Is Iran's Fist Still Clenched

Clenched On Assad’s Side, Supplying Him With Weapons

Omri Ceren — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:09:33 +0000

Iran supplying weapons to Syria crackdown: US officials: The United States believes Iran is supplying munitions to aid Syria’s bloody protest crackdown in an initiative spearheaded by Tehran’s revolutionary guard supremo, according to senior US officials. Qasem Soleimani, head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps elite Quds force, was in...

Clenched Against The EU For Being A “US Client”

Omri Ceren — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:08:39 +0000

Iran cautions EU on acting as US client: Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast describes the European Union (EU) as a major rival of the US, cautioning the bloc against the consequences of acting as a Washington client. The US seeks to beat out its rival, Mehmanparast told reporters during...

Clenched And Pouring Billions Into Anti-US Latin American Alliances

Omri Ceren — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:06:48 +0000

Iran seeking to expand influence in Latin America: Iran is quietly seeking to expand its ties with Latin America in what U.S. officials and regional experts say is an effort to circumvent economic sanctions and gain access to much-needed markets and raw materials. The new diplomatic offensive, which comes amid...

Clenched Confidently Thanks To Obama’s “Pathetically Weak” Response To Provocations – Elliott Abrams

Omri Ceren — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:04:52 +0000

Iran’s Obligations, and Ours: President Obama’s reaction to the looting of the Embassy is pathetically weak. He said today that “for rioters, essentially, to be able to overrun the embassy and set it on fire is an indication that the Iranian government is not taking its international obligations seriously.” Not...

Clenched And Openly Mocking Obama With Offers Of A Toy Drone

Omri Ceren — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:03:27 +0000

Iran: State radio says Iranian company will give US a toy model of downed American drone: State radio says an Iranian company is sending the United States a model of the American surveillance drone captured by the Islamic Republic. Tuesday’s report said the company will send the miniature of the...

Clenched Against The Imprisoned Christians They Attacked Over Christmas

Omri Ceren — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:05:00 +0000

Concern over condition of four detainees arrested in AOG church of Ahwaz : Following an attack on the Assemblies of God Church of Ahwaz which resulted in the arrest of a number of Christians and their children, concerns are growing over the conditions of four of these detainees. According to...

Clenched Against The Ex-Marine They’re Putting To Death

Omri Ceren — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:02:55 +0000

Iran sentences ex-Marine to death in CIA case: former U.S. Marine interpreter arrested while on a trip to visit his Iranian grandmothers has been sentenced to death as a CIA spy, state radio reported Monday, in a case likely to become a new flashpoint in the escalating tensions between Tehran’s...

Clenched Against The Star Of David

Omri Ceren — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:01:51 +0000

‘Tehran: Star of David dome destroyed’ : Tehran municipality workers destroyed the “Star of David dome” in the capital’s main square, according to a report by Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency, cited by Channel Two News. The authorities reportedly ordered the destruction of the dome, which had “characteristics associated with...

Clenched And Gearing Up The IRGC For War

Omri Ceren — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:01:00 +0000

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards prepare for war: An order from Gen Mohammed Ali Jaafari, the commander of the guards, raised the operational readiness status of the country’s forces, initiating preparations for potential external strikes and covert attacks. Western intelligence officials said the Islamic Republic had initiated plans to disperse long-range missiles,...

Clenched And Developing Radar-Evading Nuke-Carrying Cruise Missiles

Omri Ceren — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:48:15 +0000

‘Iran is developing low-flying cruise missiles’ : Iran is developing an advanced low-flying cruise missile that could potentially carry a non-conventional warhead, Arieh Herzog, director of the Defense Ministry’s Homa Missile Defense Agency, said on Wednesday. Herzog, who will step down from his post in the beginning of the year,...