CBN.com - Stakelbeck on Terror: "Stakelbec in Glenn Beck's FUSION magazine on the Iran Threat" (May 26, 2011)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: IRNA, Fars, Iran, May 24, 2011"): "AHMADINEJAD: Coming Soon -- Middle East Without U.S., Israel; U.S. No Different From Dictatorships" (May 24, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "IRAN: U.S. to blame for dictators" (SNIPPET: "Ahmadinejad's comments may have been an attempt to distract from an embarrassing and lethal accident at the oil refinery shortly before his speech. A deadly blast during the inauguration killed at least four and injured 20, the Washington Post reports.") (May 24, 2011)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: Press TV, ISNA, Iran, May 23, 2011"): "IRANIAN FM IN CHINA: Iran Can Be Reliable Supplier of Energy to China" (May 23, 2011)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: ISNA, Iran, May 20, 2011"): "JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN: Trade with Iran Increased Despite Sanctions" (May 20, 2011)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com (THE MEIR AMIT INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER - Spotlight on Iran, May 19, 2011): "IRAN: INTERNET PENETRATION DATA AND REGIME EFFORTS TO BLOCK WEBSITES" (May 22, 2011)
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JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST (REUTERS): Tehran - "IRAN'S REVOLUTIONARY GUARD GETS NEW MISSILE SYSTEM" (SNIPPET: ""The new surface-to-surface missiles, Qiyam (Resurrection) 1..."") (May 22, 2011, 11:27)INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT BLOG: "DEFECTORS CLAIM IRANIAN ROLE IN 9/11 ATTACKS" (SNIPPET: "Nevertheless, the suit is said to seek damages for Iran's "direct support for, and sponsorship of, the most deadly act of terrorism in American history," and alleges that Iran and its Lebanese proxy, Hizballah, provided training and travel for the 9/11 hijackers as well as help for al-Qaida operatives in escaping after the attacks. In addition to naming Iran in the $100 billion civil suit, the victims' families also targeted al-Qaida, the Taliban, and "others." According to defector testimony, top officials from al-Qaida, Hizballah and Iran met several times Iran in the months before the attacks.The unnamed defector also claims his allegations are "supported by government letters and memoranda, photographs and organizational charts."" SNIPPET: "Suggestions of Iranian complicity in the 9/11 attacks first surfaced in the national 9/11 Commission...") (May 20, 2011, 2:54 pm)Link (pdf)
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SOUTHCOM.mil - UNITED STATES SOUTHERN COMMAND - News Release: Miami - "Detainee Death at Guantanamo Bay" (SNIPPET: "Inayatullah was an admitted planner for al Qaida terrorist operations, and attested to facilitating the movement of foreign fighters, significantly contributing to transnational terrorism across multiple borders. Inayatullah met with local operatives, developed travel routes and coordinated documentation, accommodation and vehicles for smuggling al Qaida belligerents through Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Iraq.") (May 18, 2011)LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - Threat Matrix: "THE GITMO FILES: Al Qaeda's Emir of Zahedan, Iran Commits Suicide" by Thomas Joscelyn (SNIPPET: "Here is how the DoD's Sept. 12, 2007 press release describes him [emphasis added]" Inayatullah, an Afghan national, was captured as a result of ongoing DoD operations in the struggle against violent extremists in Afghanistan. He has admitted that he was the Al Qaeda Emir of Zahedan, Iran, and planned and directed Al Qaeda terrorist operations. Inayatullah collaborated with numerous Al Qaeda senior leaders, to include Abu Ubaydah al-Masri and Azzam, executing their instructions and personally supporting global terrorist efforts.") (May 19, 2011, 10:15 am)Link
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "SHOCK FACTOR = 0: Iran Conference Casts U.S., Israel as Primary Perpetrators of Global Terrorism" (May 18, 2011, 6:20 pm)
JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: "IRANIAN FM SAYS BUSHEHR NUCLEAR PLANT IS OPERATIONAL" (SNIPPET: "Nuclear power plant has reached critical mass, will be powered up within weeks, Salehi says, echoing statements of senior Russian diplomat.") (MAY 18, 2011, 12:53)JPOST.com - JERUSALEM POST: "'DIE WELT' - IRAN BUILDING ROCKET BASES IN VENEZUELA" by Benjamin Weinthal (SNIPPET: "German paper says Iranians paid cash to build mid-range missile launch pads on Paraguana Peninsula; Iranian engineers visited site in Feb.") (May 17, 2011, 01:41)GSN.NTI.org - GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "IRAN, NORTH KOREA PARTNERING ON BALLISTIC MISSILES, U.N. SAYS" (SNIPPET: "Iran and North Korea seem to routinely be swapping ballistic missile equipment in breach of U.N. Security Council directives, a classified expert report to the international body stated on Friday (see GSN, Dec. 1, 2010). Illegal trades of missile technology had "transshipment through a neighboring third country," the report states. Multiple envoys told Reuters the nation in question is China.") (May 16, 2011)Link
TREASURY.gov - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY: "TREASURY DESIGNATES IRANIAN STATE-OWNED BANK FOR FACILITATING IRAN'S PROLIFERATION ACTIVITIES" (May 17, 2011)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "THE GITMO FILES: AN AGENT OF IRAN" by Thomas Joscelyn (SNIPPET: "A current Guantanamo detainee was an "agent of the Iranian Savama (Ministry of Intelligence and Security)" and "closely associated" with the Taliban, Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG), and al Qaeda, according to a recently leaked threat assessment. The detainee, Haji Hamidullah (Internment Serial Number 1119), joined the HIG in the early 1980s to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan and remained a member of the organization until his capture in 2003.") (May 18, 2011)REWARDS FOR JUSTICE.net: "WANTED SAIF AL-ADEL Up to $5 Million Reward"
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - Threat Matrix - blog: "Is Saif al Adel the acting leader of al Qaeda?" by Bill Roggio (May 17, 2011, 3:44 pm)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "REPORTS SAY AL-QAIDA NAMES INTERIM LEADER" (SNIPPET: "Veteran Egyptian militant Saif al-Adel...") (May 17, 2011, 12:19 pm)
ARMIES OF LIBERATION.com - blog: "Saif al Adel New Temp Head of al Qaeda Central" by Jane Novak (SNIPPET: "In 2010 UBL names Saif Adel commander of external operations") (MAY 17, 2011, 5:23 pm)
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LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PLANS TO PROSECUTE HEZBOLLAH COMMANDER CAPTURED IN IRAQ" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "The US Department of Justice is planning to prosecute Ali Mussa Daqduq, a dangerous Lebanese Hezbollah and Iranian Qods Force agent who is responsible for organizing the Shia terror groups in Iraq and the kidnapping and murder of US soldiers. The proposed prosecution was disclosed in a letter written by five US senators to US Attorney General Eric Holder, asking the Justice Department to clarify the status of Daqduq and inquiring why Daqduq will not be transferred to the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The letter, which was signed by US Senators Charles Grassley, Orrin Hatch, Jeff Sessions, John Cornyn, and Tom Coburn, was sent to the Department of Justice this evening.") (March 16, 2011)LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - Threat Matrix - blog: "Text of letter to the Department of Justice on Ali Mussa Daqduq" by Bill Roggio (May 16, 2011, 7:45 pm)
stepping back in time... LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "IRAN, HEZBOLLAH TRAIN IRAQI SHIA 'SECRET CELLS' Ali Mussa Daqduq, a Hezbollah operative, captured among others" by Bill Roggio (July 2, 2007)
REUTERS.com: New York - "NORTH KOREA, IRAN TRADE MISSILE TECHNOLOGY: U.N." (May 14, 2011, 5:55 pm EDT)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org - Iran ("Source: Fars, Iran, May 10, 2011; Alarabiya.net, May 9, 2011; Rajanews.Iran, May 8, 2011"): "Tehran U Lecturer: Iran Must Help Bahrainis Harm Saudi Arabia" (May 13, 2011)Online.WSJ.com: Berlin - "GERMANY JOINS EU PLAN TO SANCTION IRANIAN BANK" by David Crawford (May 13, 2011, 6:31 pm ET)
DANIEL PIPES.org (THE WASHINGTON TIMES): "Iraq -- A Province of Iran?" by Daniel Pipes (May 12, 2011)
GSN.NTI.org - GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "PENALTIES IMPEDING IRANIAN ATOMIC, MISSILE ACTIVITIES: U.N. REPORT" (May 11, 2011)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "EGYPT TILTS TOWARDS ROGUES" (SNIPPET: "Egypt's new government continues reaching out to Iran and Hamas while distancing itself from Israel and the United States.") (May 11, 2011, 7:00 pm)ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS.com - ARUTZ SHEVA: "IRAN USES FRONT COMPANIES TO CIRCUMVENT SANCTIONS" (May 11, 2011, 10:52 am)
GSN.NTI.org - GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "Iran Voices Openness to Talks with World Powers" (May 10, 2011)
FOX NEWS.com (AP): Moscow - "RUSSIA: BUSHEHR REACTOR BEGINS OPERATION" (SNIPPET: "The first reactor at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant has gone into operation, the Russian state company that built the complex said Tuesday. Atomstroyexport company said in a statement that a self-sustained fission reaction began Sunday.") (Published May 10, 2011)Earthquake.USGS.gov - Earthquakes: "Magnitude 4.9 - Southern Iran" (Posted May 8, 2011, 17:34 UTC)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record: "Internal Iranian Tension Over Sorcery Charges" (May 6, 2011)
INTERAMERICAN SECURITY WATCH: "THE MIDDLE EASTERN-LATIN AMERICAN TERRORIST CONNECTION" (SNIPPET: "Uranium, sought by both Iran and Russia, is a key aspect of the two countries' strategic relationship: Iran is reportedly helping Venezuela find and refine its estimated 50,000 tons of uranium reserves. So, on one side Venezuela is funding and arming the FARC; on the other it is purchasing nuclear reactors and weapons from the Russians; on yet another, it is sending money to Iran and helping it find and enrich uranium. And then there is Hezbollah, Iran's Lebanon-based asset. Reports that Venezuela has provided Hezbollah operatives with Venezuelan national identity cards are so rife...") (May 5, 2011)INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "INCREASED ONLINE ACTIVITY OF THE IRANIAN RADICAL RIGHT" (SNIPPET: "From recruitment of suicide bombers to increased online presence: radical right-wing government supporters step up activities") (May 1, 2011)Link
TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - THE MEIR AMIT Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center - Week of April 19-26, 2011: SPOTLIGHT ON IRAN" (April 26, 2011)
TREASURY.gov - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY: Washington - "TREASURY DESIGNATES IRANIAN NARCOTICS TRAFFICKER WITH TIES TO AFGHAN DRUG TRADE" (SNIPPET: "Bahram Ali Shayesteh") (April 28, 2011)
TREASURY.gov - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY - Treasury Notes: "Engaging Turkish and French Leadership on Iran" by David S. Cohen (April 28, 2011)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Press TV, Iran, April 26, 2011"): "IRAN TO INCREASE NAVY MISSILES' RANGE"
JIHAD WATCH.org (PRESS TV.ir, April 25, 2011): "TOP IRANIAN GENERAL: 'Western states must pay respect to Muslims' holy book, the Qur'an, as much as they show interest in maintaining strong ties with Middle Eastern countries and their oil'" (April 26, 2011)LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "Gitmo Docs Link Pakistani, Iranian, and Yemeni Intelligence Agencies to Al Qaeda" by Bill Roggio (April 25, 2011)
Google.com - Hosted News (AFP): Manama - "BAHRAIN EXPELS IRAN EMBASSY MAN OVER 'SPY LINKS'" (April 26, 2011)
YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "IRAN SAYS TARGETED BY SECOND COMPUTER VIRUS" (SNIPPET: "Civil defense commander says Iran's enemies engaging in 'cyber war' with new 'Stars virus', which may initially be mistaken for executive files; adds Stuxnet worm, which targeted Bushehr reactor, still poses threat") (April 25, 2011, 13:33/Israel News)Link
MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch No. 3784: "Rapprochement Between Egypt and Iran in Anticipation of Renewal of Relations" (April 25, 2011)
TREVOR LOUDON.com - New Zeal - blog: "IRAN, VENEZUELA INCREASE COOPERATION" (April 24, 2011, 6:39 pm EST)
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CBN.com: "'MAHDI VIDEO' EXPOSURE RATTLES IRANIAN REGIME" by Erick Stakelbeck [Note: Video included.] (April 20, 2011)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRISL: The Hunt Continues" (April 19, 2011)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali, a very popular guy, still" (April 19, 2011)
JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP, April 18, 2011): "EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC SUPREMACIST LEADER IN TALKS WITH IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER" (Posted April 19, 2011)
PAJAMAS MEDIA.com - blog: "BRAZIL, ARGENTINA PLAY NICE WITH IRAN Americans can't ignore recent developments." by Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi (April 19, 2011)
JIHAD WATCH.org (TODAY'S ZAMAN, April 18, 2011): "TURKEY, IRAN DECLARE 'ETERNAL FRIENDSHIP'" (April 21, 2011)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRGC + Cyber Searches of the Past Week" (April 16, 2011)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRISL Searches of the Past Week" (April 16, 2011)
CNS NEWS.com: "FOR IRAN AND ITS STATE MEDIA, SYRIAN UNREST IS EITHER A NON-ISSUE OR A FOREIGN PLOT" by Patrick Goodenough (SNIPPET: " Iran officials and state media continue to ignore, downplay, or see conspiracies behind the anti-government protests and violent clampdown in Syria, in sharp contrast to their response to unrest elsewhere in the Arab world. As protests swept countries including Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, Yemen and Jordan in recent months, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other Iranian religious officials have repeatedly sought to associate the protests with the Islamic revolution that brought the mullahs to power in Tehran 32 years ago.") (April 15, 2011)GSN.NTI.org - GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "IRAN TO PREPARE MEDICAL REACTOR FUEL IN 2011" (SNIPPET: "Iran on Wednesday said it intends this year to deliver nuclear material for operating a medical isotope production reactor in Tehran, the Fars News Agency reported (See GSN, April 13).)" (April 14, 2011)GSN.NTI.org - GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE: "CENTRIFUGE PARTS PLANT OUTSIDE IAEA JURISDICTION: IRAN" (SNIPPET: "The United States and other countries suspect Iran's uranium enrichment program is geared toward producing nuclear-weapon material, but Tehran has insisted its atomic ambitions are strictly peaceful.") (April 13, 2011)INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Search Results [q=IRGC+cyber]" (April 11, 2011)
WASHINGTON POST.com: Tehran - "Iran Official Says Pipeline Blast Caused by 'Sabotage'" (SNIPPET: "The blast, which sent balls of fire into the air outside the Shiite religious center of Qom, targeted three major gas pipelines. The explosion comes amid an increase in mysterious blasts, assassinations and other incidents in the Islamic Republic, including a similar blast Feb. 11 that temporarily halted north-south gas transportation in the country. All pipelines are now back in operation, officials say.") (April 10, 4:03 pm)INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "AN IRANIAN INTELLIGENCE FAILURE" (April 8, 2011)
TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - THE MEIR AMIT Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center: Spotlight on Iran (Week of March 24-April 7, 2011" (April 7, 2011)
GSN.NTI.org - Global Security Newswire: "Iran to Launch Probe on Bushehr Plant Setbacks" (April 7, 2011)
MYFOXDC: Washington - "ARREST MADE IN POTOMAC PIPE BOMB HOME EXPLOSION" (SNIPPET: "68-year-old Farzin Sadeghi..." SNIPPET: "The couple left for Iran several weeks before the explosion for the engagement of one of their two daughters.") (April 7, 2011)POTOMAC.PATCH.com: "POLICE MAKE ARREST IN CONNECTION WITH PIPE BOMB" (SNIPPET: "The occupants of the house are two Iranians with permanent resident status in the United States, according to court documents.") (April 7, 2011)INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "EGYPT MAY RESTORE IRAN TIES" (SNIPPET: "Egypt is operating under what amounts to an interim government, but its foreign minister already is pursuing renewed diplomatic ties with Iran.") (April 5, 2011, 10:15 am)Blog.HERITAGE.org - The Foundry: "ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES, KNOW AND ACT ... OR NOT" (April 4, 2011, 5:00 pm)
SLDINFO.com - SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE: "GETTING EVER CLOSER Iran's Nuclear Program Keeps on Coming" by Dr. Richard Weitz (March 10, 2011)
PUBLIC INTELLIGENCE.net - Category: "IRAN NUCLEAR SITES"
ALERT5.com: "IRAN PLANS TO BUILD MORE AIR BASES NEAR ITS BORDERS" (SNIPPET: "Iranian Border Guard Commander Brigadier General Hossein Zolfaghari told IRNA on Friday that the country is planning to add new air bases in border areas.") (April 3, 2011)CHRON.com - HOUSTON CHRONICLE (AP): Cairo - "GULF BLOC STRONGLY CONDEMNS IRAN OVER BAHRAIN" (April 3, 2011, 4:00 pm)
Video: "IMPRISONED IN IRAN Part 1 - CBN.com (April 1, 2011)
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INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "OFAC ADDS , DELETES, AND CHANGES ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINE [IRISL] LISTINGS" (April 1, 2011)
10News.com - San Diego News: "ALERT ISSUED AFTER SECURITY INCIDENT ON CAMP PENDLETON 3 Middle Eastern Men Tried To Enter Base Without Proper Authorization, Base Alert Says" (SNIPPET: "10News learned the three men -- 40-year-old Afghani Ahmad Rahmani Naeem, 41-year-old Iranian Vahik Petrossian and 27-year-old Iranian Sengekdi Norvik Avanosian -- attempted to get into Camp Pendleton last weekend under what was considered suspicious circumstances. On Wednesday, base officials said there was no threat, but others on the base told 10News security has been stepped up.") (Posted March 30, 2011; Updated March 31, 2011, 4:52 am PDT) INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT NEWS: "CHAVEZ EMBRACES GADDAFI AND TEHRAN" (March 31, 2011)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRISL Query of the Day" (March 30, 2011)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "INFORMATION BITES, CAUSES DISCOMFORT" (March 28, 2011)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "aQ in Bahrain? Jihadis call bullsh*t" (April 3, 2011)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, March 29, 2011"): "Iranian DM Warns About Saudi Intervention in Bahrain"
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Mehr, Iran, March 28, 2011"): "Mehr: Iranian FM Meets Armenian, Turkmen, Afghan FMs In Tehran"
A TIME TO BETRAY.com - blog: "IRAN LEADERS: The Coming is Upon Us -- Israel Shall Be Destroyed! (Watch the Video)" by Reza Kahlili (March 28, 2011)
Video: "The Coming is Upon Us - Translation by Reza Kahlili - www.ATimeToBetray.com" (SNIPPET: "This movie has been produced in Iran by an organization called "Conductors of The Coming" in collaboration with the Iranian president's office and the Basij (Iranian paramilitary force).") (Added March 28, 2011)PAJAMAS MEDIA.com - blog: "THE COMING, AND WHY THE LEFT DOESN'T UNDERSTAND IRAN" by Roger L. Simon (March 27, 2011, 10:38 pm)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org - ("Source: Mehr, Iran, March 26, 2011"): "Tehran Asks U.N. to Condemn Koran Burning in U.S., Says It's 'Duty of All' to Condemn Sacrilege Against Islam" (SNIPPET: "In his letter which was also sent to the OIC president and the OIC members, the Iranian ambassador insisted it is the duty of all to condemn such sacrilegious moves against divine religions, especially Islam.") (March 28, 2011)Link (Read More...)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRGC DRAWS BLOOD, ATTRACTS ATTENTION, ATTACKS CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY" (March 24, 2011)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "THE ROLE OF THE BASIJ IN IRANIAN CYBER OPERATIONS" (March 24, 2011)
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OSINT.INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "OFAC LISTS MORE IRANIAN VESSELS" (March 24, 2011)
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FOX NEWS.com (POPULAR SCIENCE): "Iran Announces Launch of Its Unmanned Flying Saucer" (March 23, 2011)
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YNET NEWS.com: "REPORT: TURKEY DISCOVERS WEAPONS IN IRAN PLANE" by Aviel Magnezi (SNIPPET: "Turkish media reports plane forced to land in southeast Turkey carried rocket launchers, mortars, rifles and explosive materials") (Published March 22, 2011, 08:57/Israel News)WORLD TRIBUNE.com: London - "IRAN'S IRGC ATTACKS ANTI-ASSAD PROTESTERS IN SYRIA" (SNIPPET: "Iran's elite military units have been deployed to attack protesters of the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.") (March 21, 2011)
WASHINGTON POST.com - Opinion: "IS THERE A CHAVEZ TERROR NETWORK ON AMERICA'S DOORSTEP?" by Roger Noriega (SNIPPET: "On Aug. 22, 2010, at Iran's suggestion, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hosted senior leaders of Hamas, Hezbollah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in a secret summit at military intelligence headquarters at the Fuerte Tiuna compound in southern Caracas." SNIPPET: "The idea for this summit sprang from a meeting between Iran's ambassador to Syria, Ahmad Mousavi, and his Venezuelan counterpart, Imad Saab Saab, at the Venezuelan embassy in Damascus on May 10, 2010.") (March 20, 2011, 9:01 pm)INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "JIHADISTS, NARCOTERRORISTS AND THE CHAVEZ CONNECTION" (March 21, 2011, 3:55 pm)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "A NEW ERA OF ISLAMIST/COMMUNIST COLLABORATION" (January 18, 2011, 10:41 am)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "ISRAEL: IRAN-VENEZUELA AXIS TRAFFICS IN TERROR, URANIUM" (May 28, 2009, 3:09 pm)
JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: "2nd IRANIAN PLANE FORCED TO LAND IN TURKEY FOR INSPECTION" (SNIPPET: "An Iranian cargo plane was forced to land in Diyarbakir airport in Turkey on Saturday to undergo an inspection to search for any illicit or military materials on board, AFP quoted security sources as saying on Sunday. The plane had been en route to Syria.") (March 20, 2011, 11:20)Link
BREITBART.com (AFP): "IRAN SENDS ROCKET, CAPSULE INTO SPACE: IRNA" (March 17, 02:13 am)
TERRORISM-INFO.org - THE MEIR AMIT Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center: "Most of the weapons found aboard the M/V Victoria en route to the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip were of Iranian manufacture, including mortar shells and anti-ship C-704 missiles. The shipment is another example of Iran's strategy of smuggling weapons, with Syrian collaboration, to the terrorist organizations." [Note: Photos included.] (March 18, 2011)Link (pdf)
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INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "MORE IRANIAN ARMS INTERCEPTED" (SNIPPET: "Iran appears to be busy moving heavy weapons throughout the Middle East. A day after Israeli commandos seized a huge cache of weapons bound for Gaza come reports of two more shipments that were stopped before reaching their destinations.") (March 16, 2011, 10:15 am)INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "ISRAELIS SEIZE SHIP CARRYING IRANIAN ARMS" (March 15, 2011, 9:23 am)
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TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - THE MEIR AMIT Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center: "IN RECENT MONTHS TWO MORE IRANIAN ATTEMPTS TO SHIP WEAPONS WERE EXPOSED" (March 15, 2011)
FOX NEWS.com: "RELATIVES OF AMERICANS JAILED IN IRAN PLEAD FOR THEIR RELEASE" by Joshua Rhett Miller (March 15, 2011)
FOX NEWS.com: 'IRAN IS RECRUITING HACKER WARRIORS FOR ITS CYBER ARMY TO FIGHT 'ENEMIES'" by Amy Kellogg (March 14, 2011)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Top Search Term of the Week at Internet-Haganah.com" (March 17, 2011)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "GHOLAMREZA JALALI: OVERSEEING IRGC CYBER WARFARE EFFORTS" (SNIPPET: "Meet the HaX0r in Chief") (March 10, 2011)
Google.com - Hosted News (AP): "U.S.: IRAN MOVING TO 'THRESHOLD' OF MAKING ATOM BOMB" (March 9, 2011)
TELEGRAPH.co.uk: "SAS SEIZE IRANIAN ROCKETS DESTINED FOR TALIBAN FIGHTERS British Special Forces in Afghanistan have seized a convoy of powerful Iranian rockets destined for Taliban" by Ben Farmer, Kabul (March 9, 2011, 6:46 pm GMT)FOX NEWS.com (AP): "Iran Asks U.S. for New Info on Missing FBI Agent" (March 8, 2011)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "REPORT ALTERS IRAN NUKES OUTLOOK Intelligence Chief to Face Senate Panel This Week" by Bill Gertz (March 7, 2011, 9:16 pm)
On TWITTER (Intellicept3 - PRESS TV): "Ahmadinejad: Iran-Azerbaijan ties firm" (Posted March 7, 2011)
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HAARETZ.com: "ZIMBABWE: We will supply Iran with uranium for its nuclear program" (Published March 3, 2011, 12:27)
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YNET NEWS.com: "PM: IRAN'S INCLUSION IN STATUS OF WOMEN COMMISSION 'IGNORANT'" (Published March 6, 2011, 11:13/Israel News)
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MEMRI TIV.org - Video Clip no. 2885 ("IRINN TV (Iran) - February 15, 2011 - March 2, 2011 - 02:37"): "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Warns the U.S. and Its Allies Not to Intervene Militarily in the Region: 'Iran and the Other Countries Will Strike You with an Iron Fist' and 'Will Dig Graves for Your Soldiers'"INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "TEHRAN SEEKS SINAI TERROR INFRASTRUCTURE" (SNIPPET: "Iran is taking advantage of chaos in post-Mubarak Egypt to bolster its weapons-smuggling capabilities in the Sinai Peninsula, Israeli defense officials say. Tehran's goal is to build a new infrastructure there to enable it to smuggle advanced weaponry into Gaza.") (February 28, 2011, 6:55 pm)JIHAD WATCH.org (FARS NEWS AGENCY): "MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD HAILS IRAN'S ROLE IN PROMOTING MUSLIM UNITY" by P. David Hornik (February 27, 2011)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "IRAN REGIME ESCALATES CYBER OPERATIONS TARGETING OPPONENTS" (SNIPPET: "VoA is not the first US Government site to be attacked by government-backed Iranian hackers.") (February 27, 2011)
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YNET NEWS.com (AP): "IRAN SEEKS CLOSER NAVAL TIES WITH SYRIA" (Published February 27, 2011, 12:22/Israel News)
LATIMES.com - LOS ANGELES TIMES: "IRAN INCREASES URANIUM STOCKPILE, U.N. AGENCY SAYS" by Julia Damianova (February 25, 2011, 6:08 pm)
YNETNEWS.com (AP): "NEW REPORT: IRAN WIDENS HUNT FOR URANIUM" (Published February 24, 2011, 17:51/Israel News)
JIHAD WATCH.org (ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS): "IRAN: Warships in Mediterranean 'message of peace for all Muslim nations'" (February 24, 2011)
WORLD THREATS.com: "IRAN STILL DISCUSSING URANIUM SALE WITH ZIMBABWE" -Posted by Ryan Mauro (February 24, 2011)
ISIS-ONLINE.org - ISIS Reports: "SATELLITE IMAGE SHOWS SUSPECTED URANIUM CONVERSION PLANT IN SYRIA" by David Albright and Paul Brannan (February 23, 2011)
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TREASURY.gov - Press Release: Washington - "TREASURY DESIGNATES TEHRAN PROSECUTOR GENERAL, BASIJ COMMANDER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN IRAN" (SNIPPET: " The U.S. Departments of the Treasury and State today announced the designation of two Iranian officials, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, Tehran Prosecutor General, and Mohammed Reza Naqdi, commander of the IRGC's Basij Forces, for being responsible for or complicit in serious human rights abuses in Iran since the June 2009 disputed presidential election.") (February 23, 2011)INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "REPORT: HIZBALLAH PROVIDES MERCENARIES FOR IRAN" (February 22, 2011, 12:43 pm)
YNET NEWS.com (AP): "AHMADINEJAD: Upheaval Will Reach Europe, America" (Published February 23, 2011, 11:29/Israel News)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "IRANIAN HACKERS BREAK INTO VOICE OF AMERICA, DEFACE WEB SITES" by Bill Gertz (SNIPPET: "Iranian computer hackers on Monday hijacked the website of the Voice of America, replacing its Internet home page with a banner bearing an Iranian flag and an image of an AK-47 assault rifle." SNIPPET: "An administration official said the group identified with the banner is known as the Iranian Cyber Army.") (February 21, 2011, 10:13 pm)INDIAN EXPRESS.com: "U.S. Must Be Removed from Islamic World: Khamenei" (February 21, 2011, 09:34 hrs)
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TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - THE MEIR AMIT Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center: "Sami Shihab, a Hezbollah operative who escaped from an Egyptian prison, participated in a Hezbollah rally in Beirut. His network infiltrated operatives and weapons into the Gaza Strip and planned attacks against tourist sites in Egypt. His public appearance was a Hezbollah defiance of Egypt and might indicate Hezbollah-Iran self-confidence." (February 20, 2011)Link
TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - THE MEIR AMIT Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center: "Spotlight on Iran - Week of February 10-17, 2011" (Posted February 17, 2011)
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CROSSCHECK.net: "GONE WITH THE WIND...IN 33 MINUTES" by D.D. Edwards (February 19, 2011)
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LiveShots.Blogs.FOX NEWS.com: "HEZBOLLAH WORKING WITH DRUG CARTELS" by Adam Housley (SNIPPET: "As if the threat of deadly drug cartels in Mexico wasn't enough, some of them are joining forces with Middle East terror groups." SNIPPET: "This comes as Mexican authorities busted a senior Hezbollah operative who employed Mexicans nationals with family ties to Lebanon to set up the network, designed to target Israel and the West, according to multiple reports. The man's name is Jameel Nasr and he was arrested after a Mexican surveillance operation revealed that he traveled frequently to Lebanon to receive information and instructions from Hezbollah commanders and he also spent several months in Venezuela working with the terror group and Hugo Chavez's people.") (February 21, 2011, 11:17 am)STAR TRIBUNE.com: Brooklyn, NY - "RUSSELL DEFREITAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR CONSPIRING TO COMMIT TERRORIST ATTACK AT JFK AIRPORT Defreitas and Coconspirators Plotted to Explode Fuel Tanks at Airport" (SNIPPET: "According to the trial evidence, Defreitas and his fellow plot members attempted to enlist support from prominent international terrorist groups and leaders, including Abu Bakr, leader of the Trinidadian militant group Jamaat Al Muslimeen, and Adnan El Shukrijumah, an al Qaeda leader, as well as the Iranian revolutionary leadership. During cross-examination at trial, Kadir, a former member of the Guyanese parliament, admitted that he regularly passed information to Iranian authorities about sensitive topics, including the Guyanese military, and believed himself bound to follow fatwas from Iranian religious leaders. On June 1, 2007, Defreitas was arrested in New York, and Kadir was arrested in Trinidad aboard a plane headed to Venezuela, en route to Iran." SNIPPET: "RUSSELL DEFREITAS, also known as "Mohammed"") (February 17, 2011)Link
TREASURY.gov - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY: Washington - "TREASURY TARGETS IRANIAN BANK FOR PROVIDING FINANCIAL SERVICES TO DESIGNATED ENTITIES CONNECTED TO IRAN'S PROLIFERATION ACTIVITIES" (February 17, 2011)
MEMRITV.org - Video Clip No. 2813 - Al-Manar TV (Lebanon): "HIZBULLAH SECRETARY-GENERAL HASSAN NASRALLAH: BE PREPARED FOR THE DAY WHEN YOU ARE CALLED UPON 'TO LIBERATE THE GALILEE'" (February 16, 2011, 02:07)
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INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "MIDDLE EAST NORTH AFRICAN PROTESTERS CONFRONT AUTHORITIES" (SNIPPET: "Protests continued in Bahrain, Yemen, Algeria, and Iran Tuesday. with violent clashes between government and opposition forces") (February 15, 2011, 4:29 pm)HAARETZ.com: "IRAN AND BAHRAIN JOIN ANTI-REGIME FERVOR SPARKED BY EGYPT REVOLUTION" by Abvi Issacharoff (February 13, 2011, 13:51)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Jihadis Claim Defacement of Mystery Persian Website" (February 11, 2011)
JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): "AHMADINEJAD: 'We will soon see a new Middle East materializing without America and the Zionist regime'" (February 11, 2011)
CNS NEWS.com: "NATO MEMBER TURKEY SOLIDIFIES ITS TIES WITH IRAN AND SYRIA" by Patrick Goodenough (February 11, 2011)
JIHAD WATCH.org (FARS NEWS AGENCY): "Iranian Supremo: 'The Iranian nation has become a model for the other nations through its resistance and insistence on Islam and Islamic establishment'" (February 8, 2011)
YNET NEWS.com (AFP): "IRAN SAYS IT BEGAN MASS PRODUCTION OF BALLISTIC MISSILES" (Published February 7, 2011, 12:22/Israel News)
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LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI'S DEPUTY RELEASES STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF EGYPTIAN OPPOSITION" by Thomas Joscelyn (SNIPPET: "According to Asharq Al-Awsat, a Saudi publication, an anonymous source close to the EIJ said that Shehata's "statement was issued from Tehran where Shehata is currently residing." Shehata and other top EIJ operatives received shelter in Iran after the Sept. 11 attacks.") (February 5, 2011)Link
THE MEMRI BLOG.org - Video Clip No. 2792 (CHANNEL 1 Iran): "IRANIAN LEADER ALI KHAMENEI CALLS UPON EGYPTIAN ARMY TO JOIN MASSES OUSTING HOSNI MUBARAK" (February 4, 2011, 11:18)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - Threat Matrix - blog: "MALIKI: IRAN, SYRIA ARE ARMING IRAQI TERROR GROUPS" by Bill Roggio (February 3, 2011)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "TALIBAN LEADER, POLICE LINK IRAN TO ATTACKS IN AFGHANISTAN" by Bill Roggio (February 2, 2011)
TREASURY.gov - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY - Press Release: Washington - "TREASURY DESIGNATES MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PROCUREMENT NETWORK FOR DIRECTLY SUPPORTING IRAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM Treasury Targets Network of Iranian, Turkish Nationals Operating in Tehran and Istanbul" (February 1, 2011)
CHARLOTTE.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release: Washington - "IRANIAN NATIONAL CHARGED WITH ILLEGALLY EXPORTING SPECIALIZED METALS FROM THE UNITED STATES TO IRAN Some Metals Allegedly Destined for Iranian Entities Involved Ballistic Missile Activity" (SNIPPET: "Milad Jafari, 36, a citizen and resident of Iran...") (February 1, 2011)LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - Threat Matrix - Blog: "IRAN, THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND REVOLUTION" by Thomas Joscelyn (January 28, 2011)
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FOX NEWS.com: "IRANIAN BOOK CELEBRATING SUICIDE BOMBERS FOUND IN ARIZONA DESERT" by William La Jeunesse (January 27, 2011)
PAJAMAS MEDIA.com - blog: "IRAN'S DEFENSE MINISTER VAHIDI THREATENS THE WEST. REMEMBER WHO HE IS? He was one of the leaders responsible for the bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, among other horrors." by 'Reza Kahlili'(January 27, 2011) (Link: http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/iran's-defense-minister-vahidi-threatens-the-west-remember-who-he-is/)
YNET NEWS.com: "MI CHIEF: IRAN 1 YEAR AWAY FROM BOMB" by Yair Altman (SNIPPET: "Iran will be able to manufacture an atom bomb within one to two years from the moment it decides to do so, Military Intelligence Chief Major-General Aviv Kochavi estimated Tuesday.") (Published January 25, 2011, 15:33/Israel News)WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "CHINESE FIRM TIED TO STEEL USED IN IRAN NUKES State warned Beijing on sale" by Bill Gertz (January 23, 2011)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "TONY BLAIR LINKS IRAN AND AL QAEDA" by Thomas Joscelyn (January 23, 2011)
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ASSIST NEWS SERVICE (MOHABATNEWS.com): Tehran, Iran - "CONTINUED WAVE OF ARRESTS IN IRAN Four New Christians Arrested in Isfahan" by Dan Wooding (January 22, 2011)
LATIMES.com - LOS ANGELES TIMES: "IRAN SAYS URANIUM ENRICHMENT IS NOT UP FOR DISCUSSION" (January 21, 2011, 5:03 pm)
Google.com - Hosted News (CP): Abuja, Nigeria - "UN TEAM OF EXPERTS EXAMINES SEIZED IRANIAN WEAPONS DISCOVERED AT NIGERIA'S BUSIEST PORT" (January 18, 2011)
JIHAD WATCH.org: "Islamic Supremacist Pseudo-Moderate Reza Aslan Claims Ahmadinejad is a Liberal Reformer" (Posted January 16, 2011)
TREASURY.gov - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY: Washington - "TREASURY DESIGNATES 24 SHIPPING COMPANIES AFFILIATED WITH IRISL, TWO ENTITIES TIED TO IRAN'S AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES ORGANIZATION" (January 13, 2011)
ICE.gov - News Release: Wilmington, Del. - "CALIFORNIA MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO ATTEMPTING TO EXPORT MILITARY ITEMS TO IRAN" (SNIPPET: "Marc Knapp, 35, of Simi Valley, Calif., pleaded guilty today to engaging in a seven-month course of criminal conduct involving illegal exports to Hungary and attempted exports to the Islamic Republic of Iran and Russia. This guilty plea resulted from an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).") (January 13, 2011)INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - IPT News: "HOW TEHRAN/DAMASCUS TERROR AXIS TARGETS ISRAEL" (January 13, 2011)
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HAARETZ.com: "THE WIKILEAKS-IRAN CONNECTION Julian Assange spent two days in Geneva as a guest of an Iranian NGO, the International Institute for Peace, Justice and Human Rights." by Yossi Melman (January 13, 2011, 12:06)
Portland.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release: Portland, Oregon - "CLACKAMAS RESIDENT AND PORTLAND CHARITY PLEAD GUILTY TO CHARGES INVOLVING IRANIAN EMBARGO" (SNIPPET: "A charity headquartered in Portland and its founder and former CEO entered pleas of guilty to federal conspiracy charges today in district court. Mehrdad Yasrebi, 53, of Clackamas, founded the tax-exempt charity Child Foundation in 1994 and served as its chief executive officer until his resignation last year. The information charges that Yasrebi and Child Foundation conspired with Ahmad Iranshahi, Hossein Lahiji, and Najmeh Vahid, who are separately charged in an indictment returned December 16, 2010.") (January 10, 2011)GSN.NTI.org (GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE): "IRAN WARNS OF 'LAST CHANCE' TO SWAP URANIUM" (January 12, 2011)
FOX NEWS.com (AP): Dubai, United Arab Emirates - "IRAN ROUNDS UP CHRISTIANS IN CRACKDOWN" (January 11, 2011)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "ISAF CAPTURES QODS FORCE-LINKED TALIBAN LEADER IN AFGHAN WEST" by Bill Roggio (January 10, 2011)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - Threat Matrix - blog: "WELCOME BACK, SADR" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "Muqtada al Sadr, the Iranian-backed, pseudo-cleric derisively known as Mullah Atari and hailed in US media circles as "the most powerful man in Iraq," has returned from his self-imposed three-year-plus-long exile in Iran") (January 5, 2011, 2:26 pm)JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): "IRAN BANS VALENTINE'S DAY CARDS AND GIFTS" (January 2, 2010)
English.FARS NEWS.com - New Number: 8910120854: Tehran (FNA): "Iran Keen to Export Air-Defense Systems" (January 2, 2011, 13:17)
JIHAD WATCH.org (Ahlul Bayt News Agency): "D.C. IMAM SAYS IRAN'S KHAMENEI IS 'THE BEST LEADER IN THE WORLD'" (SNIPPET: "Imam Musa") (January 1, 2011)
FOX NEWS.com - Opinion: "IS IRAN ABOUT TO TEST A NUCLEAR BOMB IN NORTH KOREA?" by Reza Kahlili (December 30, 2010)
GLOBAL SECURITY.org - WMD: "YONGBYON [NYONGBYON] Fuel Fabrication Plant New Uranium Enrichment Facility" [Note: "...satellite imagery..."]
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JPOST.com - JERUSALEM POST: "IRAN SMUGGLED HUNDREDS OF ROCKETS TO GAZA IN 2010" by Yaakov Katz (SNIPPET: "In year-end report, Israel Security Agency says Teheran also funds Hamas training in Lebanon and Syria.") (December 30, 2010, 1900)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER.com: "IRAN SEEN PROVIDING MORE TRAINING, WEAPONS TO AFGHAN INSURGENTS" by Sara A. Carter (December 27, 2010, 8:05 pm)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - Threat Matrix - blog: "AFGHAN FORCES HAVE CAPTURED QODS FORCE OPERATIVES IN THE PAST" by Bill Roggio (December 24, 2010)
TELEGRAPH.co.uk: Afghanistan - "IRANIAN SOLDIER CAPTURED IN AFGHANISTAN" by Barney Henderson (SNIPPET: "A member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard has been captured supplying weapons to the Taliban in Afghanistan for attacks on British and American troops.") (December 24, 2010, 12:21 am GMT)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "IRAN AND NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS" (December 23, 2010, 3:34 pm)
REAL CLEAR POLITICS.com: "THE COMING VENEZUELA MISSILE CRISIS" by Jed Babbin (SNIPPET: "That crisis will consume much international attention next year, though a more important spread of Middle Eastern conflict to the Americas - the partnership between Iran and Venezuela - will likely be ignored until it is too late to resolve by any means short of war.") (December 22, 2010)WASHINGTON TIMES.com - Opinion: "LYONS: 'AXIS OF EVIL' SPINS CLOSER Rogue Nations Prepare to Target the U.S. Homeland" by Adm. James A. Lyons (December 22, 2010)
NEWS-PRESS.com: "MACK TO CONGRESS: IRAN PLANS MISSILE SITES IN VENEZUELA" (December 10, 2010)
LATINO.FOXNEWS.com: "U.S. CONCERNED MEXICAN CARTELS COULD ACQUIRE RUSSIAN MISSILES" (December 10, 2010)
SARAH PALIN on FACEBOOK (Published in USA Today): "IT'S TIME TO GET TOUGH WITH IRAN" by Sarah Palin (Posted December 21, 2010)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "TREASURY TARGETS ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ACCOUNTS" (December 21, 2010)
TREASURY.gov - Press Release: "FACT SHEET: TREASURY DESIGNATES IRANIAN ENTITIES TIED TO THE IRGC AND IRISL" (December 21, 2010)
ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "IRANIAN 'HOME FELLOWSHIP' CHRISTIANS ARRESTED" by Michael Ireland (December 17, 2010)
ICE.gov - News Release: Wilmington, Del. - "CALIFORNIA MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO EXPORT MILITARY ITEMS TO IRAN" (SNIPPET: "Marc Knapp, 35" SNIPPET: "The information charges that Knapp engaged in a seven-month course of criminal conduct involving illegal exports to Hungary and attempted exports to the Islamic Republic of Iran and Russia.") (December 16, 2010)Portland.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release: Portland, Oregon - "FEDERAL INDICTMENT CHARGES THREE IN SCHEME TO EVADE IRAN EMBARGO AND DEFRAUD THE IRS WITH FALSE CHARITABLE DONATIONS" (SNIPPET: "A federal Grand Jury sitting in Portland has charged Hossein Lahiji, 47, of McAllen, Texas, Najmeh Vahid, 35, of San Antonio, Texas and Ahmad Iranshahi, 53, of Tehran, Iran, in a two-count indictment charging conspiracy to defraud the United States and to commit money laundering. The indictment alleges that the defendants transferred Lahiji's and Vahid's purported donations totalling more than $1.8 million to a Portland charity, the Child Foundation, and invested the funds in Iran in violation of the Iranian embargo. According to the indictment, Lahiji and Vahid, who are married, retained interest and control in Iran over a significant part of the transferred funds, yet claimed them as charitable deductions to reduce their U.S. income tax liability. Lahiji and Vahid are to appear in court in San Antonio during the week of December 20, 2010. Iranshahi, a resident of Iran, is a fugitive.") (December 16, 2010)ONE NEWS NOW.com: "IRANIAN CHRISTIANS PERSECUTED FOR REJECTING ISLAM" by Charlie Butts (December 17, 2010, 3:30 am)
FOX NEWS.com: "IRAN THREAT TO KILL AMERICAN GENERALS IS REAL, EXPERTS SAY" by Ed Barnes (December 15, 2010)
FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS.org: "SOUTHERN BORDER CHESSBOARD INVOLVES IRAN/VENEZUELA/RUSSIA" by Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely, US Army (Ret.) (December 14, 2010)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "GATES, ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSS IRAN, REGIONAL SECURITY" by Donna Miles (December 13, 2010)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER.com: "HEZBOLLAH RECEIVED BALLISTIC MISSILES FROM SYRIA, CLINTON WARNED" by Sara A. Carter (December 11, 2010, 8:05 pm)
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FOX NEWS.com: "STUXNET WORM STILL OUT OF CONTROL AT IRAN'S NUCLEAR SITES, EXPERTS SAY" by Ed Barnes (Published December 9, 2010)
HUDSON-NY.org: "IRAN PLACING MEDIUM-RANGE MISSILES IN VENEZUELA; CAN REACH THE U.S." by Anna Mahjar-Barducci (December 8, 2010, 5:00 am)
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FOX NEWS.com (AP): "IRAN CLAIMS FULL CONTROL OVER MAKING NUCLEAR FUEL" (SNIPPET: ""Today, we witnessed the shipment of the first domestically produced yellowcake ... from Gachin mine to the Isfahan nuclear facility," said Salehi, whose comments were broadcast live on state television.") (December 5, 2010)INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "SANCTIONS HURTING, BUT NOT YET CHANGING IRAN" (December 2, 2010)
FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "IRANIAN AIR FORCE OFFICER DEFECTS" by Ryan Mauro (December 2, 2010)
TREAS.gov - TG-981 - Press Release: Washington: "TREASURY TARGETS CORPORATE STRUCTURES OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN SHIPPING LINES AND IRAN'S BANK MELLAT" (November 30, 2010)
YNET NEWS.com: "REPORT: REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS BEHIND ATTACK ON NUKE SCIENTIST" (Published November 30, 2010, 23:37/Israel News)
FOX NEWS.com (AP): Tehran, Iran - "BOMBS KILL IRAN NUCLEAR SCIENTIST, WOUND ANOTHER" (Published November 29, 2010)
YNET NEWS.com: "PM: Israel Fully Cooperating with U.S. over Iranian Threat" (Published November 29, 2010, 12:53/Israel News)
Edition.CNN.com: "IRANIAN GUARD MEMBER CHARGED IN NIGERIA ARMS SMUGGLING" (Updated November 26, 2010, 1800 GMT)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "TALIBAN COMMANDER LINKED TO IRAN AND AL QAEDA TARGETED IN FARAH" by Bill Roggio (November 25, 2010)
ISIS-Online.org: "IAEA SAFEGUARDS REPORT: Shutdown of Enrichment of Natanz Result of Stuxnet Virus? Downgrade in Role of Fordow Enrichment Site" by David Albright, Andrea Stricker, and Christina Walrond (November 23, 2010)
ISIS-online.org: "IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NPT SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENT AND RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN Report by the Director General" (pdf) (November 23, 2010)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "COALITION AND AFGHAN FORCES KILL TALIBAN COMMANDER LINKED TO IRAN, AL QAEDA" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "Mullah Hafiz Janan") (November 22, 2010)
AF.REUTERS.com: "GAMBIA SEVERS ALL TIES WITH IRAN AFTER ARMS SEIZURE" (November 22, 2010, 11:40 pm GMT)
FOX NEWS.com (AP): Tehran, Iran - "AHMEDINEJAD URGES GIRLS TO MARRY AT 16" (November 21, 2010)
ALERT5.com - Military Aviation News (Source: AP via Google News): "IRAN TESTS NEW SAM BASED ON S-200" (SNIPPET: "...based on the Russian S-200.") (Posted November 20, 2010, 06:44)
HAARETZ.com: "'Iran nuclear worm targeted Natanz, Bushehr nuclear sites'" by Yossi Melman (Published November 20, 2010, 11:04)
NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY.com: "IRANIAN CYBER ARMY MOVES INTO BOTNETS" (November 19, 2010)
BBC.co.uk: "NIGERIAN OFFICIALS FIND HEROIN IN SHIPMENT FROM IRAN" (Last updated November 19, 2010, 18:25 ET)
CNS NEWS.com: "AT TURKEY'S INSISTENCE, NATO WILL NOT NAME IRAN AS A MISSILE THREAT" by Patrick Goodenough (November 16, 2010)
RUBIN REPORTS - blog - "Exclusive: Is Iran's Regime Officially Running -- Or Merely Helping -- a Pro-Nazi Site?" (November 18, 2010)
TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - THE MEIR AMIT Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center: "HAMAS' INVITATION OF IRAN'S PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD TO THE THE GAZA STRIP" (November 15, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, November 15, 2010"): "IRANIAN ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF STAFF: Only Death Awaits Zionist Regime" (Posted November 15, 2010)
ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "IRANIAN PASTOR ACCUSED OF 'THOUGHT CRIMES' TO DIE BY HANGING" by Michael Ireland (November 13, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: IRNA, Iran, November 10, 2010"): "IRNA: Iran Planning Hot-Fire Test For Missiles" (Posted November 10, 2010)
SPACE.com: "Iran's Space Program, Lots of Talk, but a Chance to Shine" by Jeremy Hsu (November 9, 2010, 10:01 pm ET)
PAJAMAS MEDIA.com - blog: "EGYPTIANS AND SAUDIS SIMULATE WAR WITH IRAN" by Ryan Mauro (November 5, 2010)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - THE IPT Blog: "IRAN ARMS SEIZED BEFOR REACHING GAZA" (November 5, 2010)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "U.S. DESIGNATES IRAN'S JUNDALLAH AS TERRORIST ORGANIZATION" (November 3, 2010)
STATE.gov: Washington, D.C. - "SECRETARY OF STATE'S TERRORIST DESIGNATION OF JUNDALLAH" (November 3, 2010)
HAARETZ.com: "OUTGOING MI HEAD: IRAN CAN ALREADY PRODUCE A NUCLEAR BOMB In final security briefing, Amos Yadlin hints Syria also has nuclear installation and expresses concern over consequences related to acquisition of anti-aircraft weapons.") (SNIPPET: "Yadlin also told the MKs that Iran has sufficient enriched uranium to manufacture a single nuclear device and may soon have enough for making another bomb.") (Latest update November 3, 2010, 02:19)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Al-Mustaqbal (Lebanon), October 30, 2010"): "IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO LEBANON: Israel Will Meet Its End in the Coming Year" (SNIPPET: "Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Ghadanfar Roken Abadi stated that significant developments are expected in the coming year, both in the region and in the international arena, which will change the balance of power and automatically result in Israel's demise, without Iran needing to attack it. The ambassador detailed Iran's plan...") (Posted October 31, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: www.palestine-info.info, October 29, 2010"): "KHALED MASH'AL: Resistance in West Bank Soon to Revive" (SNIPPET: "In an October 29, 2010 ceremony in Damascus marking the anniversary of Saladin's conquest of Jerusalem, Hamas political bureau head Khaled Mash'al stated that the resistance and the jihad in the West Bank will soon be revived, and will restore Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa to the Palestinians.") (Posted October 31, 2010)THE STAR.com (THE CANADIAN PRESS): "CSIS DIRECTOR FADDEN CITES NORTH KOREA, IRAN AS THREATS TO CANADA" (October 31, 2010)
FOX NEWS.com (AP): "NIGERIA: SHIPPER CONFIRMS WEAPONS CAME FROM IRAN" (October 30, 2010)
JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: "NIGERIAN ARMS SEIZURE MAY INDICATE NEW IRAN-HAMAS ROUTE" by Yaakov Katz (SNIPPET: "The ship, apparently from Iran, reportedly docked in the Lagos Port on Tuesday and, according to the bill of lading, was supposed to be carrying construction supplies. On inspecting the 13 containers, customs officials discovered rockets, mortars,bombs, rifles and heavy machine guns hidden among crates of building tiles.") (October 29, 2010, 02:14)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Mehr, Iran, October 27, 2010"): "PHOTOS: LOADING FUEL AT BUSHEHR NUCLEAR REACTOR" (Posted October 28, 2010)>
TREAS.gov - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY TG-929: Washington - "TREASURY EXPOSES CONTINUED EFFORTS BY IRAN TO AVOID SANCTIONS AGAINST ITS SHIPPING LINE Treasury Designates IRISL Front Companies and Directors" (October 27, 2010)
TREAS.gov - U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY: "RECENT OFAC ACTIONS" (October 27, 2010)
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS.com: "WIKI LEAKS EXPOSES IRANIAN-ISLAMIC HIGH-TECH JIHAD SUICIDE VEST" by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Last Update: October 27, 2010, 4:16 am)
YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "IRAN INSERTS FUEL INTO NUCLEAR PLANT" (Published October 26, 2010, 08:27/Israel News)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER.com: Kandahar, Afghanistan - "IRAN TRAINING TALIBAN FIGHTERS TO USE SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES" by Sara A. Carter (October 25, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, October 25, 2010"): "FARS: IRGC PLANNING COUNTRYWIDE WAR GAMES" (Posted October 25, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, October 25, 2010"): "FARS: AHMADINEJAD SAYS DEMISE OF ARROGANT POWERS IMMINENT"
JIHAD WATCH.org: "Muslim Who Spoke at Pro-Khomeini Conference and Threatened Columnist Named to Homeland Security Advisory Council" (October 19, 2010)
DHS.gov: "SECRETARY NAPOLITANO SWEARS IN HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS" (SNIPPET: "Mohamed Elibiary is the President and CEO of the Freedom and Justice Foundation, and has advised numerous federal, state and local law enforcement organizations including the Texas Department of Safety and National Counterterrorism Center Global Engagement Group on matters relating to homeland security. Recently, Elibiary served on DHS's Homeland Security Advisory Council Countering Violent Extremism Working Group, and currently serves on the Texas Department of Public Safety Advisory Board. In December of 2009 he helped establish the Texas Fusion CenterÊPolicyÊCouncil to enhance information sharing, analytical capabilities and community relations at the state and local law enforcement levels.") (October 15, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fararu, Iran, October 18, 2010"): "IRANIAN WEBSITE HINTS: CHAVEZ WILL SEND IRAN MISSILES THAT RUSSIA WON'T" (Posted October 19, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Mehr, Iran, October 18, 2010"): "IRANIAN ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION: WE ARE WORKING TO FIND URANIUM DEPOSITS" (Posted October 19, 2010)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "IRAN SENDS ANOTHER DANGEROUS SHIA TERROR COMMANDER BACK TO IRAQ" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "Abu Mustafa al Sheibani") (October 18, 2010)
WASHINGTON POST.com (AP): Washington - "REPORT: U.S. ASKS CHINA TO STOP DEALS WITH IRAN" (SNIPPET: "But he told the Post that U.S. intelligence believes several Chinese companies and banks were involved in providing restricted technology to Iran, mostly for its missile program. A second official, also speaking anonymously, told the Post that Chinese companies had been discovered selling Iran material that could be used to make better centrifuges. Those are used to enrich uranium that could be used in a nuclear device.") (October 17, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Press TV, Iran, October 15, 2010"): "IRAN: American Detainees Should Await Trial, Arrested Germans Admit Fault" (Posted October 15, 2010)
AVIATION WEEK.com: "IRANIAN MISSILE TECH APPEARS IN NORTH KOREA" (October 14, 2010)
FreeRepublic.com - Discussion Forum (RIO NOVOSTI, October 15, 2010): "RUSSIA MAY SELL S-300 MISSILES TO VENEZUELA, INSTEAD OF IRAN" (Posted October 16, 2010)
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "Interesting Statement to Find On An Arabic Jihadi Site" (October 12, 2010)
YNET NEWS.com: "AHMADINEJAD MEETS NASRALLAH; LEAVES LEBANON" (SNIPPET: "According to Hezbollah's broadcasting network al-Manar, before departing the country, Ahmadinejad met with Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah at the Iranian embassy in Beirut and received a gift from him -- the personal weapon of an IDF soldier.") (Published October 14, 2010, 23:40/Israel News)THE MEMRI BLOG.org: "Nasrallah Addresses Hizbullah Rally, Honors Ahmadinejad" (Posted October 13, 2010)
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ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: Tehran, Iran - "IRANIAN PASTOR FACES DEATH FOR 'THOUGHT CRIME'" (October 9, 2010)
OSAC.gov - Consular Affairs Bulletins - Report - Iran: "TRAVEL WARNING: IRAN" (October 8, 2010)
OSAC.gov - Consular Affairs Bulletins - Report - Lebanon: "TRAVEL WARNING: LEBANON" (October 8, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG ("Source: Yalibnan, Lebanon, October 7, 2010"): "IRAN, HIZBULLAH CHIEFS TO MAKE JOINT APPEARANCE IN LEBANON" (Posted October 8, 2010)
HAARETZ.com: "SATELLITE IMAGES REVEAL: HEZBOLLAH TRAINING IN SYRIA MISSILE BASE Google Earth photos reveal Scuds at base near Damascus" by Avi Scharf (Latest update October 8, 2010, 01:49)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, October 6, 2010"): "IRANIAN SOURCE: AHMADINEJAD WILL HELP ARM LEBANESE MILITARY" (Posted October 7, 2010)
TIMES OF INDIA (AFP): "AFGHAN POLICE SEIZE 'EXPLOSIVES FROM IRAN'" (SNIPPET: "...Afghan police said today they had seized nearly 20 tonnes of explosives stashed in boxes marked "food, toys and kitchenware" that were imported from neighbouring Iran. The discovery was made yesterday in a customs office in the western province of Nimroz on the Iranian border...") (October 6, 2010, 05:39 pm IST)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Al-Watan (Syria), Al-Hayat (London), October 3, 2010"): "AHMADINEJAD: Humanity Owes a Great Debt to President Assad" (SNIPPET: "Ahmadinejad called to strengthen the front of resistance against Israel, led by Syria and Iran, and urged more countries to join this front...") (Posted October 3, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Khabaronline, Iran, September 29, 2010"): "AHMADINEJAD: We're The Only Ones Casting Doubts On U.S. Existence" (SNIPPET: "He added that the interviews that he gave during his New York visit had served as a grave warning to U.S. officials, who are obeyed by the U.S. media. Ahmadinejad also called on the preachers to prepare to establish the government of the Hidden Imam.") (Posted October 1, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: 'Okaz, Saudi Arabia, September 28, 2010"): "IRAQI VP AL-HASHEMI: IRAN TRAINS ELEMENTS OF AL-QAEDA, ARMED MILITIAS" (Posted September 29, 2010)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "OSAMA BIN LADEN'S SPOKESMAN FREED BY IRAN" by Thomas Joscelyn (SNIPPET: "Sulaiman Abu Ghaith") (September 28, 2010)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "JUDGE HITS IRAN WITH SECOND HUGE JUDGMENT FROM 1983 ATTACK" (September 29, 2010, 5:04 pm)
THE BLAZE.com: "AHMADINEJAD, BLACK PANTHERS & FARRAKHAN HOLD 'SECRET' NY RENDEZVOUS" by Meredith Jessup (Posted September 26, 2010, 11:21 pm)
MyFoxHouston.com (NewsCore): "IRANIAN PRESIDENT MEETS FARRAKHAN IN NYC" (SNIPPET: "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's six-night visit to NYC included a secret sit-down with militant minister Louis Farrakhan, the New York Post reported Sunday. The president shared a hush-hush meal with Farrakhan and members of the New Black Panther Party Tuesday at the Warwick Hotel on West 54th Street.") (September 26, 2010, 9:34 am CDT) (Read More...)NY POST.com: "A'JAD MONSTER'S BALL Wacky week in NY for wolf in cheap clothing" by Brad Hamilton (SNIPPET: "President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's six nights in New York featured a secret sit-down with militant minister Louis Farrakhan, heckling in a hotel bar, and a fear of being rubbed out that bordered on paranoia. The president shared a hush-hush meal with Farrakhan and members of the New Black Panther Party Tuesday at the Warwick Hotel on West 54th Street.") (September 26, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Mehr (Iran), September 25, 2010"): "Virus Attacks Computers in Bushehr, Iran" (Posted September 26, 2010)
ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: Sardasht, Iran - "HUNDREDS OF BIBLES HAVE BEEN BURNED BY THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITY SERVICES" by Dan Wooding (September 23, 2010)
ABC NEWS.go.com- Blotter: Rome - "ITALIAN POLICE SEIZE HUGE AMOUNT OF EXPLOSIVES HEADED FOR SYRIA Police Believe 7 Tons of RDX Explosives Were Headed for Terrorists" by Ann Wise (SNIPPET: "While the origin and destination of the contraband is still being investigated, police are convinced the huge amount of explosive was in transit, possibly from Iran to Syria." SNIPPET: "...hidden behind sacks of powdered milk, and filled a good portion of the truck-sized container.") (September 22, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Al-Rai (Kuwait), September 18, 2010"): "REPORT: HIZBULLAH TRAINING ON GROUND-TO-GROUND MISSILES IN IRAN" (SNIPPET: "According to the Kuwaiti daily Al-Rai, Hizbullah units recently trained to operate Iran's Al-Fatah ground-to-ground missiles, which have a range of 200 km.") (Posted September 19, 2010)LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - Threat Matrix - blog: "DoD and IRGC Deny U.S. Troops Captured in Iran" by Bill Roggio (September 19, 2010, 12:38 pm)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER.com (AP): Muscat, Oman - "FREED AMERICAN SARAH SHOURD BEGINS TRIP BACK TO U.S. AFTER THANKING OMAN FOR MEDIATION WITH IRAN" (September 19, 2010, 4:25 am EDT)
TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - THE MEIR AMIT INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "The Iranian media publicized an interview with an Iranian expert on Palestine who visited Turkey and met with IHH operatives. He described the circumstances surrounding the establishment of IHH as an Islamist, jihadist organization whose operatives fought in Bosnia, and stressed the influence of Khomeini's ideology on the organization's activity." (September 19, 2010)TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - THE MEIR AMIT INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "The Iranian regime took advantage of the annual Quds Day events to highlight an alternative political and ideological agenda to that of the US; strongly criticized the Israel-PA negotiations; called to continue the "resistance" (terrorism); and spread vicious incitement against Israel, the Jewish people, the US, and the West." (September 12, 2010)NY DAILY NEWS.com: "Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad en route to New York to attend United Nations meetings" by Aliyah Shahid (September 18, 2010, 3:04 pm)
YNET NEWS.com: "AHMADINEJAD: Resistance to West Rising" (SNIPPET: "After meeting briefly with his counterpart Assad at Damascus airport, Iranian president declares resistance to West on the rise in Middle East...") (Published September 18, 2010, 18:56/Israel News)Google.com (AFP): Algiers: "Iranian, Algerian Presidents Meet For Talks in Algiers" (September 18, 2010)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "COALITION CONTINUES PURSUIT OF IMU COMMANDERS IN THE AFGHAN NORTH" by Bill Roggio (September 16, 2010)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "IRAN-BACKED SENIOR IMU COMMANDER CAPTURED IN AFGHAN NORTH" by Bill Roggio (September 15, 2010)
JIHAD WATCH.org (BLOOMBERG, September 13, 2010): "IRANIAN FATWA: Kill Those Who Burn Qur'an" (Posted September 14, 2010)
JIHAD WATCH.org (NEW YORK TIMES, September 13, 2010): Damascus, Syria - "IRANIANS CHANT 'U.S. Pastor Must Be Killed'" (Posted September 14, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars (Iran), September 11, 2010"): "IRAN TO BUILD FOUR NUCLEAR RESEARCH REACTORS" (Posted September 12, 2010)
ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "CONTINUED PRESSURE AND INTIMIDATION EXERTED ON FAMILIES OF IMPRISONED IRANIAN CHRISTIANS" by Jeremy Reynalds (September 12, 2010)
RFERL.org - RADIO FREE EUROPE RADIO LIBERTY: "EXILED IRANIAN BLOGGER CRITICAL OF REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS' PLAN TO BLOG" (SNIPPET: "The IRGC commander in the holy city of Qom, General Ebrahim Jabari, said on September 7 that some 2,000 Basij members would be taught to operate blogs for what he called a "soft war" against "enemies."") (September 10, 2010)GLOBAL SECURITY.org: "QAZVIN (QAZVIM) UNDERGROUND FACILITY Site 311" (September 9, 2010)
GLOBAL SECURITY.org: National Press Club, Holeman Lounge - "INFORMATION ON AN IRANIAN REGIME STRATEGIC SECRET NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT SITE AT BEHJATABAD-ABYEK" -Presented by Soona Samsami, Alireza Jafarzadeh (September 9, 2010)
GLOBAL SECURITY.org: "SATELLITE IMAGERY OF QAZVIN (QAZVIM) UNDERGROUND FACILITY/SITE 311"
MEMRI.org - Inquiry & Analysis Series Report: "CONCERN IN KUWAIT, GULF OVER IRANIAN THREAT TO GULF STATES" by E. B. Picali (September 9, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: ILNA, Iran, September 8, 2010, http://www.ilna.ir/newsText.aspx?ID=147100"): "Iranian Ayatollah Calls For Arrest Of U.S. Pastor Who Says He'll Burn Koran, Warns Pope Of Consequences" (Posted September 9, 2010)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - Threat Matrix - blog: "SPECIAL GROUPS ACTIVE IN IRAQI SOUTH" by Bill Roggio (September 8, 2010)
TELEGRAPH.co.uk: "CHINA TO BUILD $2BN RAILWAY FOR IRAN" by Malcom Moore in Shanghai (SNIPPET: "The new line will run from Tehran to the town of Khosravi on the border with Iraq, around 360 miles as the crow flies, passing through Arak, Hamedan and Kermanshah. Eventually, the Iranian government said, the route could link Iran with Iraq and even Syria..." SNIPPET: ""It makes sense that if you build railways in Iran, you then get deals to stretch the lines into central Asia," he said, referring to a "very concrete plan" to run a railway from Iran through the landlocked countries of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and eventually to Kashgar in China, in a modern "silk route". That line would give the central Asian states vital access to Iran's port of Chahbahar on the shores of the Persian Gulf, and could also eventually give China a vital overland freight route to Europe.") (September 7, 2010, 6:15 am BST)TREAS.gov - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY - TG-847: "TREASURY DEPARTMENT TARGETS IRANIAN-OWNED BANK IN GERMANY FACILITATING IRAN'S PROLIFERATION ACTIVITIES" (September 7, 2010)
FOX BUSINESS.com (REUTERS): Seoul - "S. KOREA RESTRICTS OPERATIONS OF IRAN'S BANK MELLAT" (SNIPPET: "South Korea said on Wednesday it would restrict the Seoul operations of an Iranian bank accused of facilitating Tehran's efforts to develop nuclear weapons. "The government will restrict foreign exchange transactionsof 102 institutions ... including Bank Mellat, and 24 individuals ... without the approval of the Bank of Korea," a government statement said.") (September 8, 2010)WASHINGTON POST.com: "U.N. REPORT SAYS IRAN IS STOCKPILING ENRICHED URANIUM" by Greg Miller (September 7, 2010)
IAEA.org: "IAEA and IRAN"
JIHAD WATCH.org (AP): Vienna - "SURPRISE, SURPRISE: IRAN INTERFERING WITH UN MONITORING OF NUKE PROGRAM" (September 6, 2010)
VOA NEWS.com: "BRITISH MAN ACCUSED OF CONSPIRING TO SELL MISSILE PARTS TO IRAN FIGHTS U.S. EXTRADITION" (SNIPPET: "Christopher Tappin") (September 6, 2010)
YNET NEWS.com: "REPORT: TEHRAN PAYS TALIBAN FOR EVERY U.S. CASUALTY" (Published September 5, 2010, 13:53/Israel News)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "COMBATING EXPORT VIOLATIONS TO IRAN" by Matthew Levitt (September 3, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: IRNA, Iran, August 31, 2010"): "IRNA: AHMADINEJAD'S PAKISTAN VISIT TO FURTHER CEMENT BILATERAL TIES" (Posted August 31, 2010)
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THE MEMRI BLOG.org (MEMRITV.org): IRAN UNVEILS NEW BOMBER DRONE AND TESTS A SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILE" (Note: Video included.) (Posted August 31, 2010)
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THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, August 31, 2010"): "FARS: MORALES STRESSES BOLIVIA'S SUPPORT FOR IRAN" (Posted August 31, 2010)
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DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Detroit - "MULLEN CALLS IRANIAN NUCLEAR PURSUIT 'UNACCEPTABLE'" by Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden (August 26, 2010)
CHARLOTTE OBSERVER.com: "MYRICK: 'HOMEGROWN' TERRORISTS ARE WORKING WITHIN U.S." by Jim Morrrill (SNIPPET: "...new Iranian inroads into the Americas.") (August 25, 2010)
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Video (LENZ IRAN.com): "Iran launced Fatih 3 Missile on Ausust 25" (Note: Video poster needs to use a spell checker.) (VIDEO DESCRIPTION: "Iran test the new generation of Fateh-110 medium-range ballistic missile with high precision in targeting aims on Wed 25 August.") (Added August 25, 2010)FOX NEWS.com (AP): "AHMADINEJAD INAUGURATES IRAN'S FIRST UNMANNED BOMBER AIRCRAFT" (SNIPPET: "Speaking to a group of officials Ahmadinejad said, "The jet, as well as being an ambassador of death for the enemies of humanity, has a main message of peace and friendship."") (August 22, 2010)YNET NEWS.com (AP): "IRAN BEGINS FUELING FIRST NUCLEAR REACTOR" (August 21, 2010, 09:13/Israel News)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: Mehr, IRNA, Iran, August 20, 2010"): "IRAN TESTS NEW SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILE; Iranian DM: Iranian Defense Industries Symbol of Enemy's Failure" (August 20, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Mehr, Iran, August 18, 2010"): "REPORT: IRANIAN NUCLEAR CHIEF SAYS BUSHEHR STARTUP WILL BE 'THORN IN EYE OF ILL-WISHERS'" (Posted August 19, 2010)
YNET NEWS.com (AP): "IRAN SAYS NEW MISSILE TEST FIRED" (Published August 20, 2010, 12:37/Israel News)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, August 18, 2010"): "REPORT: IRANIAN MAJLIS MEMBER HOPEFUL IRAN WILL FINALLY RECEIVE RUSSIAN S-300 MISSILES" (Posted August 18, 2010)
ABC News.go.com: "ISLAMIC CENTER BACKERS WON'T RULE OUT TAKING FUNDS FROM SAUDI ARABIA, IRAN" by Russell Goldman (August 18, 2010)
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YNET NEWS.com (AFP): "BOLTON: ISRAEL HAS FEW DAYS TO STRIKE IRAN" (SNIPPET: "Former American envoy to UN says Israel must attack Bushehr plant before Russian shipment of nuclear fuel arrives; However, Bolton skeptical Israel will strike, says 'I'm afraid that they've lost this opportunity'") (Published August 17, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, August 16, 2010"): "FARS: Iranian Diplomate Says Enemies 'Perplexed' at Fuel Loading at Bushehr Power Plant" (Posted August 17, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, August 16, 2010"): "REPORT: IRANIAN ARMY EQUIPS SUKHOI-24 WITH NIGHT OPERATION SYSTEMS" (Posted August 17, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: Fars, IRNA, Iran, August 17, 2010"): "IRAN TO UNVEIL FIRST LONG-RANGE DRONE THIS MONTH" (Posted August 17, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, August 17, 2010"): "REPORT: IRANIAN DM SAYS IRAN WILL PRODUCE LONG-RANGE AIR DEFENSE MISSILES" (Posted August 17, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: IRNA, Iran, August 17, 2010"): "IRANIAN NEWS AGENCY: IRANIAN DEPUTY JOINT CHIEF OF STAFF: NATIONALIZING IRAN'S OIL INDUSTRY A GOOD LESSON FOR WAR AGAINST U.S." (Posted August 17, 2010)
TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - THE MEIR AMIT - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "Hamas operatives were responsible for the two rocket attacks on Eilat and Aqaba. The Egyptian media strongly attacked Hamas and Iran because of the rocket fire, calling Hamas an "Iranian agent" and demanding it be punished." (August 15, 2010)DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): San Francisco - "GATES GIVES FRANK ASSESSMENTS OF WORLD TROUBLE SPOTS" by Jim Garamone (August 13, 2010)
YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "RUSSIA SAYS TO LOAD FUEL IN IRAN REACTOR ON AUGUST 21" (Published August 13, 2010, 12:10/Israel News)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Al-'Aalam, Iran; Al-Quds Al-Arabi, London, August 12, 2010"): "LEBANESE MP: We Welcome Military Aid From Iran" (August 12, 2010)
Online.WSJ.com - Middle East News: "U.S. MOVES TO BLOCK AID TO LEBANESE ARMY" ("SNIPPET: "In addition to arms, Iran provides about $100 million to $200 million per year to support Hezbollah, according to U.S. intelligence estimates. Some officials say they believe that as Hezbollah's political clout within the Lebanese government has increased in recent years...") (August 10, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Mehr, Iran, August 10, 2010"): "MEHR NEWS AGENCY: 12 TORPEDO CRUISERS ADDED TO IRGC NAVY" (Posted August 11, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Mehr, Iran, August 7, 2010"): "MEHR: TOP IRANIAN COMMANDER SAYS IRAN WILL UNVEIL SUPER-ADVANCED MILITARY EQUIPMENT NEXT MONTH" (Posted August 10, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Press TV, Iran, August 5, 2010"): "Ahmadinejad at Tripartite Summit: Strong Regional Powers Will Prevent Foreign Interference" (Note: Photo included.) (Posted August 6, 2010)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "STATE, TREASURY DEPARTMENTS HIT IRAN'S SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM" (August 13, 2010)
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LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "IRANIAN QODS FORCE COMMANDERS LINKED TO TALIBAN: U.S. TREASURY" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "General Hossein Musavi is the commander Qods Force's Ansar Corps, "whose responsibilities include IRGC-QF activities in Afghanistan," the Treasury stated. "As Ansar Corps Commander, Musavi has provided financial and material support to the Taliban." Colonel Hasan Mortezavi is described as a senior Qods Force officer who "provides financial and material support to the Taliban." Qods Forces' Ansar Corps is the command that is assigned to direct operations in Afghanistan. The Ansar Corps is based in Mashad in northeastern Iran. Ansar Corps operates much like the Ramazan Corps, which supports and directs Shia terror groups in Iraq.") (August 6, 2010)TREAS.gov - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY - TG-810: "FACT SHEET: U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT TARGETS IRAN'S SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM Treasury Announces New Sanctions Against Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force Leadership" (August 3, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars (Iran), July 31, 2010"): "IRGC OFFICIAL: HAMAS AND HIZBULLAH -- ARMS OF THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION IN MIDDLE EAST" (Posted August 1, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: IRNA, Iran, August 2, 2010"): "Ahmadinejad: I'm Ready For Media Confrontation With Obama" (Posted August 2, 2010)
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NewYork.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release: Brooklyn, New York - "AMERICAN AND GUYANESE CITIZENS CONVICTED OF CONSPIRACY TO LAUNCH ATTACK AT JFK AIRPORT Defendants Plotted to Explode Fuel Tanks at Airport" (SNIPPET: "Russel Defreitas and Abdul Kadir" SNIPPET: "According to the trial evidence, the plot members also attempted to enlist support for the plot from prominent international terrorist groups and leaders, as well as the government of Iran, including Abu Bakr, leader of the Trinidadian militant group Jamaat Al Muslimeen, and Adnan El Shukrijumah, an al Qaeda leader. In February 2007, Defreitas recruited Kadir to join the plot because Kadir, a former member of the Guyanese parliament, was an engineer and had connections with militant groups in Iran and Venezuela. During cross-examination at trial, Kadir admitted that he regularly passed information to Iranian authorities and believed himself bound to follow fatwas from Iranian religious leaders.") (August 2, 2010)Link
PAJAMAS MEDIA.com - Faster, Please!: "THE HIKERS, THE MULLAHS, AND THEIR FRIENDS" by Michael Ledeen (SNIPPET: "There are six American hostages in Iranian hands right now..." SNIPPET: "(...the Nation has produced a pretty convincing report showing that Iranian Revolutionary Guards crossed into Iraq to snatch the three).") (August 1, 2010)THE NATION.com: "U.S. HIKERS WERE SEIZED IN IRAQ" by Babak Sarfaraz (July 12, 2010)
JIHAD WATCH.org (TELEGRAPH.co.uk): "WikiLeaks Afghanistan: Powerful Police Chief Was Iranian Spy" (July 27, 2010)
YNET NEWS.com (AFP): "AHMADINEJAD: We'll Respond to Sanctions Firmly" (Published July 25, 2010, 11:18/Israel News)
YNET NEWS.com (AP): "Petrochemical factory blast kills 4 in Iran" (SNIPPET: "The Sunday report said high pressure in the central boiler of the factory led to an explosion and fire at the facility on Khark island in the Persian Gulf.") (Published July 25, 2010/Israel News)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: ISNA, Iran, July 23, 2010"): "IRANIAN NEWS AGENCY: IRAN IS ACTING TO OBTAIN NUCLEAR FUSION TECHNOLOGY" (Posted July 23, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Press TV, Iran, July 23, 2010"): ÒBrazilian, Turkish FMs To Meet In Ankara To Discuss Iran Nuclear ProgramÓ (Posted July 23, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: IRIBnews, Press TV, Iran, July 23, 2010"): "In Friday Sermon, Iranian Ayatollah Jannatai Praises New Iranian Nuclear Legislation, Says U.S. Behind Zahedan Terrorist Attack, Says West Is Fading As Iran Becomes Stronger" (Posted July 23, 2010)LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "IRAN BACKS THREE SHIA TERROR GROUPS IN IRAQ: GENERAL ODIERNO" (SNIPPET: "The top US general in Iraq has identified the three main Shia terror groups in Iraq that are backed by Iran. General Ray Odierno said Iran continues to back the League of the Righteous (or Asaib al Haq), the Mahdi Army spin-off Promised Day Brigade, and the Hezbollah Brigades (or Kataib Hezbollah). "The Iranians... continue to fund, train and provide weapons and ammunition to Shiite extremist groups," Odierno told reporters in Baghdad according to AFP. Qods Force, the special operations branch of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, has "gone to a more sophisticated program with a smaller set of extremists" by narrowing down the number of Shia terror groups it supports.") (July 22, 2010)CNS NEWS.com: "Al-Arabiya Director Calls Nuclear Iran 'Most Dangerous Threat That is Facing Our Region in 100 Years'" by Adam Cassandra (July 22, 2010)
JIHAD WATCH.org (AFP): "IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER TELLS MUSLIMS TO FIGHT AMERICAN AND BRITISH 'TERRORISM'" (July 21, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Khabaronline, Iran, July 21, 2010"): "IRANIAN MAJLIS MEMBERS: WE'LL VISIT GAZA NEXT WEEK" (Posted July 21, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, July 20, 2010"): "MAJLIS TASKS IRAN'S NUCLEAR ORGANIZATION WITH SUPPLYING NUCLEAR FUEL FOR RESEARCH REACTORS" (Posted July 20, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Rooz, Iran, July 20, 2010"): "IRAN REFORMIST DAILY: Iranian Scientist Now In Intelligence Quarantine In Iran" (Posted July 20, 2010)
YNET NEWS.com: "U.S. SUSPECTS IRANIAN NUCLEAR SCIENTIST WAS DOUBLE AGENT" (SNIPPET: "Shahram Amiri") (Published July 18, 2010, 08:49/Israel News)
YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "REPORT: IRAN SCIENTIST HEADING HOME VIA THIRD COUNTRY" (SNIPPET: "Shahram Amiri" ... SNIPPET: "An Iranian nuclear scientist...") (Published July 14, 2010, 09:42/Israel News)
FOX NEWS.com (AP): Tehran, Iran - "MISSING IRAN NUCLEAR SCIENTIST SURFACES IN U.S." (Published July 13, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, July 13, 2010"): "AHMADINEJAD STRESSES IRGC, ARMYS POWER" (July 13, 2010)
YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "RUSSIA SAYS IRAN CLOSE TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS" (Published July 12, 2010, 14:28/Israel News)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Iran, Press TV, Iran, July 12, 2010; Fars, Iran, July 11, 2010"): "IRANIAN FM: URANIUM EXCHANGE TO BE BASED ON TEHRAN DECLARATION" (July 12, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: Website of the Supreme Leader (Iran), July 10, 2010; www.khaandaniha.com, July 9, 2010"): "IRANIAN WEBSITE: KHAMENEI CLAIMS HE WAS VISITED BY HIDDEN IMAM" (July 11, 2010)
RUDAW.net: "Ahmadinejad's Govt has Halted Iran's Projects Waiting on Imam Mehdi, Mousavi" by Rudaw (July 8, 2010, 7:38)
COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "IRAN'S GLOBAL TERRORIST REACH" by Walid Phares (July 10, 2010)
YNET NEWS.com: "IRANIAN FIGHTER TURNED U.S. SPY: TEHRAN WILL ATTACK ISRAEL" by Dudi Cohen (SNIPPET: "A former fighter in Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) turned US spy offered a rare glance into one of the most complex countries in the Middle East. During a conference held at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy on Friday, Reza Kahlili (pseudonym) estimated that Iran will eventually attack Israel, Europe and the Persian Gulf states.") (July 10, 2010, 20:59)Justice.gov/opa - Press Release: Washington - "NEW CHARGES FILED AGAINST IRISH TRADING FIRM FOR EXPORTING U.S. MILITARY ITEMS TO IRAN" (SNIPPET: "A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., has charged Mac Aviation Group, an Irish trading company, and its officers Thomas and Sean McGuinn of Sligo, Ireland, in a superseding indictment with purchasing F-5 fighter aircraft parts, helicopter engines and other aircraft components from U.S. firms and illegally exporting them to Iran.") (July 7, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Sobh-e Sadeq (Iran), July 5, 2010"): "IRGC WEEKLY THREATENS MORE ABDUCTION BY HAMAS" July 5, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Al-Sumaria.tv, July 1, 2010"): "WARNING ABOUT IRAN BUILDING NUCLEAR REACTOR ON BASRA BORDER" (SNIPPET: "...Province of Basra (southern Iraq)") (Posted July 2, 2010)
VIDEO (MEMRI TV Videos): "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Rescue American People from Its 'Non-Democratic Bullying Administration'" (Posted July 2, 2010)
Whitehouse.gov: "Remarks by the President at Signing of the Iran Sanctions Act" (July 1, 2010)
Online.WSJ.com: Jerusalem - "IRAN ARMS SYRIA WITH RADAR" by Charles Levinson (SNIPPET: "Iran has sent Syria a sophisticated radar system that could threaten Israel's ability to launch a surprise attack against Iran's nuclear facilities..." SNIPPET: "It could also benefit Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group based in Lebanon and widely believed to receive arms from Syria.") (June 30, 2010)Link
INTERNET-HAGANAH.com: "SLEEP WELL, MAHMOUD...the end is near" (June 28, 2010)
SPACE DAILY.com (AFP): "CIA CHIEF WARNS IRAN COULD HAVE NUKES READY BY 2010" (June 27, 2010)
WASHINGTON INSTITUTE.org - Policy Watch # 1674: "GIVING TEETH TO THE IRAN SANCTIONS: TARGETING RE-EXPORT LOOPHOLES" by Matthew Levitt (June 25, 2010)
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YNET NEWS.com (AP): "BRAZIL DROPPING ROLE IN IRAN NUCLEAR DISPUTE South American country scales back active support of Islamic Republic in nuclear dispute with West following Security Council's decision to impose new sanctions" (Publsihed June 21, 2010, 18:57, Israel News)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: www.roozonline.com, June 27, 2010"): "ROOZ: Kurdish Officials Silence on American Hikers Affair -- Motivated by Fear" (SNIPPET: "A recent article in the American journal The Nation stated that the American hikers who have been detained in Iran for over a year for entering the country illegally were actually seized in Iraqi Kurdistan. In response to this article, Kurdish journalists told the Iranian online daily Rooz that the silence of Kurdish officials in this matter was due to their desire to avoid confronting Iran.") (June 27, 2010)Video: "HOSTAGES Not Spies: Who Are The 3 US Hikers in Iran Prison?" (May 14, 2010)
FOX NEWS.com: "CONGRESSWOMAN RAISES RED FLAG ON HEZBOLLAH-CARTEL NEXUS ON U.S. BORDER" (Published June 25, 2010)
JIHAD WATCH.org (CNN): "IRAN BLINKS, WILL NOT SEND 'AID SHIP' TO GAZA" (June 24, 2010)
FOX NEWS.com (AP): Tehran, Iran - "IRAN SAYS IT HAS MADE 17 KILOGRAMS OF FURTHER ENRICHED URANIUM, DEFYING U.N. DEMANDS" (June 23, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Institution of the president, Iran, June 17, 2010"): "AHMADINEJAD: The Rule of the Hidden Imam Worldwide Is Near" (Posted June 21, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Kayhan (Iran), June 20, 2010"): "KAYHAN: Soon, A World Without Israel" (Posted June 20, 2010) YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "RUSSIA'S MEDVEDEV CRITICIZES IRAN SANCTIONS" (Published June 18, 2010, 08:27/Israel News)
Video: "The Three Terrors" (LatmaTV) (June 17, 2010)
TREASURY.gov - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY - TG-747: "FACT SHEET: U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT TARGETS IRAN'S NUCLEAR AND MISSILE PROGRAMS" (June 16, 2010)
TREASURY.gov - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY - TG-745: "REMARKS ON DESIGNATIONS TARGETING IRAN'S NUCLEAR AND MISSILE PROGRAMS" [Prepared Remarks by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner] (June 16, 2010)
TREASURY.gov - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY - TG-746 - Under Secretary Levey for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey: "REMARKS ON DESIGNATIONS TARGETING IRAN'S NUCLEAR AND MISSILE PROGRAMS" (June 16, 2010)
UN.org - UN News Centre: "Citing Iran's Failure to Clarify Nuclear Ambitions, UN Imposes Additional Sanctions" (June 9, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Mehr (Iran), June 13, 2010"): "IRANIAN OFFICIAL: EGYPT HAS AUTHORIZED IRANIAN DELEGATION TO ENTER GAZA" (SNIPPET: "Majlis National Security Committee chairman Alaeddin Boroujerdi said that the head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Egyptian parliament, Mustafa Al-Fiqi, has authorized the members of the Iranian flotilla, which is to arrive via the Suez Canal, to enter Gaza through the Rafah border crossing.") (June 13, 2010)JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: "IRANIAN SHIPS READY TO SAIL TO GAZA" (SNIPPET: "A plane is also planned to fly to Egypt..." (June 13, 2010, 11:12)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org: ("Source: Kul Al-Arab, Israel, June 11, 2010"): "ERDOGAN INVITES HIZBULLAH LEADER NASRALLAH TO TURKEY" (SNIPPET: "It was reported that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was examining the possibility of attending the meeting in order to emphasize the Iran-Turkey-Syria alliance with Hizbullah and Hamas. It was also reported that Hizbullah had made Nasrallah's visit conditional upon Turkish guarantees of Nasrallah's safety and the provision of security by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).") (Posted June 11, 2010)YNET NEWS.com (AFP): "AHMADINEJAD LEAVES FOR TURKEY, CHINA TO DISCUSS NUCLEAR ISSUE" (SNIPPET: "Before arriving in China, Ahmadinejad will visit Turkey and Tajikistan.") (Published June 7, 2010, 09:33/Israel News)YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "RUSSIA SAYS IN TALK WITH IRAN ON MORE NUCLEAR PLANTS" (Published June 10, 2010, 22:20)
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UN.org - UNITED NATIONS - News - Press Release: "SECURITY COUNCIL IMPOSES ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS ON IRAN VOTING 12 IN FAVOUR TO 2 AGAINST, WITH 1 ABSTENTION Brazil, Turkey, Lebanon Say Tehran Declaration Could Boost Diplomatic Efforts, While Sanctions Represent Failure of Diplomacy" (June 9, 2010)FreeRepublic.com - Discussion Forum (AFP): "UN to Slap Fresh Sanctions on Iran" (June 9, 2010)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "Obama Applauds New U.N. Sanctions on Iran" by Donna Miles (June 9, 2010)
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DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): London - "GATES: NUCLEAR WEAPONS WOULD MAKE IRAN LESS SECURE" (June 8, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, June 8, 2010"): "IRANIAN COMMANDER: UAV BATTALIONS FOR ALL AIR FORCE BASES -- FOR FUTURE ASSAULT MISSIONS" (Posted June 8, 2010)
HAARETZ.com: "ISRAEL WORRIED BY NEW TURKEY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF'S DEFENSE OF IRAN" by Amir Oren (SNIPPET: "Israeli sources believe Hakan Fidan aided in orchestrating an intentional change in relations between Israel and Turkey.") (Updated June 7, 2010, 00:48)OSINT.INTERNET HAGANAH.com: "MORE DOCUMENTATION ON GAZA FLOTILLA CHARITY IHH" (june 7, 2010)
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LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "AL QAEDA-LINKED TALIBAN COMMANDER KILLED IN WESTERN AFGHANISTAN" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "Coalition forces killed a Taliban commander with links to al Qaeda and the training of fighters in Iran during an airstrike in the southwestern Afghan province of Farah. Mullah Akhtar and an undisclosed number of Taliban fighters were killed...") (June 6, 2010)JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: "REPORT: IRANIAN RED CRESCENT TO SEND TWO SHIPS TO GAZA" (June 7, 2010, 10:05
ALERTNET.org (REUTERS): "IRAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS READY TO ESCORT GAZA SHIPS)" (June 6, 2010, 13:16 GMT)
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THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Kayhan (Iran), June 6, 2010"): "Thousands Register for Iranian Aid Flotilla" (Posted June 6, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: Rasanews, Kayhan, Jomhouri-e Eslami, Iran, June 3, 2010; Jomhouri-e Eslami, IRNA, Leader.ir, Iran, June 1, 2010"): "FOUR IRANIAN MAJLIS MEMBERS SIGN UP FOR NEXT GAZA FLOTILLA" (Posted June 3, 2010)MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch No. 2998: "Reactions in Iran to Gaza Flotilla -- 'Kayhan': Ayatollah Khomeini's Logical, Humane, and Completely Practical Plan -- To Remove the 'Cancerous Tumor' Israel, That Is, Eradicating It -- Must Be Implemented" (June 3, 2010)MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch No. 2998: "Reactions in Iran to Gaza Flotilla -- 'Kayhan': Ayatollah Khomeini's Logical, Humane, and Completely Practical Plan -- To Remove the 'Cancerous Tumor' Israel, That Is, Eradicating It -- Must Be Implemented" (June 3, 2010)TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "Spotlight on Iran Week of May 27 - June 3, 2010" (Posted June 3, 2010)
TELEGRAPH.com.uk: "IRAN USING DUBAI TO SMUGGLE NUCLEAR COMPONENTS" by Con Coughlin (SNIPPET: "Iran is using the Gulf port of Dubai to smuggle sophisticated electronic and computer equipment for its controversial uranium enrichment programme that are banned under United Nations sanctions.") (June 6, 2010, 8:00 am BST)Link
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Press TV, Iran, June 4, 2010"): "IRAN TO LAUNCH BUSHEHR PLANT IN SEPTEMBER" (Posted June 4, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Mardomsalari, Iran, June 2, 2010"): "Former Iranian Official Fears His Fate In Iran, Moves to U.S." (Posted June 4, 2010)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - Threat Matrix - blog: "IAEA RELEASES UPDATE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM" by Austin Knuppe (SNIPPET: "37. While the Agency continues to verify the non-diversion of declared nuclear material in Iran, Iran has not provided the necessary cooperation to permit the Agency to confirm that all nuclear material in Iran is in peaceful activities.") (June 2, 2010, 10:21 am)Link (pdf)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: Irib.ir, June 2, 2010; Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, Fars, Iran, June 1, 2010"): "IAEA REPORT: IRAN HAS 5.7 KG HIGH-LEVEL ENRICHED URANIUM" (Posted June 3, 2010)KOMO NEWS.com: Seattle - "IRANIAN INDICTED IN RIFLES, AMMO STOCKPILING CASE" (SNIPPET: "Upon searching his car, agents found King's original passport, which has three visas for Iran and lists King's name as Hamid Malekpour." SNIPPET: "The cache of weapons found inside the storage unit included: two .308 caliber rifles, three .300 caliber rifles, one .50 BMG caliber rifle, two .223 caliber carbine, six .223 caliber rifles, one 9mm handgun, one .45 caliber handgun, three 10 mm handgun, two 12 gauge shotguns, one 21 handgun, one 22. caliber firearm, one MGA2 rifle, and two additional unspecified firearm. Investigators also found...") (Published June 2, 2010 4:38 pm PDT; Updated June 2, 2010, 7:16 pm PDT)LA TIMES.com - LOS ANGELES TIMES: Reporting from New York and Vienna - "NUCLEAR EQUIPMENT MISSING FROM IRANIAN LAB, IAEA REPORT SAYS" (SNIPPET: "An apparatus that could be used to extract plutonium for an atomic bomb is gone, the United Nations watchdog agency says.") (May 31, 2010, 5:08 pm)FOX NEWS.com (AP): Vienna - "A REPORT ON IRAN LIKELY TO BOOST WEST'S OPPOSITION TO TEHRAN'S FUEL SWAP OFFER" (SNIPPET: "Iran has amassed more than two tons of enriched uranium..." SNIPPET: "Two tons of uranium would be enough for two nuclear warheads...") (Published May 31, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: IRNA (Iran), May 30, 2010"): "IRANIAN NAVY COMMANDER: Israeli Subs in Persian Gulf Will Meet with Forceful Reaction" (Posted May 31, 2010)
YNET NEWS.com: "REPORT: ISRAEL TO STATION NUCLEAR SUBS OFF IRAN" (Published May 30, 2010, 12:11/Israel News)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - Threat Matrix - blog: "NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY 2010: NO CLEAR PATH ON IRAN" by Austin Knuppe (May 27, 2010, 11:50 pm)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Iran, Iran May 24, 2010; Jahannews, Iran, May 23, 2010"): "LAPTOP STOLEN FROM AHMADINEJAD'S VP" (SNIPPET: "The laptop was said to have contained sensitive intelligence information.") (Posted May 24, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org: "Source: IRNA, Press TV (Iran), May 22, 2010; Fars (Iran), May 21, 2010"): "IRAN WORKING TO DEVELOP INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY WARFARE AND CYBER WARFARE CAPABILITIES" (Posted May 23, 2010)ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: Tehran, Iran - "MARYAM & MARZIEH: ACQUITTED AND FREE!" (SNIPPET: "Fourteen months after they were arrested for their Christian faith and activities, Maryam Rostampour and Marzieh Amirizadeh have been acquitted of all charges by the Iranian judicial authorities. However, according to Elam Ministries, they were warned that any future Christian activity in Iran will be seriously dealt with. Today, Saturday May 22, 2010, they left Iran and arrived safely in another country.") (May 22, 2010)LiveShots.Blogs.FOX NEWS.com: "IRAN MAY BENEFIT FROM SANCTIONS LOOPHOLE" by Jonathan Wachtel (SNIPPET: "The Russian Mission to the U.N. confirmed the resolution does not prohibit the sale of the S-300.") (May 21, 2010, 8:48 pm)Link
WASHINGTON POST.com: "THE FRUITS OF WEAKNESS" OpEd Column by Charles Krauthammer (May 21, 2010)
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THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Press TV, iran, May 20, 2010"): "RUSSIA: BUSHEHR PLANT OPERATION SET FOR AUGUST" (SNIPPET: "Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant, which is being built by Russia, is scheduled to begin operating in August regardless of any new sanctions against Tehran.") (Posted May 20, 2010)GLOBAL SECURITY NEWSWIRE.com: "U.K. FIRM INVESTIGATED OVER SALE OF 'DIRTY BOMB' MATERIAL TO IRAN" (SNIPPET: "Beddow defended selling cobalt aluminate to Iran as there was no law prohibiting the export of the substance when the deal occurred in summer 2009." SNIPPET: "British authorities warned before the sale that the deal constituted an "unacceptable risk of diversion to a weapons of mass destruction program of concern." "Anything that has cobalt in it, if put in a reactor, will capture thermal neutrons and make cobalt 60," British nuclear expert David Thomas said.") (May 17, 2010)Link
MEMRI.org - Inquiry & Analysis Series Report No. 610: "THE IRAN-TURKEY-BRAZIL NUCLEAR AGREEMENT: IN THE IRANIAN PERCEPTION, A NEW WORLD ORDER LED BY IRAN" by A. Savyon (May 17, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: HurriyetDailyNews (Turkey), May 17, 2010"): "IRAN SIGNS A DEAL TO SEND LOW ENRICHED URANIUM TO TURKEY" (SNIPPET: "The agreement, under which Iran will in return receive nuclear fuel for a Tehran reactor, was signed in the Iranian capital between the foreign ministers of Iran, Turkey and Brazil.") (Posted May 18, 2010)HUDSON NEW YORK: "IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS MUST BE INCLUDED IN EU LIST OF TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS" by Fiamma Nirenstein (May 17, 2010, 4:30 am)
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OC REGISTER.com - THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER (California) - VIDEO: "HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS SUPPORTER SPEAKS ON UCI CAMPUS" (VIDEO DESCRIPTION: "Islamic activist Amir Abdel Malik Ali spoke during the UCI Muslim Student Union's 'Israeli Apartheid Week' as supporters and pro-Israel groups made their views known. Video by Eugene Garcia, ocregister.com") (May 13, 2010)
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THE MEMRI BLOG.org: "CLIP OF IRANIAN COMPUTER GAME SHOWING PROTEST MOVEMENT LEADERS AS TARGETS" (Note: Video clip included.) (Posted May 13, 2010)
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THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Khabaronline.ir, May 11, 2010"): "NEW IRANIAN COMPUTER GAME -- SHOOT PROTEST MOVEMENT LEADERS" (Posted May 11, 2010)
FOX NEWS.com (AP): Tokyo - "ISRAEL FM: ARMS-LADEN N. KOREAN PLANE WAS BOUND FOR HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH" (SNIPPET: "Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, visiting Japan, said North Korea, Syria and Iran are cooperating as a new "axis of evil" and pose the biggest threat to world security.") (Updated May 12, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, May 11, 2010"): "IRANIAN NEWS AGENCY: FUND FOR DESTRUCTION OF ISRAEL TO BE ANNOUNCED TOMORROW" (SNIPPET: "Conference participants are to include senior Hizbullah official in Tehran Ali Zaitar.") (May 11, 2010)PLANET-IRAN.com: "AMERICAN ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS THAT TOOK 'DONATIONS' FROM IRANIAN REGIME'S FRONT ORGANIZATION" -Posted by Zand-Bond (May 9, 2010)
YNET NEWS.com: "IRAN TEST FIRES MID-RANGE SURFACE-TO-SEA MISSILE" (SNIPPET: "...a Fajr-5 surface-to-sea, mid-range missile...") (Published May 10, 2010, 17:22/Israel News)
PR NEWSWIRE.com - News Releases: El Segundo, Calif. - "Exclusive: FORMER U.S. GENERAL WARNS OF CHEMICAL ATTACKS AGAINST ISRAEL" (SNIPPET: "General reveals possible Iranian/Hezbollah preemptive attack against Israel this summer in exclusive PJTV video, as Israel distributes gas masks") (May 6, 2010)Video - Link
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: ISNA, IRIBnews, Press TV, Irib,ir, Iran, May 7, 2010"): "IN IRAN FRIDAY SERMON, AYATOLLAH KHATAMI SAYS: Iran has joined the Nuclear Club; At NPT Conference, Ahmadinejad delivered Iran's Message to world" (Posted May 7, 2010)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "U.S. DECLASSIFIES NUCLEAR STOCKPILE DETAILS TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY" by Donna Miles (SNIPPET: "Although most nations live up to their nonproliferation responsibilities, Clinton said Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions put the entire world at risk and urged the international community to hold it accountable.") (May 3, 2010)ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS.com - ARUTZ SHEVA: "HIZBULLAH SCUD MISSILES ARE 'JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG'" by Gil Ronen (SNIPPET: "ÒSyria has a very prominent role in enlarging the arsenal of rockets in Hizbullah's hands," he said. "Weapons transfers to Hizbullah from Syria are carried out in a regular manner and are arranged by the Syrian and Iranian regimes. Therefore this should not be termed 'weapons smuggling to Lebanon' -- it is an organized, officially sanctioned process." Even without the recent Scud transfers, Baidatz said, "Hizbullah possesses an arsenal of thousands of rockets of all types and ranges including solid-fuel missiles with a longer range and more accuracy [than the Scuds].") (Published May 4, 2010, 11:17 pm; Last update: May 4, 2010, 11:18 pm)JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: "PERES: Syria Delivers Scuds to Hizbullah" by Greer Fay Cashman (SNIPPET: "Syria delivers accurate long-range Scud missiles to Hizbullah and other terrorist organizations, President Shimon Peres told Danish Foreign Minister Lene Espersen on Sunday." SNIPPET: "Peres, who has previously accused Syria of speaking with a forked tongue when it claims to being interested in peace with Israel, said that Israel is closely following the transfer from North Korea to Iran of nuclear armaments and Scud missiles which are then forwarded from Iran to Syria and Lebanon.") (May 3, 2010, 06:34)Online.WSJ.com - Opinion: "GET READY FOR A NUCLEAR IRAN Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey and others will surely follow suit." by John Bolton (May 2, 2010)
WASHINGTON POST.com (REUTERS): "IRAN SAYS DEVELOPS SHORT-RANGE MISSILE DEFENSE" (May 2, 2010, 2:55 pm)
YNET NEWS.com: "KUWAIT UNCOVERS IRANIAN SPY SQUAD; 7 ARRESTED" (Published May 1, 2010, 17:39/Israel News)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Press TV, Iran, April 29, 2010"): "TOP IRANIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL: Enemy Has Lost Its Intel War On Iran" (Posted April 29, 2010)
CNS NEWS.com: "SILENCE FROM U.S. AND ITS ALLIES ALLOWED IRAN TO GET SEAT ON U.N. WOMEN'S RIGHTS BODY" by Patrick Goodenough (April 30, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Panjereh, Iran, April 22, 2010"): "KHAMENEI ADVISOR: I Brought First Centrifuges To Iran From Pakistan In 1986-7" (SNIPPET: "...Ali Akbar Velayati, advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei...") (Posted April 29, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Press TV, Iran, April 29, 2010"): "IRAN, SYRIA REAFFIRM UNSHAKABLE TIES" (Posted April 29, 2010)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "OFFICIAL PRAISES CREW'S RESPONSE TO IRANIAN AIRCRAFT" (April 29, 2010)
FEDERAL NEWS RADIO.com (AP): "AP SOURCE: US Navy has encounter with Iranian Jet" (SNIPPET: "The official says the jet buzzed a Navy aircraft carrier, the USS Eisenhower, coming within about 1,000 yards of the ship. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter, said the April 21 incident occurred in international waters.") (APRIL 28, 2010, 10:57 pm)DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "GATES SATISFIED WITH U.S. PLANNING TO COUNTER IRAN" by John J. Kruzel (April 27, 2010)
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SPERO FORUM.com - SPERO News: "IRAN'S GROWING INFLUENCE IN LATIN AMERICA" (Commentary, Analysis by Mark P. Sullivan (April 24, 2010)
AZBIZ.com - INSIDE TUCSON BUSINESS: "NOW ARIZONA HAS MORE THAN ONE WAR IN OUR BACKYARDS My Opinion: Hezbollah Using Drug Routes" -Opinion by Lionel Waxman (SNIPPET: "Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese group, is on its way to involving Tubac, Tucson, Phoenix and other parts of Arizona in the Arab-Israeli conflict as well as the drug trade.") (April 23, 2010)EURASIA REVIEW.com: "HEZBOLLAH, HAMAS ACTIVITIES IN ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, AND PARAGUAY" (April 23, 2010)
Assets.OpenCRS.com - Report - CRS REPORT FOR CONGRESS - Congressional Research Service, 7-5700 - www,crs.gov - RS21049: "LATIN AMERICA: TERRORISM ISSUES" by Mark P. Sullivan, Specialist in Latin American Affairs (January 25, 2010) (pdf)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars (Iran), April 25, 2010; Press TV, Fars, IRNA (Iran), April 24, 2010; Al-Alam (Iran), April 23, 2010"): "QATARI PRESENCE AT IRANIAN NAVAL MANEUVERS" (Note: Photos included.) (April 25, 2010)Link
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - Threat Matrix - blog: "Iranians Commence 'Great Prophet 5' War Games" by Austin Knuppe (April 23, 2010, 3:07 pm)
Whitehouse.gov: "Statement by the Press Secretary on the Three American Hikers Detained in Iran" (April 23, 2010)
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JPOST.com: "IRANIAN NUCLEAR SCIENTIST REQUESTS ASYLUM IN ISRAEL" by Abe Selig (April 25, 2010, 00:33)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, April 21, 2010"): "ASSAD TO AHMADINEJAD: We are committed to Iran" (Posted April 22, 2010)
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DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "OFFICIAL DETAILS RESULTS OF MISSILE REVIEW" (SNIPPET: "Ballistic missiles are an increasing threat to the United States, and the Defense Department must keep up with them, the deputy undersecretary of defense for policy said today. James N. Miller, speaking about the departmentÕs Nuclear Posture Review before the Senate Armed Services Committee, said several nations are developing nuclear, chemical or biological warheads for their missiles. The threat to the U.S. homeland is most acute from states such as North Korea and Iran, Miller said.") (April 20, 2010)Link
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "REPORT TO CONGRESS OUTLINES IRANIAN THREATS" by John J. Kruzel (SNIPPET: "Iran may be capable of striking the United States with an intercontinental ballistic missile by 2015, according to a Defense Department report submitted to Congress yesterday. The unclassified analysis outlines near-term and longer-term threats posed by Iran, including IranÕs nuclear ambitions and its desire to extend its influence in the Middle East.") (April 20, 2010)DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "POLICY CHIEF DESCRIBES U.S. APPROACH ON IRAN" by John J. Kruzel (April 14, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: Fars, ISNA, Iran, April 21, 2010"): "Iran to Conduct Military Maneuvers in Gulf, Straits of Hormuz) (Posted April 21, 2010)
INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT blog: "IRAN'S 'PLAUSIBLY DENIABLE' TERROR NETWORK" (April 21, 2010, 11:38 am)
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WASHINGTON TIMES.com: "IRAN BOOSTS QODS SHOCK TROOPS IN VENEZUELA" (April 21, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: ILNA, Iran, April 16, 2010"): "IRANIAN OFFICIAL CALLS FOR EARLY EDUCATION FOR MARTYRDOM" (SNIPPET: "Iranian Welfare Minister Sadeq Mahsouli has called for educating very young children so that when they reach the age of 13 they will be willing to imitate Hossein Fahmideh and martyr themselves.") (Posted April 19, 2010)FOX NEWS.com: 'IRANIAN MISSILE MAY BE ABLE TO HIT U.S. BY 2010" by Mike Emanuel (Updated April 20, 2010)
WorldNetDaily.com: "IEDs: You Ain't See Nothin' Yet SIGNAL-JAMMING TECHNOLOGY MAY BE IN IRAN" (Posted April 19, 2010, 10:53 pm)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Press TV, Fararu (Iran), April 17, 2010"): "AHMADINEJAD CALLS TO SUSPEND U.S. FROM IAEA" (SNIPPET: "He also called to grant a power of veto in the Security Council to African, Asian and South American countries.") (Posted April 18, 2010)YNET NEWS.com [Israel] - "PERES: WE MUST NOT DISMISS IRANIAN THREATS" (SNIPPET: "Peres added, "we must not dismiss threats but they must not dismiss our capabilities. We are not war mongers. We are a peace-seeking nation, but one which knows to protect itself."") (Published April 18, 2010/Israel News)DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): New York - "MULLEN: DIPLOMACY BEST APPROACH TO END IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION" (April 18, 2010)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE: Washington - "GATES SAYS ARTICLE 'MISCHARACTERIZES' IRAN MEMO" (April 18, 2010)
DEFENSE.gov - Release no. 307-10: "Statement by Secretary Robert M. Gates" (April 18, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Al-Alam (ran), April 18, 2010"): "IRANIAN TV: IRAN HAS MANUFACTURED MISSILE SYSTEM EQUIVALENT TO RUSSIAN S-300" (Posted April 18, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars (Iran), April 18, 2010"): "IRANIAN ARMY DAY EVENTS IN TEHRAN" (Note: Photos included.) (Posted April 18, 2010)
ICE.gov - News Release: Arlington, Texas - "ICE AGENTS SEIZE $8 MILLION HELICOPTER PLANNED FOR ILLEGAL SHIPMENT TO IRAN" (April 16, 2010)
DALLAS NEWS.com - THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS: "DALLAS AGENTS GROUND HELICOPTER BELIEVED TO BE ON WAY TO IRAN" by Jason Trahan (December 12, 2009, 10:31 pm CST)
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THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Mehr, Iran, April 11, 2010"): "IRAN'S FIRST ADVANCED AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM BECOMES OPERATIONAL" (Posted April 15, 2010)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Lima, Peru - "GATES EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE IN U.N. PROGRESS ON IRAN" by Donna Miles (April 14, 2010)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "POLICY CHIEF DESCRIBES U.S. APPROACH ON IRAN" by John J. Kruzel (April 14, 2010)
YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "RUSSIA SAYS IRAN REACTOR ON TRACK FOR AUGUST LAUNCH" (SNIPPET: "A nuclear reactor being built by Russia at Iran's Bushehr plant is scheduled to open in August, the head of Russia's state nuclear corporation said on Wednesday.") (Published April 15, 2010, 00:54)JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST (AP): Singapore - "CHINA TO SEND IRAN GASOLINE" (April 14, 2010, 17:07)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: IRNA, Iran, April 14, 2010"): "NUMBER OF CHINESE FIRMS AT TEHRAN'S EXHIBITION INCREASES THREEFOLD" (SNIPPET: "Some 929 Iranian and 401 foreign companies are participating in the 15th International Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Exhibition which is scheduled to open in Tehran's Permanent International Exhibitions Fairground from April 22-26. Some 107 Chinese companies have already registered for the event...") (Posted April 14, 2010)THE MEMRI ECONOMIC BLOG.org: "IRAN'S PRIVATE SECTOR ACQUIRES SHARES IN CHINESE BANKS" (April 14, 2010)
WASHINGTON INSTITUTE.org - Policy Watch #1650 - Special Forum Report: "ENHANCING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGAINST TERRORISM FINANCING" -Featuring David Cohen (SNIPPET: "Iran is the world's principal state sponsor of terrorism. Despite the global focus on the regime's nuclear program, the United States has continued to work diligently on countering Iranian financial support for Hamas, Hizballah, and other regional terrorist groups.") (Note: Audio included.) (Posted April 12, 2010)REAL CLEAR WORLD.com: "CONFRONTING IRAN IN LATIN AMERICA" by Jaime Daremblum (SNIPPET: "Last September, I called the Iran-Venezuela alliance "the greatest threat to hemispheric stability since the Cold War." Since then, that alliance has only grown stronger. If the U.S.is unwilling to confront Iran's growing footprint in the Western Hemisphere, Latin American officials will seek to accommodate Tehran. This will embolden the mullahs, hurt U.S. interests and make the region a much more dangerous place.") (April 12, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Press TV (Iran), April 10, 2010"): "Ahmadinejad to Open International Trade Fair in Zimbabwe" (SNIPPET: "...in Zimbabwe on April 23, 2010.") (Posted April 11, 2010)
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YNET NEWS.com (AP): "IRAN BEGINS PRODUCTION OF AIR DEFENSE MISSILE" (SNIPPET: "The Sunday report quotes Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi as saying the missile, dubbed the Mersad or Ambush, is able to hit modern aircraft at low and medium altitudes.") (Published April 11, 2010, 10:29/Israel News)VOA NEWS.com: "IRAN ANNOUNCES NEW, FASTER CENTRIFUGES FOR URANIUM ENRICHMENT" (SNIPPET: "He said Iran will show off its third generation of centrifuges which are considerably more advanced and capable of a separation power which is 10 times faster than that of the first generation.") (April 9, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, April 7, 2010"): "IRGC RANKS FIRST IN BUILDING INTELLIGENT SUBMARINES" (SNIPPET: "...building remote-controlled submarines.") (Posted April 7, 2010)JIHAD WATCH.org: "IRANIAN MAJOR GENERAL: "If America presents Iran with a serious threat and undertakes any measure against Iran, none of the American soldiers who are currently in the region would go back to America alive"" (SNIPPET: "Not one? Not even one? How could the Iranians possibly accomplish that, except with a...nuclear weapon?") (April 8, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, April 7, 2010"): "RUSSIAN OFFICIAL: Nothing Preventing Transfer of S-300 Missile Systems To Iran" (Posted April 8, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, April 6, 2010"): "IRANIAN OFFICIAL: We'll Strike Tel Aviv Before The Enemy Fires One Single Missile; Iran Is A Ballistic Superpower" (Posted April 6, 2010)
INTERNET HAGANAH.com: "IRANIAN SPYCRAFT ONLINE" (April 6, 2010)
SPACE DAILY.com: Tehran - "IRAN SPEEDBOAT THREATENS U.S. CARRIER?" (SNIPPET: "Iran's reported acquisition of a record-breaking British speedboat has raised fears it plans to arm it with high-speed Russian torpedoes to sink a U.S. aircraft carrier in hit-and-run raids if Iran is attacked because of its nuclear program.") (April 5, 2010)YNET NEWS.com: "REPORT: IRAN GETS PARTS NEEDED FOR URANIUM ENRICHMENT" (SNIPPET: "According to the Wall Street Journal, Javedan Mehr Toos, an Iranian procurement firm linked to the Islamic Republic's enrichment program, has been able to acquire critical valves and vacuum gauges made by a French company formally owned by US industrial conglomerate Tyco International.") (Published April 3, 2010, 09:53/Israel News)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: http://leader.ir/, March 31, 2010"): "KHAMENEI: I Expect Same Willingness for Self-Sacrifice as in War with Iraq" (Posted April 2, 2010)
INVESTORS.com - IBD Editorials: "PAPER WARNING" (April 1, 2010, 07:12 pm ET)
CNS NEWS.com: "IRAN ACCUSED OF INTERFERING IN IRAQ'S ATTEMPT TO BUILD A COALITION GOVERNMENT" by Patrick Goodenough (March 31, 2010)
ABC NEWS.go.com: Exclusive - "IRAN NUCLEAR SCIENTIST DEFECTS TO U.S. IN CIA 'INTELLIGENCE COUP' Shahram Amiri Disappeared Last June in Saudi Arabia, Reportedly Now Resettled in the United States" by Matthew Cole (March 30, 2010)FOX NEWS.com: "IRAN SUSPECTED OF PLANNING MORE NUCLEAR SITES" (Updated March 28, 2010) OSINT.INTERNET HAGANAH.com: "BAHRAIN CENTER OF IRGC MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME" (SNIPPET: "My guess is that you'll find more than a few Iranian agents among these 'Bahraini' mobile phone users...") (March 28, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Alarabiya, march 23, 2010"): "IRGC MONEY LAUNDERING OPERATION UNCOVERED IN GULF" (SNIPPET: "According to the report, the funds, from IRGC opium sales, reached the Bahraini minister from Colombia, eastern China, and Azerbaijan, and were transferred to Europe. According to the report, Ali Jannati, the son of senior Iranian Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, is also involved; he is Iranian Ambassador to Kuwait.") (Posted March 26, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Press TV, Fars, Iran, March 25, 2010"): "Ahmadinejad Slams West for Supporting Israel" (SNIPPET: "Referring to moves made by the "Zionist regime" at Al-Aqsa mosque, Ahmadinejad said, "With every step it takes, this regime is drawing closer to death and nonexistence.") (Posted March 26, 2010)YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "IRAN SAYS MUSLIMS MUST ACT OVER JERUSALEM" (Published March 26, 2010, 13:16/Israel News)
FORBES.com - Opinion: Ankara - "TURKEY TILTS TOWARD IRAN" by Claudia Rosett (March 26, 2010, 12:01 am EDT)
AFP via Google.com: "GATES EXPRESSES 'CONCERN' OVER IRANIAN DRONES" (SNIPPET: "U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed concern Thursday over Iran's aerial drone program, saying the weapons could fall into the hands of terrorists.") (March 25, 2010)Travel.State.Gov - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular Affairs - TRAVEL WARNING: "IRAN" (March 23, 2010)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "PENTAGON LOOKS TO 'PHASE IN' MISSILE DEFENSE" by Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden (SNIPPET: "Based on the Pentagon's September 2009 review of U.S. ballistic missile defenses, military officials want to harness technology for a more flexible and adaptive defense architecture, the principle deputy defense undersecretary for policy said." SNIPPET: "In the case of Iran, it's "highly unlikely" that the threat of Iranian missiles will be reduced or become obsolete, he said. Because of this, the United States will employ a global force-management process to ensure missile defenses are tailored to meet threats in various regions, Miller said.") (March 23, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Al-Yawm Al-Sabi' (Egypt), march 19, 2010"): "EGYPTIAN PAPER: IRAN AND QATAR TO LAUNCH SATELLITES TO COMPETE WITH NILESAT" (Posted March 21, 2010)
TIMESonline.co.uk: "IRANIANS TRAIN TALIBAN TO USE ROADSIDE BOMBS" (March 21, 2010)
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DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "CENTCOM LOOKS BEYOND IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, PETRAEUS SAYS" (SNIPPET: "Petraeus called Iran the "primary state-level threat" in the Middle East. He told the panel that Iran undermines security throughout the region in its efforts to gain nuclear weapons, which threatens a broader arms race, and uses its paramilitary force to influence Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Gaza, Afghanistan and the Gulf region. Petraeus confirmed that President Barack Obama "has not taken the military option off the table" with regard to Iran. "No one can say Iran has not had every opportunity possible to them," he said. "Our hand was outreached, and they didn't grasp it. The focus is shifting to what is known as a pressure track, but I don't want to get ahead of the administration."") (March 16, 2010)INVESTORS.com - IBD Editorials: "IRAN AS AL-QAIDA BASE" (March 18, 2010, 06:59 pm ET)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Javan, Iran, March 17, 2010"): "IRANIAN NUCLEAR CHIEF: We're Ready For Uranium Exchange Deal On Iranian Soil" (Posted March 17, 2010)
WASHINGTON TIMES.com: KIEV - "IRAN'S LINK TO CHINA INCLUDES NUKES, MISSILES" by Reuben F. Johnson (SNIPPET: "Recent developments in Iran confirm that China is providing Tehran with critical defense technologies and weapons systems, including some that violate stated Chinese policies aimed at preventing nuclear proliferation.") (March 17, 2010)Link
YNET NEWS.com: Washington - "REPUBLICANS SLAM OBAMA'S HARD LINE TOWARDS ISRAEL" (SNIPPET: "House Republican Whip Eric Cantor says spat with Israel 'jeopardizes America's national security', while another senior party member concerned about administration's 'softer approaches' toward Palestinian Authority, Syria and Iran") (Published March 16, 2010, 00:29/Israel News)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Press Tv, Iran, March 14, 2010"): "BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT TO VISIT IRAN IN MAY" (SNIPPET: "It was recently reported that Brazil has offered to conduct the Iranian nuclear deal on its soil.") (Posted March 15, 2010)Link
THE MEMRI BLOG.org: ("Sources: ILNA, Press TV, Iran, March 12, 2010"): "AHMADINEJAD: WORLD FACING TREMENDOUS CHANGES, PAVING WAY FOR MAHDI" (Posted March 12, 2010)
JIHAD WATCH.org (AL BAWABA.com, March 11, 2010): "AHMADINEJAD: 'With God's grace,' Israel 'will be annihilated'" (Posted March 11, 2010)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - "U.S. SEEKS SAUDIS' HELP FOR U.N. SANCTIONS ON IRAN" by Jim Garamone (March 10, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Teshreen, Syria, March 10, 2010"): "IRANIAN COLUMNIST IN SYRIA GOV'T PAPER: DAMASCUS SUMMIT DISCUSSED ADDING IRAQ TO RESISTANCE FORCE" (Posted March 10, 2010)
YNET NEWS.com (AP): "SHELL STOPS SELLING GASOLINE TO IRAN" (SNIPPET: "Reports say the Dutch-Swiss traders Vitol Holding BV and Trafigura also have halted sales to Iran, as has Glencore International AG, another Swiss-based commodities trader.") (Published March 10, 2010, 22:59/Israel News)JIHAD WATCH.org (ASIA NEWS, March 10, 2010): "IRAN: PROTESTANT CLERGYMAN TORTURED FOR 'CONVERTING MUSLIMS'" (Posted March 9, 2010)
YNET NEWS.com: "NEW IRAN DESTROYER TEST FIRES MISSILE First Iranian-built warship Jamaran destroyer successfully tests surface-to-surface 'Nour' missile" (March 9, 2010, 17:24/Israel News)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Press TV, Iran, March 8, 2010"): "AHMADINEJAD'S KABUL VISIT ON SCHEDULE" (Posted March 9, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG ("Source: Qodsna, Iran, March 2, 2010"): "HAMAS LEADER MASH'AL: THE RESISTANCE BREATHES THANKS TO IRANIAN LEADER KHAMENEI" (Posted March 8, 2010)FOX NEWS.com: "U.S. AWARDING BILLIONS TO FIRMS VIOLATING IRAN SANCTIONS" (March 7, 2010)
FreeRepublic.com - Discussion Forum (CNN): "GEN. DAVID PETRAEUS CNN INTERVIEW (excerpt on Iran)" (March 7, 2010)
AVIATION WEEK.com: "HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH COULD PUSH ISRAEL TO WAR" by David Eshel (SNIPPET: "Israel is always on high alert when it comes to the potential for war with its neighbors, particularly the two groups viewed as proxies of Iran and Syria: Hamas and Hezbollah.") (March 4, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: ILNA (Iran), March 7, 2010"): "IRAN LAUNCHES A NEW CRUISE MISSILE PRODUCTION LINE" (Note: Photo included.) (Posted March 7, 2010)
FreeRepublic.com - Discussion Forum (AP): "IRAN LAUNCHES NEW CRUISE MISSILE PRODUCTION LINE" (March 7, 2010)
AFP via Google Hosted News: London - NEW IRAN ROCKET LAUNCH SITE SHOWS N. KOREA LINKS: JANE'S" (March 5, 2010)
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THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Al-Siyassa, Kuwait, March 3, 2010"): "AHWAZI ORGANIZATION: IRAN EQUIPPED MISSILES WITH CHEMICAL WARHEADS" (SNIPPET: "The Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa stated, citing a Sunni Ahwazi organization opposed to the Iranian regime, that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has equipped Russian SS-4 missiles with chemical warheads - mustard gas, sarin, and cyanide - and that they are aimed at the Gulf countries and other Arab countries." SNIPPET: "According to the report, the IRGC has stepped up research of biological weapons research...") (Posted March 3, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, March 3, 2010"): "'AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT': FRENCH SHIPS TO RUSSIA IN EXCHANGE FOR RUSSIAN SUPPORT FOR SANCTIONS ON IRAN" (SNIPPET: "...advanced Mistral warships...") (Posted March 3, 2010)
TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "Ayatollah Mesbah Yazdi, a Religious Authority and Iranian President Ahmadinejad's Spiritual Mentor, Implies in a Theological-Political Book that Iran Must Acquire a Nuclear Weapon ("a Special Kind of Weapon"): a Rare Expression of Internal Discourse about Nuclear-Related Issues among the Iranian Elite" (March 2, 2010)WASHINGTON INSTITUTE.org - Policy Watch #1637: "DINNER IN DAMASCUS: WHAT DID IRAN ASK OF HIZBALLAH?" by David Schenker and Matthew Levitt (SNIPPET: "On February 26, Syrian president Bashar al-Asad hosted Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinezhad and Hizballah leader Hassan Nasrallah for a dinner in Damascus.") (March 2, 2010)YNET NEWS.com: "PM: IRAN THREAT PROGRESSING FASTER THAN INT'L COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE" (Published March 2, 2010, 11:40/Israel News)
AMERICAN THINKER.com - blog: "DOES AHMADINEJAD WANT A RADIOACTIVE CLOUD OVER IRAN?" by James Lewis (March 2, 2010)
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: "IAEA SAYS IT CAN'T CONFIRM IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM IS PEACEFUL" by Scott Peterson (March 1, 2010)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - Threat Matrix - blog: "IRANIAN AIR FORCE TO TEST NEW LASER-GUIDED BOMB" by Austin Knuppe (March 2, 2010, 9:34 am)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, March 1, 2010"): "IRAN TO TEST-FIRE OPTIMIZED SMART BOMBS" (Posted March 1, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: Mehr, Press TV (Iran), www.palestine-info.info, February 27, 2010; Al-Thawra (Syria), February 28, 2010"): "KHAMENEI CALLS TO FORM AN ISLAMIC NEW MIDDLE EAST; MASH'AL: ISRAEL WILL PASS FROM THE WORLD" (Posted February 28, 2010)IRNA.ir - News code: 986188: Tehran - "Existance of Zionist Regime an insult to humanity, president" (SNIPPET: "President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that existence of the Zionist regime is an insult to the entire humanity.") (February 28, 2010, 3:45:53 pm)ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS: "AHMADINEJAD MANEUVERING HIZBULLAH AND ISRAEL INTO WAR?" by Hana Levi Julian (SNIPPET: "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is reportedly angling to start another war between Israel and the Lebanese Hizbullah terrorist group in order to deflect attention away from his own lack of popularity at home. Ahmadinejad has faced constant friction from grassroots opposition movements since last June, when lopsided election results re-electing the president raised red flags among suspicious voters, who suspected the government had rigged the polls.") (Last Update February 28, 2010, 12:10 pm)WASHINGTON POST.com: Jerusalem - "IRAN, SYRIA MOCK U.S. POLICY; AHMADINEJAD SPEAKS OF ISRAEL'S 'ANNIHILATION'" by Howard Schneider (SNIPPET: "The presidents of Iran and Syria on Thursday ridiculed U.S. policy in the region and pledged to create a Middle East "without Zionists," combining a slap at recent U.S. overtures and a threat to Israel with an endorsement of one of the region's defining alliances.") (February 26, 2010)DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "GATES, ISRAELI COUNTERPART DISCUSS SECURITY ISSUES" by Donna Miles (SNIPPET: "...continue their ongoing discussions about about a broad range of security issues, including Iran...") (February 25, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, February 24, 2010"): "IRAN TO HOST CONFERENCE ATTENDED BY RESISTANCE ORGANIZATION HEADS" (Posted February 24, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, February 24, 2010; Ebtekar, Iran, February 23, 2010"): "IRANIAN DAILY: SYRIA TO MEDIATE BETWEEN IRAN AND WEST ON NUCLEAR ISSUE"
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DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "MULLEN: IRAN CONCERNS MIDDLE EASTERN NEIGHBORS" (SNIPPET: "Just back from a trip to the Middle East, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff today cited widespread concern about Iran's nuclear program, but emphasized the importance of diplomatic and economic pressure, rather than military action, to stem it.") (February 22, 2010)YNET NEWS.com: "IRAN SAYS WILL BUILD 2 NUCLEAR FACILITIES IN MOUNTAINS" by Dudi Cohen (Published February 22, 2010, 10:43/Israel News)
ISNA.ir - English - News Code: 8812-01743: Tehran - "Iran to declare good news on cetrifuges to be used in new sites: AEOI" (SNIPPET: "Iranian ministers during a meeting held in late December decided that the AEOI should within two months start construction of five enrichment sites whose places have been found across the country. The ministers also agreed that the organization offers suitable locations for the other five sites." SNIPPET: "He also said Iran is to use new centrifuges in the two new sites.") (February 22, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: IRNA (Iran), February 20, 2010"): "IRAN: WE CAN PREPARE OUR 20% NUCLEAR FUEL FOR USE IN TEHRAN REACTOR" (SNIPPET: "He added that the process of preparing nuclear fuel for shaping into rods or discs already began one year ago at the conversion facility in Esfahan.") (February 21, 2010)HOEKSTRA.House.gov: Washington - "HOEKSTRA PRESSES CALL FOR 'IRAN RED TEAM' AFTER NEW IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM" (February 19, 2010)
HOEKSTRA.House.gov: Washington - "HOEKSTRA CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT RED TEAM ON IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUE" (October 6, 2009)
YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "IAEA: IRAN MAY BE WORKING ON NUCLEAR WARHEAD" (Published February 18, 2010, 20:40/Israel News)
IAEA.org: "IAEA AND IRAN"
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "IRAN CONTINUES TO SUBVERT IRAQ, OFFICIALS SAY" by John J. Kruzel (February 17, 2010)
WORLD TRIBUNE.com (Special from Geostrategy-Direct.com): Washington - "SYRIA CULTIVATING STRATEGIC TIES WITH VENEZUELA" (SNIPPET: "Western intelligence sources said Venezuela has become a key way-station for Iranian weapons deliveries to Hizbullah and Syria.") (February 17, 2010)DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "MULLEN: IRAN'S GOAL TO FURTHER ENRICH URANIUM 'DESTABILIZING'" by John J. Kruzel (February 16, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, February 16, 2010"): "AHMADINEJAD WARNS OF IRAN'S CRUSHING RESPONSE TO NEW SANCTIONS" (Posted February 16, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, February 16, 2010"): "IRAN TESTS NEW GENERATION OF CENTRIFUGES" (Posted February 16, 2010)
CNS NEWS.com: "ISLAMIC AND LEFTIST ALLIES DEFEND IRAN'S HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD AT U.N. GATHERING" by Patrick Goodenough (February 16, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, February 15, 2010"): "IRANIAN WARSHIP ANCHORS IN QATAR DURING CLINTON'S VISIT" (Posted February 15, 2010)
OSINT.INTERNET HAGANAH.com: "EVIDENCE TIED KADIR TO ACCUSED IRANIAN TERRORIST [JFK BOMB PLOT OF 2007]" (February 14, 2010)
STABROEKNEWS.com: "EVIDENCE TIED KADIR TO ACCUSED IRANIAN TERRORIST - FBI INVESTIGATOR SAYS IN JFK BOMB PLOT CASE" (February 8, 2010)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "FORCES IN IRAQ TARGET IRANIAN-BACKED TERRORISTS" (February 12, 2010)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "IRAQI, U.S. FORCES KILL 10 DURING CLASH WITH HEZBOLLAH BRIGADES NEAR IRANIAN BORDER" by Bill Roggio (February 12, 2010, 9:02 am)
CSMONITOR.com - CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR: "DESPITE HARSH THREATS, IRAN PROTESTERS SHOW THEIR STRENGTH" (February 11, 2010)
HERITAGE.org - The Foundry - blog: "AHMADINEJAD: IRAN IS A 'NUCLEAR STATE'" (February 11, 2010, 1:12 pm)
WASHINGTON POST.com (AP): Tehran, Iran - "IRAN MAKES FIRST BATCH OF HIGHER ENRICHED URANIUM" (SNIPPET: "Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday told hundreds of thousands of cheering Iranians that Iran was now a "nuclear state" and had produced its first batch of 20 percent enriched uranium.") (February 11, 2010, 3:35 am)
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TREAS.GOV - UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY - TG-539: Washington - "TREASURY TARGETS IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS" (February 10, 2010)
MEMRI.org - Special Dispatch No. 2743: "IRANIAN ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION HEAD: 'We Have the Right to Enrich Uranium 100%'" (January 11, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: Al-Jazirah, Saudi Arabia, February 10, 2010; IRIB.ir, Iran, February 9, 2010"): "IRANIAN ATOMIC ENERGY CHIEF: OUR IAEA MEMBERSHIP PERMITS US TO ENRICH URANIUM 100%" (Posted February 10, 2010)
JPOST.com - JERUSALEM POST: "HARIRI: LEBANON STANDS WITH HIZBULLAH IN ANY WAR WITH ISRAEL" (SNIPPET: "The Lebanese government will stand with Hizbullah in the event of a war with Israel, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said overnight Tuesday in an interview with the BBC.") (February 10, 2010, 05:41)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: Dolat.ir, Mehr, Iran, February 8, 2010; ILNA, Iran, February 7, 2010; Fars, Iran, February 2 and 6, 2010"): "PRIOR TO REVOLUTION DAY, IRAN PRESENTS NEW MILITARY DEVELOPMENTS" (Posted February 8, 2010)
JIHAD WATCH.org: "TEXAS: MUSLIM WHO SPOKE AT PRO-KHOMEINI CONFERENCE AND THREATENED COLUMNIST ANOINTED AS 'THE COUNTRY'S LEADING MUSLIM DERADICALIZATION EXPERT" (SNIPPET: "Of course, people like Elibiary, and only people like Elibiary, are already working closely with government and law enforcement.") (February 7, 2010)DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Paris - "GATES: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM PUTS MIDDLE EAST IN DANGER" by Fred W. Baker III (February 8, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Al-'Aalam, ISNA, Iran, February 8, 2010"): "IRANIAN ATOMIC ENERGY CHIEF: We'll Begin Enriching Uranium to 20%" (Posted February 8, 2010)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Rome - "TOUGH SANCTIONS COULD STILL WORK IN IRAN, GATES SAYS" by Fred W. Baker III (February 7, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, ILNA (Iran), February 7, 2010"): "AHMADINEJAD: I Have Ordered to Start Enriching Uranium to 20%" (Posted February 7, 2010)
FOX NEWS.com (AP): Tehran, Iran - "AHMADINEJAD ORDERS HIGHER ENRICHMENT OF URANIUM" (SNIPPET: "...20 percent enrichment...") (February 7, 2010)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Ankara, Turkey - "GATES: IRAN'S NUKE PROGRAM PUTS MIDDLE EAST AT RISK" by Fred W. Baker III (February 6, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: Mehr, Press TV, Iran, February 5, 2010"): "IRAN'S RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR: RUSSIA GUARANTEES DELIVERY OF S-300 MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM" (February 5, 2010)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "IRANIAN-BACKED SHIA TERROR GROUP KIDNAPS U.S. CIVILIAN IN BAGHDAD" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "The Asaib al Haq, or the League of the Righteous, kidnapped Issa T. Salomi, a US civilian contractor...) (February 6, 2010, 10:43 am)DEFENSE.gov - No. 099-10: "DOD ANNOUNCES ARMY CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE AS EXCUSED ABSENCE WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN" (SNIPPET: "Issa T. Salomi, 60, of El Cajon, Calif. ...") (February 5, 2010)
DEFENSE.gov (AMERICAN FORCES PRESS SERVICE): Washington - "IRAQI FORCES ARREST TERRORISM SUSPECTS" (SNIPPET: "Iraqi security forces arrested a suspected terrorist today during a security operation to search for an attack cell leader in southwestern Baghdad associated with the Jaysh al-Mahdi terrorist organization. Iraqi forces and U.S. advisors searched three buildings for the suspected leader, who's believed to be responsible for coordinating training in Iran for militants loyal to the terrorist organization. He also allegedly is involved in weapons smuggling and is believed to be planning rocket attacks and assassinations targeting government officials in Baghdad.") (February 5, 2010)US DOJ.gov - Justice.gov - Press Release: "U.K. FIRM PLEADS GUILTY TO ILLEGALLY EXPORTING BOEING 747 AIRCRAFT TO IRAN Firm Agrees to Pay $15 Million in Fines" (SNIPPET: "Balli Aviation Ltd., a subsidiary of the United Kingdom-based Balli Group PLC...") (February 5, 2010)US DOJ.gov - Justice.gov - Press Release: "TAIWAN EXPORTER ARRESTED ON CHARGES OF EXPORTING MISSILE COMPONENTS FROM THE UNITED STATES TO IRAN" (SNIPPET: "...defendant Yi-Lan Chen, aka "Kevin Chen," 40, a Taiwan passport holder, was arrested on Feb. 3, 2010, on charges of illegally exporting commodities for Iran's missile program.") (February 4, 2010)WASHINGTON INSTITUTE.org - PolicyWatch #1626: "SERIOUS PLAY: WAR GAMES EXPLORE OPTIONS ON IRAN" by Jeffrey White and Loring White (SNIPPET: "Conclusions" ... SNIPPET: "Time is running out.") (February 4, 2010)
TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "SPOTLIGHT ON IRAN Week of January 28-February 4, 2010" (February 4, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Star (Turkey), February 3, 2010"): "IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI IN TURKEY" (February 3, 2010)
YNET NEWS.com (AFP): "IRAN: MISSILE TO CARRY SATELLITES SUCCESSFULLY TESTED" (Published February 3, 2010, 08:52/Israel News)
TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "Terrorism and the Internet: 'Electronic intifada' declared on Israel on Facebook. Hamas and radical Islamic groups, encouraged by Iran, employ social networks on the Internet for the struggle against Israel.") (February 2, 2010)Link (pdf)
WORLD TRIBUNE.com: "AS INTERNAL PRESSURE BUILDS, IRAN COULD 'LASH OUT' USING HAMAS AND HIZBULLAH, U.S. WARNS" (February 1, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: IRNA, Iran, February 1, 2010"): "IRAN MANUFACTURES ITS FIRST UNMANNED HELICOPTER" (Posted February 1, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Press TV, Iran, February 1, 2010"): "AHMADINEJAD: 'Iran Will Deliver Telling Blow to Global Powers on February 11'" (Posted February 1, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Mehr (Iran), Nowlebanon.com (Lebanon), January 30, 2010"): "IRANIAN OFFICIALS RESPOND TO DEPLOYMENT OF U.S. DEFENSE SYSTEM IN GULF" (Posted January 31, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Parsine.com, Iran, January 29, 2010"): "IRANIAN OFFICIAL MEETS PRIVATELY WITH HIZBULLAH LEADER" (SNIPPET: "Bazerpash also visited the tomb of Imad Mughniyeh, the senior Hizbullah official who was assassinated in February 2008.") (Posted January 29, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Mehr, Iran, January 27, 2010"): "LARIJANI: Iran's Nuclear Program -- An Asset For The Islamic World" (Posted January 27, 2010)
JIHAD WATCH.org (DAILY MAIL.co.uk): "IRAN EXECUTES TWO DISSIDENTS FOR 'WAGING WAR AGAINST ALLAH'" (January 28, 2010)
ASSIST NEWS SERVICE: "FEAR NOT THEM WHICH KILL THE BODY" by Gabriel J. Waddell (January 26, 2010) (Read More...)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, January 26, 2010"): "KHAMENEI: ELIMINATION OF ISRAEL IS A CERTAINTY" (Posted January 27, 2010)
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THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, January 26, 2010"): "AL-QARADHAWI REITERATES IRAN'S NUCLEAR RIGHTS" (Posted January 26, 2010)
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THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: ILNA, Iran; Al-Jarida, Kuwait, January 26, 2010"): "IRANIAN ForMin: OUR AMBASSADOR TO BAGHDAD IS IRGC OFFICIAL" (January 26, 2010)
TERRORISM-INFO.org.il - INTELLIGENCE AND TERRORISM INFORMATION CENTER: "In a speech given to the Revolutionary Guards, Ayatollah Mesbah-Yazdi, Ahmadinejad's spiritual mentor, accused the Jews and the Zionist of corruption and fanning resistance against the regime as part of their effort to 'take over the world and destroy Islam'" (SNIPPET: "Mesbah-Yazdi's website, http://mesbahyazdi.org") (January 25, 2010)ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS.com - Arutz Sheva: "SECRET REPORT: IRAN WILL HAVE NUCLEAR BOMB THIS YEAR" by Malkah Fleisher (SNIPPET: "A secret intelligence dossier currently being reviewed by US, Israeli, German, and Austrian governments reveals secret Iranian tests and hierarchies of power dedicated to the successful development of a nuclear bomb, and predicts that Iran will have a primitive nuclear bomb by year's end. According to the classified document featured in an expose by Germany's Der Spiegel magazine, Iran is well on its way toward obtaining its first nuclear bomb.") (Last Update: January 25, 2010, 9:49 pm)Link
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Sources: IRNA, Iran, January 20, 2010; website of the Iranian presidency, Iran, January 19, 2010"): "AHMADINEJAD: IRAN, IRAQ WILL SUPPORT EACH OTHER" (Posted January 21, 2010)
WASHINGTON POST.com: Beirut - "HEZBOLLAH'S RELOCATION OF ROCKET SITES TO LEBANON'S INTERIOR POSES WIDER THREAT" by Howard Schneider (SNIPPET: "The Islamist group has talked openly of its efforts to rebuild, and Israel estimates that Hezbollah has about 40,000 projectiles, most of them shorter-range rockets and mortar shells.") (January 23, 2010)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: IRIBnews, Iran, January 20, 2010"): "HIZBULLAH OFFICIAL: Media Plays Important Role In Resistance" (Posted January 20, 2010)
NewYork.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release: "MANHATTAN U.S. ATTORNEY CHARGES THREE NEW YORK BUSINESSMEN WITH LAUNDERING MONEY THROUGH IRAN" (SNIPPET: "From 2007 to 2008, SAFARHA, MOHAMEY, and MAHALATY engaged in the transfer of illicit funds to Iran...") (January 20, 2010)AFP via Google.com: Tehran - "IRAN TO UNVEIL THREE NEW HOME-BUILT SATELLITES: REPORT" (SNIPPET: "Taghipour named the three satellites as Toloo (Dawn), Ya Mahdi and Mesbah-2, but did not elaborate on exactly when they would be launched." SNIPPET: "Iran had earlier announced it was building seven new satellites, including three for high orbit positions.") (January 20, 2010)YNET NEWS.com: "U.S. SPY AGENCIES SEE IRAN BOOSTING ATOM BOMB RESEARCH" (January 20, 2010, 00:56/Israel News)
YNET NEWS.com (REUTERS): "IRAN SAYS MAY HIT WESTERN WARSHIPS IF ATTACKED" (Published January 19, 2010, 12:54/Israel News)
JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: "'Iran ordered attack on Israeli convoy'" by Amir Mizroch and Yaakov Katz (SNIPPET: "The attack itself was apparently carried out by local al-Qaida supporters who received money and explosives from Iran, the sources said.") (Updated January 19, 2010, 13:37)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: al-Mustaqbal (Lebanon), January 17, 2010"): "LEBANESE PRESIDENT: Lebanon, Iran Coordinated in Their Position vis-a-vis UN Security Council" (Posted January 17, 2010)
JIHAD WATCH.org (UPI): Jerusalem - "SYRIA ALLOWING HIZBALLAH TO TRAIN WITH ADVANCED ANTI-AIRCRAFT MISSILES ON SYRIAN TERRITORY" (January 17, 2010)
HAARETZ.com: "U.S. OFFICIAL: ARMING OF HEZBOLLAH COULD SPARK ISRAEL-SYRIA WAR" (Updated January 17, 2010, 15:41)
Online.WSJ.com - Opinion Europe: "THE ROME-TEHRAN AXIS" by Giulio Meotti, Rome (SNIPPET: "Italian companies -- with Rome's backing -- have equipped Iran's military and contributed to the regime's satellite and possibly nuclear programs.") (January 14, 2010, 4:27 p.m. ET)LA TIMES.com: "PARTS SENT TO IRAN COULD BE USED FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEVELOPMENT" by Scott Glover (SNIPPET: "Three men, including an Iranian-born chemical engineer living in Glendale, have been charged in an alleged scheme to smuggle sophisticated industrial components into Iran that could be used in the development of a nuclear weapon, authorities said Wednesday.") (January 14, 2010)JIHAD WATCH.org (MEMRI TV, January 12, 2010): "SENIOR IRANIAN OFFICIAL: "We have manufactured missiles that allow us, when necessary, to replace Israel in its entirety with a big holocaust"" (Posted January 13, 2010)
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AVIATION WEEK.com: "DRUG GANGS, IRAN IMPACT LATIN AMERICA" by Paul McLeary, Washington (January 13, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: IRNA, Iran, January 11, 2009"): "IRANIAN FM: IRAN-SYRIA VISAS NO LONGER NEEDED" (SNIPPET: "...Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that the Syrian and Iranian presidents had agreed to abolish the need for visas between their two countries...") (Posted January 13, 2010)THE MEDIA LINE.org: "NUCLEAR SCIENTIST KILLED BY MOTORCYCLE BOMB IN TEHRAN" (SNIPPET: "An Iranian nuclear scientist was killed by a remote-control motorcycle bomb in Tehran on Tuesday morning. Professor Massoud Mohammadi, who was on the faculty at Tehran University, was attacked as he left his home. The incident was reported by the official IRNA news agency, but few details were available.") (January 12, 2010)MEMRI.org: "IRANIAN ATOMIC ENERGY ORGANIZATION HEAD: 'We Have the Right to Enrich Uranium to 100%'" (SNIPPET: "It should be noted that uranium enriched to 90% or higher is used only for military purposes, in the construction of nuclear weapons.") (January 11, 2010)LAWMAKERS FAULT INTERPOL IN PROBE OF ARGENTINE BLAST" (SNIPPET: "The July 18, 1994, attack..." SNIPPET: "In October, Argentine prosecutors Alberto Nisman and Marcelo Martinez Burgos accused the government of Iran of directing the bombing and the Hezbollah militia of carrying it out. The prosecutors said Argentina had been targeted by Iran after the Argentine government's decision to suspend a nuclear-technology transfer contract to Tehran. Most of the 85 who died in the bombing were Jewish. The attack came two years after an attack on the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires that killed 29.") (January 14, 2010)ISNA.ir - News Code: 8810-12817: "Iran severely condemns publication of insulting cartoons against Islam's Prophet" (January 14, 2010)
TelevisionWashington.com: "Iran condemns Norwegian daily for reproducing Muhammad cartoons" (January 13, 2010, 17:44 GMT)
Philadelphia.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release: Philadelphia - "CHESTER COUNTY MAN SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS FOR CONDUCTING ILLEGAL BUSINESS WITH IRAN" (SNIPPET: "Ali Amirnazmi, 66, of Berwyn, PA. ...") (January 11, 2010)LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - The Threat Matrix - blog: "TAIWANESE COMPANY ADMITS TO SHIPPING CHINESE TECHNOLOGY TO IRAN" by Austin Knuppe (January 8, 2010, 1:58 pm)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, January 6, 2010): "IRAN TO UNVEIL ADVANCED DOMESTICALLY MADE SATELLITES IN FEBRUARY" (Posted January 7, 2010)
MEDIA NEWSWIRE - Press Release Distribution: New York - "ICE AGENTS ARREST MANHATTAN MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT ON CHARGES OF CRIMINALLY VIOLATING THE IRAN TRADE EMBARGO" (SNIPPET: "ICE agents, acting as part of the El Dorado Task Force, arrested Mahmoud Reza Banki on Jan. 7." SNIPPET: "Banki allegedly received wire transfers in a personal bank account he maintained at Bank of America in Manhattan totaling about $4.7 million from companies and individuals located in the following countries: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Latvia, Slovenia, Russia, Sweden, the Philippines, the United States, and other countries.") (January 8, 2010)Indictment - Link
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JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST: "NORTH KOREA AND IRAN TOP LIST OF WORST PERSECUTORS OF CHRISTIANS" by E.B. Solomont (SNIPPET: "North Korea, Iran and Saudi Arabia are the worst persecutors of Christians around the world, according to a ranking released Wednesday by a Christian mission agency.") (January 7, 2010)WASHINGTON TIMES.com - Editorial: "IRAN'S AL QAEDA CONNECTION IN YEMEN" (January 6, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Al-Watan, Saudi Arabia, January 5, 2010"): "Cartoon in Saudi Daily: Iran Roasts Yemen Over Fire of Houthis, Al-Qaeda" (Posted January 5, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: ILNA, Iran, January 4, 2010"): "IRANIAN FM PROPOSES ALTERNATE URANIUM ENRICHMENT SITES" (SNIPPET: "The deal is to take place either in Brazil, Japan, or Turkey, which have agreed that it can be executed on their soil, or on the Iranian island of Kish.") (Posted January 4, 2010)FBI.gov - Press Release: "FBI CONTINUES TO SEEK INFORMATION ABOUT ROBERT LEVINSON Retired FBI Special Agent Missing for 1,000 Days" (SNIPPET: "Today marks 1,000 days since American citizen Robert Levinson--a retired FBI special agent--went missing on March 9, 2007 during a business trip to Kish Island, Iran.") (December 3, 2009)THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Tabnak (Iran), January 1, 2010"): "IRANIAN WEBSITE: IRAN CAN JAM U.S. RADAR SYSTEMS" (Posted January 3, 2010)
THE MEMRI BLOG.org ("Source: Fars, Iran, December 30, 2009"): "MAJLIS STUDYING SEN. KERRY'S REQUEST TO VISIT IRAN" (December 30, 2009)
LONG WAR JOURNAL.org: "U.S. RELEASES 'DANGEROUS' IRANIAN PROXY BEHIND THE MURDER OF U.S. TROOPS" by Bill Roggio (SNIPPET: "Qais Qazali...") (December 31, 2009, 12:57 am) (Read More...)
WorldNetDaily.com: "IRAN SUBS GET BOOST FROM NORTH KOREA U.S. Navy confirms rogue nation working on underwater stealth technology" (December 30, 2009)
MNF-IRAQ.com - Press Release A091229x-02: Baghdad - "ISF ARREST 1 SUSPECT IN SECURITY OPERATION TARGETING KATA'IB HEZBOLLAH NETWORK" (December 29, 2009)
DoDBUZZ.com: "OUR CALL: IRAN ON BRINK" (December 30, 2009, 4:29 pm)
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