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…)
CAIRO — Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen have acquired hundreds of surface-to-surface rockets. Security sources said Shi’ite rebels in northern Yemen have acquired the BM-21 Grad rocket for strikes against (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran has approved a program to assemble a training warship. Officials said the Iranian Navy was overseeing a project to complete a training surface vessel, called Khalij (more…)
NICOSIA — Iran has launched a dual-use submarine. The Iranian government has introduced its first submarine for tourists in the Gulf. The four-meter submarine, dubbed Pearl, was designed to (more…)
