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Iran, Russia sign strategic cooperation agreement

TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (MNA) – Iran and Russia have signed a strategic cooperation agreement in line with the policy of increasing bilateral cooperation, a top Iranian security official announced on Friday.

Russia, China: No new Iran sanctions

Russia and China have voiced their opposition to fresh sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, the Russian Foreign Ministry has announced....

Israel calls for international action on Iran

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Wednesday called on the world to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons, after the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Tehran appeared to have worked on designing an atomic bomb and may still be conducting secret research....

British firm with links to William Hague sells 'protester-tracking' product to Iran

A British technology firm with links to William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, has sold a product to Iran which could be used to track down protesters. ...

UK army chief secretly visits Tel Aviv

British military chief General Sir David Richards has secretly visited Tel Aviv earlier this week, the Israeli daily The Jerusalem Post quoted the regime's military sources as saying. ...

Iran, Burundi Move to Expand Ties by Opening Embassies

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and Burundi's Minister of External Relations and International Cooperation Augustin Nsanze agreed to open embassies in Tehran and Bujumbura. ...

Military option to deal with Iran is nearer: Israel's Peres

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President Shimon Peres added to a debate raging in Israel over whether to attack Iran, when he said on Friday that a military option to stop the Islamic republic from obtaining nuclear weapons was nearer....

Factbox: How Israel and Iran shape up militarily

(Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog is due to report on Iran's nuclear program next week, amid renewed speculation about a possible Israeli or U.S. military attack on the Islamic Republic....

Iran summons Swiss envoy to protest over US 'threats'

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran made a formal protest Thursday over military experts' remarks to a US Congressional committee last week urging the targeted assassination of members of its elite Quds Force military special operations unit....

AIPAC's "War With Iran" Bill Passes House Committee

Wasting no time after its success in getting the administration to oppose Palestinian statehood at the United Nations, and still celebrating the UNESCO funding cut-off, AIPAC has returned to its #1 priority: pushing for war with Iran. ...

Israel vs. Iran -- U.S. Can't Get Involved ...Yet

COMMENTARY | Earlier today, Israel tested a midrange missile that would be strong enough to reach Iran. ...

Turkey hosts conference on Afghan stability

ISTANBUL (AP) — Regional leaders and diplomats are discussing ways of improving security and economic development in Afghanistan as international combat forces prepare to leave by the end of 2014....

Iran wants Bahrain as its 'crown jewel': Bahrain FM

Bahrain's foreign minister on Tuesday accused Iran of eyeing the Gulf monarchy as "the crown jewel" in a campaign to penetrate the Gulf, and called for Arab support in confronting Tehran, according to official Egyptian media....

Clinton cancels trip to Britain, Turkey: U.S. official

WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters ) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton canceled a trip to Britain and Turkey on Monday because of her mother's ill health, a State Department official said....

Rice recalls Olmert's dramatic secret offer to Palestinians

Former US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice said then Israeli premier Ehud Olmert made a secret offer in 2008 for a Palestinian state with holy sites under international control in a shared Jerusalem....

Syria mining border with Lebanon

SERHANIYEH, Lebanon (AP) — Syria is planting landmines along parts of the country's border with Lebanon as refugees stream out of the country to escape the crackdown on anti-government protests, officials and witnesses said Tuesday....

U.S. says Syria's Assad should step down

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it welcomed efforts by the international community to put a stop to violence in Syria but it still believed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should step down....

Truce halted major Israeli operation in Gaza: Egypt

Egypt said on Tuesday that the truce it negotiated between Gaza militants and Israel this week had prevented a "large scale" Israeli military operation against the coastal strip....

Israeli who sold chemical weapons to Iran freed from jail

An Israeli businessman who has spent more than 14 years behind bars for selling chemical weapons to Iran, qualified for early release from jail on Monday, a spokeswoman for the prison service said....

Iraq ready to cooperate with Iran to improve border security: Barzani

TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (MNA) – Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani has said that Iraq is ready for cooperation with Iran to increase the security of the two countries’ common border....