Iran nuclear program
Pakistan vows to stand with Iran if US, Israel attack
Source : Agencies | Islamabad | 18 Feb 2012
Pakistan will not assist the US if it attacks Iran, Islamabad Friday assured Tehran.
Pakistan will not provide Americans airbases to launch attack on its neighbour, President Asif Ali Zardari said after the third trilateral summit of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan.
At the summit the three states expressed their resolve to work collectively for peace and stability in the region and enhancement of mutual cooperation in different sectors, particularly economy and trade.
Attack on Iran likely by summer: Russia
By Steve Gutterman | Reuters | Moscow | 15 Feb 2012
Russia’s top general said on Tuesday that he expects Iran’s enemies to decide in the next few months how to deal with a nuclear program that the United States and Israel have said they might attack.
How the Iran Nuclear Standoff Looks From Russia
By Dmitri Trenin | Bloomberg | Moscow | 14 Feb 2012
When Russians look at Iran, they see a country that has been their neighbor and rival forever. As the Russian empire advanced, it wrestled the North and South Caucasus from the Shah. Peter the Great annexed, briefly, Iran’s entire Caspian Sea coastline and put his forces just north of Tehran.
‘Iran can hit US interests worldwide if attacked’
By Reuters | Moscow | Tehran | 8 Feb 2012
Iran is capable of carrying out military strikes on US interests all around the world if the country is attacked by the United States, Iran’s ambassador to Moscow said on Wednesday.
Attack on Iran 'would be disaster,' must talk - Turkey
By Reuters | Munich | 5 Feb 2012
Turkey and Qatar urged the West on Sunday not to attack Iran to solve a nuclear row, but to make greater efforts to negotiate an end to the dispute.
Panetta believes Israel may strike Iran this spring — reports
Source : The Telegraph | Washington | 03 Feb 2012
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta believes there is a growing possibility Israel will attack Iran as early as April to stop Tehran from building a nuclear bomb, US media reported on Thursday.
The Washington Post first reported that Panetta was concerned about the increased likelihood Israel would launch an attack over the next few months. CNN said it confirmed the report, citing a senior Obama administration official, who declined to be identified.
Iran won’t move toward nuclear weapon in 2012: ISIS report
By Tabassum Zakaria and Mark Hosenball | Reuters | 26 Jan 2012
Iran is unlikely to move toward building a nuclear weapon this year because it does not yet have the capability to produce enough weapon-grade uranium, a draft report by the Institute for Science and International Security said on Wednesday.
The Iranian oil embargo: does this mean war?
By Julian Borger : The Guardian/UK | 23 Jan 2012
The decision to impose an EU oil embargo on Iran, agreed on Monday by European foreign ministers, sets a potential bomb ticking, timed to detonate on 1 July.
On that day, according to the package of measures on the table in Brussels, Europe will stop importing oil from Iran, about a fifth of the country's total exports. At about the same time, US sanctions targeted at the global financing of Iran's oil trade will also kick in. Iran could still export some of its oil to Asia, but at big discounts.
