In between heavy emphasis on drone advancements and diplomatic gambits on uranium enrichment, Iranian officials also used this year’s annual National Army Day to show off a variety of more familiar weapons and to level more routine threats against the West. Iranian army chief of staff Gen. Hasan Firouzabadi declared...

Iran’s National Army Day is marked annually by boasts regarding Tehran’s military prowess and by threats against the West. Analysts are noting that this year’s speeches and weapons displays have been pointedly bellicose even by the high standards previously set by the Islamic republic. One announcement in particular has triggered...

As it does every year, Iran celebrated its National Army Day on April 18 with parades marked by military hardware and anti-Western rhetoric. This year’s festivities were particularly big on drones: Iranian media outlets reported that Iran unveiled four kinds of drones including radar-evading Sarir unmanned aerial vehicle, Azem 2, and...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in Africa this week on a three-nation trip that includes a stop in the uranium-rich country of Niger. The trip comes at a time of increasing reports and worries to the effect that Iran is increasing its influence in Africa, undermining stability on the continent, and...

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday unanimously passed along to the floor a resolution affirming U.S. support for Israel in the event Israel has to militarily take action to degrade Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. According to the text of the resolution on the U.S. Congress’ website, the goal of the resolution...

The Gulf Cooperation Council is calling for international inspectors to be dispatched to Iran to inspect the country’s Bushehr nuclear plant. The declaration comes after a Tuesday 6.3-magnitude earthquake in the area, and the GCC called attention to concerns over radiation leaks: GCC Secretary-General, Abdulatif al-Zayani, said that Gulf Arab states...