Meir Javedanfar: How Israelis (Including Iranian Israelis) Read Iran - Tehran Bureau. "Most Iranian Israelis are very pro-Iran, and very anti-regime.
" [ interview ]Meir Javedanfar is an Iranian-born Middle East analyst based in Tel Aviv. He specializes in Iranian affairs in areas including intelligence, defense, the economy, and domestic politics. Tens Of People Arrested In East & West Azarbaijan Protesting The Drying Up Of Lake Uromieh « persianbanoo.
May 22, 2012 Under increased heavy security atmosphere in East and West Azarbaijan, tens of people were arrested by police and Intelligence Ministry in the last two days.
Yesterday in Tabriz, during scattered demonstrations protesting drying up of Lake Uromieh, Esrafil Omidi a post graduate student at Shahid Beheshti university in Uromieh and activists Mostafa Avazpour and Ghader Norouzi were arrested. Navy Strains To Handle Both China And Iran At Once. VIRGINIA BEACH, VA: Coping with China and Iran at the same time is stretching the Navy thin, and it will soon have to choose which theater to prioritize, warned Peter Daly, the recently retired admiral who now heads the prestigious US Naval Institute.
8 LCSs Could Be Based in Gulf, Says U.S. Navy Undersecretary. The U.S.
Navy could eventually have a force of eight ships operating from Bahrain if plans to base littoral combat ships (LCS) in the Arabian Gulf continue as envisioned, the service’s No. 2 official said May 21. The Navy has long been planning to operate LCS ships in the gulf, Undersecretary Bob Work told an audience at the Cato Institute in Washington. The ships, able to perform several different missions when fitted out with specialized equipment packages, already are to replace U.S. minesweepers and patrol boats in the region.
The four-ship minesweeper force operating from Bahrain will be doubled by next month when another four ships arrive from the U.S. A Peek Inside The CIA, As It Tries To Assess Iran. Hide captionThe CIA took considerable heat over Iraq, where weapons of mass destruction weren't found.
Now, as the agency assesses Iran, it invites an NPR correspondent to its headquarters for a rare chat about the issue. Andrew Harrer/Bllomberg via Getty Images. ISIS Reports › Iran › New Satellite Image Shows Activity at Parchin Site in Iran. By David Albright and Paul Brannan May 8, 2012 Download PDF.
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Stephen M. WaltProfessor of International Affairs, Harvard University. Google to map movements of ships at sea including US Navy. Search engine has plans to map the entire ocean floor over next five yearsGoogle has spent $3million on satellite technology and claims it is better at tracking ships than most governments By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 03:34 GMT, 18 May 2012 | Updated: 04:24 GMT, 18 May 2012 Google is set to track the world's warships and make the data available to billions of internet users, raising concerns over the security of the American naval fleet.
The search engine plans to offer the coordinates and identity of virtually all vessels at sea on Google Maps after spending around $3million on satellite technology. The company continues to consult with the U.S. Azerbaijan's Navy Exercises Against Enemy Closely Resembling Iran. Map: Interbasin Water Transfers in Iran. The country already has major water transfer projects moving 2,110 million cubic meters (557 billion gallons).
Just two weeks ago, Iran began construction on a new $US 1.5 billion project that will transfer more water from the Caspian Sea. Suleiman Warns Against War with Israel - Middle East. A day after he was barred from the Egyptian presidential race, the country’s former intelligence chief warned Sunday against a win by the extreme Muslim Brotherhood.
Former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, who was appointed by ex-President Hosni Mubarak as vice president in the dying days of his administration, was one of ten candidates who were barred from running in the May election on Saturday. The Presidential Elections Commission (PEC) excluded Suleiman allegedly on the basis of the geographical distribution of the signatures on his candidacy registration, according to the daily Al-Masry Al-Youm. The regulations call for a candidate's application to include a minimum of 1,000 signatures from 15 separate governorates in order to qualify for the race.
On Sunday, according to a report on IDF Radio, Suleiman expressed his fear that Israel will have to invade the Sinai Peninsula if the Muslim Brotherhood ends up winning the presidential election. When the Geo-Politics of Syria or Iran Intervention Get Real. As I mentioned in Top of the Morning, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev issued a stern warning against foreign military intervention in Syria or Iran. “Hasty military operations in foreign states usually bring radicals to power,” Medvedev, president for four years until Vladimir Putin’s inauguration on May 7, told a conference in St.
Petersburg in remarks posted on the government’s website. “At some point such actions which undermine state sovereignty may lead to a full-scale regional war, even, although I do not want to frighten anyone, with the use of nuclear weapons,” Medvedev said. “Everyone should bear this in mind.” Last month, I visited Georgia and met with government officials in Tblisi. Iran reveals details of a newfound oil field in Caspian Sea. Azerbaijan, Baku, May 17 /Trend D.Khatinoglu, M. Moezzi/ The details of a newly discovered big oil field in Caspian Sea have been announced, Mehr news agency reports.
Nuclear infowar: New ‘evidence’ of Iran’s nuclear ambitions as Vienna talks approach. The Iran Crisis Sigils. Israel and Iran: The Grounds for an Israeli Attack. Editor’s note: This article is one of two debating the necessity of an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear project. The other, by Robert Wexler, argues that “An Attack Might Be Necessary, but Not Yet.” A broad international coalition agrees that Iran must freeze its nuclear weapons program and may not develop either of the ingredients—sufficient highly enriched uranium and a usable warhead and delivery system—that could result in a bomb for the Islamic Republic.
The International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors, the UN Security Council, and the governments of almost every influential country—including the United States, Russia, China, Germany, Britain, and France, acting as the P5+1 negotiating group—have not only reached consensus on this demand but acted upon it. Increasingly tough sanctions have been imposed on Iran to force it to stop what is obviously a military program aimed at building a usable nuclear weapon. Related Essay. Iran finance minister: 'Rest assured' record oil prices over nuclear sanctions. Yukiya Amano, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, will fly to Iran Sunday. Iran's finance minister tells CNN that oil prices could rise as high as $160 a barrel"Rest assured there will be a considerable increase," the minister saysThe chief of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency is heading to Iran for talksG8 leaders urge Iran to cooperate with inspectors (CNN) -- Iran's finance minister believes oil prices could rise as high as $160 a barrel thanks to sanctions over its nuclear program, a prediction that comes just as the chief of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency headed to Tehran on Sunday for high-level talks.
"We must pay close attention when we speak of oil revenues and sanctions against oil sales, who are the winners and the losers of such sanctions? " Shamseddin Hosseini told CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" in an interview that airs Sunday. The Iran Crisis Sigils. Israel inches closer to compromise on Iran uranium enrichment, officials say. Tensions Between Iran and West To Keep Oil Prices High. The Iranian Internet. Israel Gets Nuke-Capable Submarine. An official ceremony to hand over to Israel a Dolphin-class submarine, which can carry nuclear weapons, was held on Thursday in the German city of Kiel.
The German-made submarine, named Tanin ("alligator" in Hebrew), is due to enter service in 2013, when all tests are completed. Moscow conference warns of West playing with Iran's nuclear card. Iran Special: Photoshop Propaganda With Lots of Missiles (and Jar Jar Binks!) Mosaic Special: Iran and the Nuclear Threat · LinkTV. Gulf Bloc United Over Island Dispute With Iran. Iran FM warns over escalation of Gulf island spat. SocGen Lays It Out: "EU Iran Embargo: Brent $125-150. Straits Of Hormuz Shut: $150-200" Iran Oil Power Declining as Explorers Increase Spending: Energy. Pimco's 4 "Iran Invasion" Oil Price Scenarios: From $140 To "Doomsday" Playing ‘What If?’ with Oil Prices and a Potential Strike on Iranian Nuclear Facilities. There has been a lot of market chatter over the past few weeks regarding a potential Israeli strike on Iranian facilities.
Tactics and Strategy at the Strait of Hormuz. Introduction About a month ago, when Iranian officials started venting the idea of closing the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic, Western media was prompt in reviewing the events of 1981. At that time, Iranian forces mined the Strait and engaged commercial vessels with rubber speedboats in what was largely seen as a pathetic attempt to control the area. The media seems to think that Iranian officials are talking about using similar tactics today. In reality, the military technology deployed by Iran in the region is completely different today, creating a strategic scenario totally different from that of 30 years ago. According to the EIA, 17 million barrels of petroleum crossed the Strait of Hormuz each day during 2011. Iran is a very large country, with an area of almost 1 700 000 km2, more than Spain, France, Italy, and Germany combined.