Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has become the first Iranian head of state to visit Egypt since Tehran broke off diplomatic relations with Cairo in 1980. Iran has been engaged in something of a charm offensive toward Egypt, dispatching high-level officials and using state-controlled Iranian TV to promote rapprochement. However, deep divisions remain...

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While both the Arab League and the Iranian regime have condemned reported Israeli strikes on Syrian military assets, British Foreign Secretary William Hague has indicated that London is “not going to give any condemnation of Israel or rush into any criticism.” Reports emerged earlier this week that Israel had struck either a weapons...

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Non-proliferation experts are emphasizing that the installation by Iran of advanced IR-2m centrifuges in the Natanz enrichment facility would be a “game-changer.” Tehran recently informed the International Atomic Energy Agency in a letter that it intends to take such a step. Whereas the centrifuge units currently installed in Natanz can hold 170 centrifuges each,...

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The IAEA has issued a carefully worded statement declining to confirm reports that there was an explosion last week in Iran’s underground nuclear bunker at Fordow, a military installation that Iran has filled with over 2,000 centrifuges as part of its atomic program. Satellite imagery taken after the incident is...

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Senior Hamas official Izzat al-Risheq has described as “baseless” reports that the Iran-backed terror group is prepared to accept the existence of Israel. The denial was echoed by Hamas legislator Salah Bardaweel, who denied that the group was ready to accept a two state solution and further delineated between accepting...

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Al Qaeda is infiltrating Lebanon, building on the momentum and successes of Al Qaeda-linked groups in Syria. A new report names Majid al-Majid as the terrorist group’s new emir in the country, and suggests that Al Qaeda has a “roadmap” for a Lebanon takeover that includes targeting political figures, religious...

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Iran’s recent missile launch, in which the Islamic republic claims to have sent a monkey into space, would also demonstrate that the regime possesses intercontinental ballistic capabilities, according to NASA Associate Administrator for the Science Mission Directorate John Grunsfeld. Reuters conveys the concerns of multiple Iran watchers and analysts to the...

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The European Union may not designate Hezbollah a terrorist organization, even if it turns out that the Iran-backed Lebanese group committed a terrorist attack against EU nationals on EU soil, according to the EU’s top counter-terrorism official. Gilles de Kerchove was quoted Monday on the news site EUobserver making the statement,...

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Iran and Argentina will set a joint commission to investigate the 1994 bombing of the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and injured more than 100. Israeli officials expressed surprise at the decision inasmuch as Iran has been widely linked to the attack, and in fact Argentinean...

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Reports of a mysterious explosion inside Iran’s underground nuclear bunker at Fordow – where the regime has installed more than 2,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium – are increasing in tempo despite Iranian denials. The news comes after several weeks in which American and European officials issued unusually blunt statements condemning Tehran for...

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