A federal judge in Argentina has released a 289-page criminal complaint accusing Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of plotting to cover up an investigation into Iran’s possible terrorist activities in that country. The document was released three days after prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who compiled the complaint, died under mysterious circumstances. The Wall Street Journal has more (Google...

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The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal editorial boards responded with skepticism over President Obama’s opposition to new conditional legislation that could impose economic pressure on Iran. Both pieces take aim at President Obama’s logic for threatening to veto legislation that would only take effect if nuclear negotiations fail...

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Senator Robert Menendez (D – N.J.), the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, pushed back today against the White House’s claims that Congressional action could derail negotiations with Iran over its illicit nuclear program. In his State of the Union speech last night, President Barack Obama claimed that...

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The Iran-backed Houthi rebels have launched an attack on the American-supported government of Yemen that, according to a report in The Washington Post, will leave the president of that beleaguered nation politically “badly weakened.” The coup-style strikes by the Houthi rebel faction — believed backed by Iran — marked a major setback...

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Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said that Iran plans to maintain its naval presence in international waters, especially the Gulf of Aden and the northern Indian Ocean, Farsnews reported Tuesday. “The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Navy has deployed in the North of the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden...

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Shiite Houthi fighters backed by Iran clashed this week with Yemeni army soldiers near the president’s residence in the capital Sanaa. Tehran’s involvement in Yemen’s internal conflict continues to contribute to the chaos that is worrying governments across the region. Gunfire was heard across the city and rebels stormed houses adjacent to the...

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The Iranian military deployed reinforcements along the Iran’s border with Iraq during the past 24 hours, the Al-Arabi al-Jadid pan-Arab news site reported (Arabic link). Forces were concentrated in several locations and dug new outposts. The Iranian deployment stems from growing activity of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)...

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Citing “the manifest willingness of the Iranians to adopt their own pressure tactics,” the editors of The Washington Post today endorsed the proposed Senate bill authored by Senators Mark Kirk (R – Ill.) and Robert Menendez (D – N.J.), which would increase pressure on Iran if no nuclear deal is concluded by...

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The presence of a convoy carrying senior Hezbollah operatives and Iranian military personnel in Syria near the border with Israel suggests that they were “planning an operation against Israel on a high level,” Major- General (Res.) Eyal Ben-Reuven said in a conference call with reporters Monday. On Sunday an Israeli air...

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Alberto Nisman, the Argentine prosecutor who accused President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Wednesday of covering up Iran’s role in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA building, was found dead in his apartment yesterday – hours before he was due to present his findings to a closed-door session of Congress....

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