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Ahead of Iran trip, Turkey's FM warns against regional cold war
Source : Anadolu Agency | 04 Jan 2012
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said Turkey was against any polarization in the Middle East.
"I want to clearly say that there are some who seek a regional cold war. We are determined to prevent it. A regional sectarian tension would be a suicide for the region," said Davutoglu who assessed the year 2012 to Anadolu Agency.
Iran Threatens to Stop Gulf Oil If Sanctions Widened
By Ramin Mostafavi : Reuters | Tehran | 27 Dec 2011
Iran threatened on Tuesday to stop the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz if foreign sanctions were imposed on its crude exports over its nuclear ambitions, a move that could trigger military conflict with economies dependent on Gulf oil.
US Military 'Ready to Engage in a Conflict with Iran'
By Amy Willis : The Telegraph/UK / 22 Dec 2011
Tensions have been growing in the region following international condemnation over Tehran's growing nuclear ambitions.
Last month, Britain's ambassador to Iran was expelled from the country following attacks on the British Embassy. The US is also involved in a standoff over a downed spy drone, which President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has refused to return despite America's requests.
How Maliki and Iran Outsmarted the U.S. on Troop Withdrawal
by Gareth Porter : IPS | Washington | 17 Dec 2011
Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's suggestion that the end of the U.S. troop presence in Iraq is part of a U.S. military success story ignores the fact that the George W. Bush administration and the U.S. military had planned to maintain a semi-permanent military presence in Iraq.
Iran may have captured U.S. stealth drone by hacking its GPS
By Tecca | Today in Tech | 16 Dec 2011
The CIA and the U.S. military may have a serious security flaw to deal with if an Iranian engineer's story proves to be true. Speaking to Christian Science Monitor (CSM), he detailed how a team of specialists from his country hacked into a U.S. spy drone's GPS navigator in order to capture it. That's the same one the U.S. government claimed has landed in Iran's territory in early December due to a malfunction.
Iran Protests US Drone Incursion
By : Agence France-Presse | Tehran | 09 Dec 2011
The US drone which Iran said it had brought down penetrated 250 kilometres (150 miles) inside the Islamic republic's air space, state television's website reported on Friday.
In a letter of protest to the United Nations, the government said "the American RQ-170 spy plane violated 250 kilometres inside Iranian airspace before confronting the reaction of Iran's armed forces," the website reported.
World War III: The Launching of a Preemptive Nuclear War against Iran
By Michel Chossudovsky : Global Research | 04 Dec 2011
The launching of an outright war using nuclear warheads against Iran has been on the active drawing board of the Pentagon since 2005.
If such a war were to be launched, the entire Middle East Central Asia region would flare up. Humanity would be precipitated into a World War III Scenario.
World War III is not front-page news. The mainstream media has excluded in-depth analysis and debate on the implications of these war plans.
Ahmadinejad dismisses US plot accusations like Iraq's WMD
By Agencies : Tehran | 17 Oct 2011
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday U.S. accusations of an assassination plot resembled its claims of weapons of mass destruction that formed the basis for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and would prove to be equally untrue.
Ahmadinejad said Washington had fabricated the plot of an Iranian seeking to kill Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Washington in order to cause a rift between Tehran and Saudi Arabia and dominate the oil-rich Gulf.
Nuclear US threat to world: Iran
By Reuters | Vienna / 20 Sept 2011
The United States and Iran traded accusations at a meeting of the UN atomic agency on Monday, underlining the deep deadlock between the two adversaries in a long-running dispute over the Islamic state’s nuclear program.
In speeches to the annual member state gathering of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Iranian nuclear energy chief Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani and US Energy Secretary Steven Chu took aim at the policies of their respective countries.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashes out at Israel in Quds Day speech
By Ramin Mostaghim : Los Angeles Times | 27 Aug 2011 / Tehran
Establishment of an independent Palestinian state would not stop efforts to wipe out Israel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Friday.
Palestinians are expected to present a petition to the United Nations General Assembly next month for full U.N. membership, which would confer international recognition of an independent Palestinian state. The United States is seeking to block any action on the bid.
