An extended US military strike on Iran would harm their military capabilities and marginally delay their nuclear program, but it would also prompt large-scale Iranian retaliation that would spark an uncontrollable regional war. That assessment is compiled in a report...
Netanyahu Vows to Keep Pressing US to Move Against Iran | ‘They don’t like each other very much’
The United Nations atomic agency's board on Wednesday approved a resolution brought by world powers that criticizes Iran for continuing to enrich uranium and aims at dissuading Israel from attacking Iran by stressing the need for diplomacy. The resolution cites the...
Poll Shows Overwhelming US Opposition to Attacking Iran | Don’t want to get involved if Israel attacks either
An Israeli official on Monday cited a 2007 airstrike on a Syrian nuclear reactor to justify another unilateral attack on Iran’s nuclear program if the US maintains its position of not backing action now. “President [George W.] Bush did not agree to the United States...
The White House has rejected a request by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet President Barak Obama in the United States later this month, in what has to be the biggest snub yet in a tense relationship between the two leaders. According to an Israeli...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said the United States has no moral right to object to an Israeli military strike on Iran because it has failed to threaten Iran with war for a nuclear weapons program that doesn't exist. Netanyahu's statement seems...
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak once again took a more moderate tone over the possibility of a military strike against Iran, insisting any strike would come only after "all other options have been exhausted." Barak told Israeli soldiers in a speech at a military...
The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog said he was "frustrated" over Iran's delays in giving immediate and full access to a military site that is not a declared nuclear site, and thus not technically within the agency's jurisdiction. "We consider it essential for Iran...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday said the US is "not setting deadlines" for Iran and still considers negotiations as "by far the best approach" to confront Iran's nuclear program. The past week or so has seen a shift in the dominant narrative on Iran. With...
