Dempsey shares Israel’s Iran concern; Ya’alon warns on U.S. arms
On a June 9 visit to Jerusalem, U.S. Joint Chiefs Chariman Gen. Martin Dempsey said the U.S. would work with Israel to address the risk of an Iran emboldened (more…)
Obama’s ex-intel chief slams Iran nuke deal as ‘wishful thinking’
Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, told Congress recently that President Barack Obama is engaging in “wishful thinking” if he thinks he can (more…)
Iran, Hizbullah show signs of stress at Israel military movements
Iran made its nervousness over Israeli military drills public when Rahim Safavi, national security adviser to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said 80,000 Hizbullah rockets and missiles would destroy Tel Aviv (more…)
Also impacted by the lifting of Iran sanctions: Big oil and OPEC
At the June 5 meeting of OPEC member states in Vienna, production levels were left unchanged at 30 million barrels per day. But Iran insisted it would increase its (more…)
Nuclear deal with Iran seen triggering Mideast proliferation crisis
President Barack Obama’s unwavering commitment to a nuclear deal with Iran, if successful, may result in a new nuclear arms race in the already unstable Middle East. Under the (more…)
France won’t sign Iran deal without military site inspections
France said on May 27 it will not sign on to a nuclear deal if Iran does not allow inspections of military sites. SUBSCRIBE l LOGIN (more…)
Russia, Iran both defend S-300 missile deal and work to save it
Russian and Iranian officials met in Moscow on May 25 for negotiations on Russia’s sale of S-300 surface-to-air missile defense systems to Iran and both sides said talks on (more…)
Chokehold: Iran sends signal by seizing tanker in Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s recent naval actions in the Strait of Hormuz and Yemen may be an immediate provocation to the U.S., but its grand strategy of gaining a chokehold on 22 (more…)
Sale of jetliners to Iran completed before nuclear agreement
Iran’s purchase of nine used commercial jetliners that had been part of the Virgin Atlantic fleet is seen as evidence that U.S. sanctions are being ignored by Western firms (more…)