Syria is holding a referendum on a new constitution on Sunday amidst violence in which 89 people were killed on Saturday.
To placate the critics ,Assad presented the
Feb 18, 2012
Iran warships enter Mediterranean
Two Iranian warships on Saturday entered the Mediterranean Sea after crossing the Suez Canal ,a move that will escalate tensions between Iran and Israel .
Navy commander Admiral Habibollah Sayari
Feb 8, 2012
Iran envoy Mehdi Nabizadeh explains ground reality of US- Iran nuclear standoff
On the 33rd anniversary of victory of Islamic Revolution, Iranian ambassador to India Mehdi Nabizadeh, used this opportunity to show the ground reality of the recent US and Israel threat posed to Iran.
Referring to the two wars
Feb 6, 2012
Iran threatens to target any country
Iran has threatened West by saying that it will target any country used as a launchpad for attacks against its soil.
Issuing warning to world powers over its nuclear ambitions,Iran's deputy Revolutionary Guards commander,Gen. Hossein Salami did not clearly eleborate to which countries he meant as possible hosts for military action against it.
"Any place where enemy offensive operations against the Islamic Republic of Iran originate will be the target of a reciprocal attack by the Guard's fighting units," Salami said.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also issued stern warning to West by saying that " Iran has its "own threats" to respond to any military attack or sanctions against its oil exports.'
The tensions between Iran and West has increased after U.S. defense secretary said Israel was likely to bomb Iran nuclear installations with or without US help within months to stop it assembling nuclear weapons.
"In response to threats of oil embargo and war, we haveour own threats which will be implemented at the right time,if necessary," he said.
The West has also ramped up sanctions aimed at severely curbing Iran's vital oil exports.
Israel's defence minister said there is growing international awareness that military action against Iran's nuclear programme will have to beconsidered.
Ehud Barak told that he senses a change in international thinking. He says world leaders are increasingly realising that if sanctions don't stop Iran's nuclear programme, "there will be a need to consider action."
President Barack Obama has said that Israel has not decided uptill now on attacking Iran's nuclear installations, as he still prefers to use diplomacy.
Acknowledging that the tough international sanctions are hurting the Iranian regime,Obama said ,
"We have mobilized the international community in anunprecedented way. They are feeling the pinch. They are feeling the pressure."
Until Iran commit itself to peaceful use of nuclear energy and leaves its nuclear weapon programme, both the USare Israel are going to be very concerned about it.
The U.S. and its Western allies accuse Iran of producing atomic weapons while Iran maintained its program is meant to produce fuel for future nuclear power reactors and medical radioisotopes needed for cancer patients.
Israel and the U.S. have have threatened that all 'options are on the table' including military action, if Iran continues with its uranium enrichment program.
On October 2011,Syrian President Bashar Assad warned West that he will set the Middle East on fire if NATO forces attack his country.
“If a crazy measure is taken against Damascus, I will need not more than six hours to transfer hundreds of rockets and missiles to the Golan Heights to fire them at Tel Aviv,” Assad said.
“All these events will happen in three hours, but in the second three hours, Iran will attack the US warships in the Persian Gulf and the U.S., and European interests will be targeted simultaneously,” Assad said
Earlier,Iran threatened to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the event of being attacked and could cut off oil exports to “hostile” European nations with Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi said that Tehran would block the strait of hormouz and create havoc in international oil markets if the West placed new economic sanctions on his country.
“If they impose sanctions on Iran’s oil exports,” Rahimi declared, “then even one drop of oil cannot flow from the Strait of Hormuz.”
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have come up with a contingency plan in case of a crisis"Exporting oil or importing goods and cargo through Hormuz remains a main concern for the GCC
Issuing warning to world powers over its nuclear ambitions,Iran's deputy Revolutionary Guards commander,Gen. Hossein Salami did not clearly eleborate to which countries he meant as possible hosts for military action against it.
"Any place where enemy offensive operations against the Islamic Republic of Iran originate will be the target of a reciprocal attack by the Guard's fighting units," Salami said.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei also issued stern warning to West by saying that " Iran has its "own threats" to respond to any military attack or sanctions against its oil exports.'
The tensions between Iran and West has increased after U.S. defense secretary said Israel was likely to bomb Iran nuclear installations with or without US help within months to stop it assembling nuclear weapons.
"In response to threats of oil embargo and war, we haveour own threats which will be implemented at the right time,if necessary," he said.
The West has also ramped up sanctions aimed at severely curbing Iran's vital oil exports.
Israel's defence minister said there is growing international awareness that military action against Iran's nuclear programme will have to beconsidered.
Ehud Barak told that he senses a change in international thinking. He says world leaders are increasingly realising that if sanctions don't stop Iran's nuclear programme, "there will be a need to consider action."
President Barack Obama has said that Israel has not decided uptill now on attacking Iran's nuclear installations, as he still prefers to use diplomacy.
Acknowledging that the tough international sanctions are hurting the Iranian regime,Obama said ,
"We have mobilized the international community in anunprecedented way. They are feeling the pinch. They are feeling the pressure."
Until Iran commit itself to peaceful use of nuclear energy and leaves its nuclear weapon programme, both the USare Israel are going to be very concerned about it.
The U.S. and its Western allies accuse Iran of producing atomic weapons while Iran maintained its program is meant to produce fuel for future nuclear power reactors and medical radioisotopes needed for cancer patients.
Israel and the U.S. have have threatened that all 'options are on the table' including military action, if Iran continues with its uranium enrichment program.
On October 2011,Syrian President Bashar Assad warned West that he will set the Middle East on fire if NATO forces attack his country.
“If a crazy measure is taken against Damascus, I will need not more than six hours to transfer hundreds of rockets and missiles to the Golan Heights to fire them at Tel Aviv,” Assad said.
“All these events will happen in three hours, but in the second three hours, Iran will attack the US warships in the Persian Gulf and the U.S., and European interests will be targeted simultaneously,” Assad said
Earlier,Iran threatened to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the event of being attacked and could cut off oil exports to “hostile” European nations with Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi said that Tehran would block the strait of hormouz and create havoc in international oil markets if the West placed new economic sanctions on his country.
“If they impose sanctions on Iran’s oil exports,” Rahimi declared, “then even one drop of oil cannot flow from the Strait of Hormuz.”
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have come up with a contingency plan in case of a crisis"Exporting oil or importing goods and cargo through Hormuz remains a main concern for the GCC
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