Iran blocks plan, said backed by Saudis, to bomb pipeline near Iraq
NICOSIA — Iran has reported foiling a plot to bomb a strategic oil pipeline. Officials said security forces halted an attempt to destroy the pipeline near the border with (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran has reported foiling a plot to bomb a strategic oil pipeline. Officials said security forces halted an attempt to destroy the pipeline near the border with (more…)
WASHINGTON — Iran’s new intelligence director is said to be off to a rocky start. A report by the Foundation For Defense of Democracies asserted that Mahmoud Alavi, was (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran has unveiled what officials termed a system to defend against cruise missiles. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has reported the development of an anti-cruise missile system (more…)
WASHINGTON — Congress has determined that Iran’s new president who has been widely labeled a “moderate” in news reports, has kept hardliners in key positions, including defense and internal (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran says the U.S. Navy has followed Teheran’s guidelines on operations in the Gulf. Officials said the U.S. Navy has observed Iranian directives in operations around the (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran, moving toward reconciliation with the United States, faces what officials assert was a Saudi-financed Sunni insurgency. Officials said Saudi Arabia was believed to be financing an (more…)
NICOSIA — Lebanon has reported a secret dialogue between the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah and the United States. Lebanese parliamentary sources said U.S. diplomats have begun contact with Hizbullah politicians in (more…)
TEL AVIV — Israel’s military intelligence, in a controversial assessment, has raised the prospect that Iran was undergoing reform. Israeli sources said Military Intelligence commander Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran has launched production of an indigenous air defense system. Officials said the Iranian Defense Ministry inaugurated serial production of the Sayad-2. They said the production line, (more…)