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711 articles tagged "Iran"
DEBKAfile
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July 3, 2007, 1:00 PM (GMT+02:00)
Ephraim Sneh handed the post of deputy defense minister to his successor, Ret. Gen. Matan Vilnai, this week with some disturbing charges against the government he was quitting.
Israel is not prepared to handle threats from Iran [missiles and potentially nuclear weapons] because the government headed by Ehud Olmert is ... 
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July 2, 2007, 8:44 AM (GMT+02:00)
Exclusive details of the size of the incursion and what Tehran is up to will be disclosed in the coming issue of DEBKA-Net-Weekly.
The heightened prospects of a Syrian-Hizballah clash with Israel is part of the same approaching showdown. Exclusive disclosures on these issues appear in the latest More... 
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June 30, 2007, 8:33 PM (GMT+02:00)
At only two hours notice, Tehran Tuesday, June 26, announced the rationing of gas for Iran's private motorists to 100 liters per month as a war measure. This led to riots and the torching of gas stations across the country, including the capital.
The Islamic Republic has resorted to three ... 
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June 15, 2007, 5:15 PM (GMT+02:00)
Iran's deputy interior minister on security, Mohammad Bager Zolghadr, issued this warning Sunday, June 10, with an eye on the joint US-Israel air maneuver which began the same day in the Negev. The unusually explicit threat by a senior Iranian official was prompted, say debkafile's Tehran sources, by ...
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June 14, 2007, 12:58 PM (GMT+02:00)
14 June: Hamas seizes control of strategic Philadelphi enclave on Egyptian border and all Gaza's border crossings with Egypt and Israel. At least 35 people died in the fighting Wednesday. Any international force in Gaza will be resisted in the same way as an Israeli occupation army, said a Hamas ...
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June 14, 2007, 8:49 AM (GMT+02:00)
The meeting was to have taken place at the nuclear watchdog IAEA board meeting which began in Vienna Monday. The IAEA director Mohamed ElBaradei said: "The facts on the ground indicate that Iran continues steadily to perfect its knowledge relevant to enrichment and to expand the capacity of its enrichment ...
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June 12, 2007, 1:12 PM (GMT+02:00)
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Russian president Vladimir Putin put teeth in his threats and his cynically helpful alternative suggestions regarding the deployment of US missile defenses in Poland and the Czech Republic. DEBKA-Net-Weekly 304 disclosed on June 8 that the week before the G8 opened ... 
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June 10, 2007, 8:39 PM (GMT+02:00)
Iran and North Korea are in advanced negotiations for Tehran's purchase of Taep'o-dong-2 ballistic missiles, whose estimated range is 3,500-4,000 km., debkafile's exclusive intelligence sources report. Delivery was promised for late July or early August. US Vice President Richard Cheney informed Saudi King Abdullah of this development during ...
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June 9, 2007, 12:07 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile's intelligence and Middle East sources take a look at the actions behind the words issuing from Damascus officials affirming Syria's willingness to go into peace talks with Israel.
During most of last week, two high-ranking Iranian delegations spent time in Damascus. One was composed of generals who held ...
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May 27, 2007, 7:38 PM (GMT+02:00)
This finding by the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna Wednesday sets the stage for new sanctions.
US and European powers are to file a complaint against IAEA director Mohamed ElBaradei for his softened approach on Iran's nuclear progress. Last week, the nuclear watchdog's director said ahead his latest report to ...
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May 19, 2007, 5:36 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile reports: Iran's nuclear leap catches the Bush administration preparing to start pulling US troops out of Iraq and embarking on an ultra-sensitive dialogue with Iran. Washington says the talks with Tehran will be confined to the Iraq crisis. However, they are bound to range over other issues, ...
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May 19, 2007, 11:48 AM (GMT+02:00)
FM Manouchehr Mottaki said Thursday negotiations would take place in Iraq in the presence of Iraqi officials. Confirmation awaited from Washington.
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May 16, 2007, 4:31 PM (GMT+02:00)
He spoke at a news conference in the United Arab Emirates Monday after leading an anti-American rally at which he blamed America for the region's instability.
The Iranian president was warmly welcomed by Gulf emirate's rulers two days after a visit by US vice president Dick Cheney. debkafile reports ...
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May 15, 2007, 9:38 PM (GMT+02:00)
The American side will be led by ambassdor to Iraq Ryan Crocker. A spokesman in Tehran said the talks would aim at establishing peace and security in Iraq.
Its latest issue, DEBKA-Net-Weekly disclosed Friday, May 11, that the US and Iran had decided to open talks. Tehran has submitted ...
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May 14, 2007, 9:49 PM (GMT+02:00)
The Kayhan newspaper accuses Esfandiari of spying for US and Israel and trying to incite a "velvet revolution" in Iran. All charges are denied by her husband Shaul Bakhash. Iran's foreign ministry said she would be treated like other Iranian national.
DEBKAfile
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April 30, 2007, 10:49 PM (GMT+02:00)
Mohammad Baqer Solghadr, deputy interior minister, has been tagged for this top post by Iranian leaders engrossed in war preparations, according to debkafile's Iranian sources. He told the official Iranian news agency IRNA Thursday: "Nowhere would be safe for America ...we can fire tens of thousands of missiles ...
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April 29, 2007, 1:49 PM (GMT+02:00)
debkafile adds: This new assessment is down from the original 2015 date and closer to the Israeli intelligence 2009 estimate. Pentagon officials said the window has narrowed for Israel to launch a pre-emptive strike against Iran, which could involve the US in a war against a much tougher ...
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April 21, 2007, 9:20 PM (GMT+02:00)
Tuesday, April 17, the Shin Bet reported arrest of a young Israeli man of Iranian origin who confessed he was recruited and received money from Iranian intelligence to "cover expenses." He was detained as soon as he landed in Israel. The security service reports at least 10 attempts by Tehran ...
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April 19, 2007, 11:59 AM (GMT+02:00)
Only hours apart, the Israeli Shin Bet announced the arrest of a young Israeli for taking money to spy for Iranian intelligence, followed by a news conference in Cairo announcing that an Egyptian engineer at the national atomic center Mohammed Gaber, 35, would be tried for allegedly passing secrets to ...
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April 17, 2007, 9:19 PM (GMT+02:00)
On Tuesday, April 17, the Shin Bet intelligence service reported Iranian intelligence had intensified its efforts to recruit Israelis as spies, targeting former Iranians applying for visas to visit their families. One young man had been snared and paid "expenses" for enlisting a friend in security and collecting information.
Two hours ... |
