Canadian officials Monday arrested two Canadian residents on accusations of plotting a terror attack on a Canadian passenger train. The suspected terrorists are alleged to have been backed by Al Qaeda elements in Iran. The plot will complicate Canadian counter-terrorism efforts and highlights ties between the Shiite terrorist-backing country and the Sunni...

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Iran has already crossed Israel’s nuclear red line, the former head of Israeli military intelligence said Tuesday. “By the summer, Iran will be a month or two away from a decision about the bomb,” said Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin, now the director of the Institute of National Security Studies,...

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A suspected Iranian agent has been arrested for “scouting” the Israeli Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal “with a harmful intention.” Embassy officials arrested the man and transferred him to local authorities after noticing suspicious behavior. The English-language Himalayan Times reported Saturday that Nepalese police investigators have opened an inquiry into Mohsin...

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The Jerusalem Post reports that Bulgarian police last summer arrested an Iranian agent who was monitoring the Chabad Jewish center in Sofia. The agent carried a Canadian passport and reportedly entered Bulgaria from Turkey several weeks after the July 2012 Burgas bus bombing that killed five Israelis and a Bulgarian....

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Two weeks ago Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili emphasized that Iran would harden its negotiating stance after its upcoming June presidential election: Iran has refused to do so during a decade of on-and-off negotiations, despite hardening economic sanctions, arguing its uranium enrichment has peaceful purposes only and therefore can...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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