http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/iran/ en-us Mon, 6 Jul 2009 17:51:27 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286619/posts It was a most unusual Fourth of July holiday. While we, the American people, were celebrating the passage of the Declaration of Independence on the Fourth of July, 1776, our only nationally-elected leaders, the President and Vice-President, seem to have forgotten its meaning. American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286619/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 17:51:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286617/posts Iran is ready to take "real and decisive" action if Israel attacks its nuclear facilities, a senior Iranian parliamentary official says. The remarks by Alaeddin Broujerdi, the head of Iran's parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, came after US Vice President Joe Biden signalled that Washington would not try to prevent any such Israeli assault. "Both the US and Israel are aware of the consequence of an erroneous decision," Broujerdi told reporters at the Iranian Embassy in Tokyo on Monday. "I believe our response will be real and decisive," Broujerdi said. He declined to elaborate. Israel fears Iran... Nine News Australia http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286617/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 17:49:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286569/posts Washington - The video gave substance to what seemed so far away. We saw the look in her eyes as they went lifeless. We heard the sounds of her friends and family as they begged her to hold on. And she became the personification of the struggle for democracy in a country where voices for freedom are quelled. Her name was Neda Agha-Soltan, and without Twitter we might never have known that she lived in Iran, that she dreamed of a free Iran, and that she died in a divided Iran for her dreams. Neda became the voice of a... Christian Science Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286569/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 16:36:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286526/posts WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden signaled that the Obama administration would not stand in the way if Israel chose to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, even as the top U.S. military officer said any attack on Iran would be destabilizing. Biden's remarks suggested a tougher U.S. stance against Iran's nuclear ambitions. Nonetheless, administration officials insisted his televised remarks Sunday reflected the U.S. view that Israel has a right to defend itself and make its own decisions on national security. In an interview on ABC's "This Week," Biden also said the U.S. offer to negotiate with Tehran on its nuclear program... Yahoo/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286526/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 15:46:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286412/posts Saudi Arabia has indicated to Israel that it would not protest use of its airspace by Israeli fighter jets in the event the government resolves to launch a military assault against Iran, according to a report which appeared in the British newspaper The Sunday Times. The Prime Minister's office issued a statement in response Sunday morning, saying that "the Sunday Times report is fundamentally false and completely baseless." According to The Sunday Times, Mossad chief Meir Dagan held secret meetings with Saudi officials, who gave their tacit approval to Israel's use of the kingdom's airspace. Advertisement "The Saudis have tacitly... Haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286412/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:32:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286399/posts Israel is urging the United States and other countries to start preparing now for the possibility that Washington's proposed dialogue with Iran will fail, by readying a "Plan B" that includes "paralyzing sanctions" and other measures against Tehran. The U.S. has resisted this idea so far. The Israeli messages - sent against the background of the recent unrest in Iran - have been delivered to the White House, the State Department and senior officials in the U.S. intelligence community by senior officials in the Prime Minister's Office and the Foreign Ministry. Similar messages have been sent to senior officials in... Haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286399/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 12:21:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286289/posts "Iran said Sunday it has released a British-Greek journalist detained for two weeks during its postelection crackdown..." Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286289/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:21:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286283/posts In recent times, that is, during June of 2009, President Barack Obama has recoiled at efforts at fighting the oppressors in Iran. He has allowed the political situation in Iran to escalate into the crisis it is today. At the time of this writing, protests in the streets have broken out over the rigged election. The red flags should have been flying in the Commander in Chief’s face already. Iran has been advancing their nuclear weapon program at a dangerously rapid rate, constantly waving the fact at the West. The rest has been very well documented. Political corruption has been... American Solvent http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286283/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:11:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286265/posts Just when the Obama-voting Jews thought their hero was going to show a pro-Israel policy they had the rug pulled out of them. Vice-President Joe Six pack was interviewed on ABC News' "This Week With the Guy Who has morning Conference Calls with Democratic Party Strategists, George Stephanopoulos" During the interview he seemed to indicate a change in Obama's policy of tying Israel's hands with regards to Iran. Israel has a sovereign right to decide what is in its best interest in dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions whether the United States agrees or not..We cannot dictate to another sovereign nation... Newsmax/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286265/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 03:32:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286221/posts CAIRO — An important group of religious leaders in Iran called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate on Saturday, an act of defiance against the country’s supreme leader and the most public sign of a major split in the country’s clerical establishment. A statement by the group, the Association of Researchers and Teachers of Qum, represents a significant, if so far symbolic, setback for the government and especially the authority of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose word is supposed to be final. The government has tried to paint the opposition and its top presidential candidate,... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286221/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:39:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286218/posts DUBAI // Iranian protesters who gathered in Dubai last night were prevented by police from signing a petition against their president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Officers told the 100-strong crowd they were forbidden from sending official petitions from UAE soil. The Iranians had gathered on the beach at Jumeirah Beach Residence to sign a green banner in protest at recent events in Iran. They had planned to send it to Paris, where it would join others from around the world in being hung from the top of the Eiffel Tower, along with the slogan “Ahmadinejad is not our president”. But protesters said... The National http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286218/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:35:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286125/posts Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he was concerned about the unintended consequences of an Israeli military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities. That's a sharp departure from comments that Vice President Joe Biden made earlier today. Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286125/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 21:53:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286119/posts 'There were two days a couple of weeks ago when the call-ins stopped," says Menashe Amir, Israel Radio's Farsi broadcaster, whose shows have attracted millions of listeners in Iran for the past 50 years. "But then they resumed." The going-on-70-year-old, who officially retired five years ago, yet continues to transmit on a daily basis, attributes this to the courage of his former countrymen (Amir made aliya in 1959). In a September 2006 interview in these pages, Amir asserted that a majority of Iranians opposed their regime, yet were helpless in the face of the repression under which they were living.... Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286119/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 21:47:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286111/posts Plunging squarely into one of the most sensitive issues in the Middle East, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. suggested on Sunday that the United States would not stand in the way of Israeli military action aimed at the Iranian nuclear program. The United States, Mr. Biden said in an interview broadcast on ABC’s “This Week,” “cannot dictate to another sovereign nation what they can and cannot do.” "Israel can determine for itself — it’s a sovereign nation — what’s in their interest and what they decide to do relative to Iran and anyone else," he said, in an interview... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286111/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 21:25:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286102/posts The New York Times has this report. An important group of religious leaders in Iran called the disputed presidential election and the new government illegitimate on Saturday, an act of defiance against the country’s supreme leader and the most public sign of a major split in the country’s clerical establishment. A statement by the group, the Association of Researchers and Teachers of Qum, represents a significant, if so far symbolic, setback for the government and especially the authority of the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose word is supposed to be final. The government has tried to paint the opposition... The Provocateur http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286102/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 21:09:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286085/posts German blogs, Jihad Watch & Atlas Shrugged are discussing the apparent Christian cross seen worn by Neda in an AP photo. AP photo + various http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286085/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:35:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286072/posts Israel, Fighter Jets, Submarines, Satellites and Iran By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem, Israel ---- July 5, 2009 ...... As Israel receives explicit consent from Saudi Arabia to use their airspace to two defend both nations from a nuclear Iran, Israel maintains several other options to defend herself from an Iran nuclear threat. The Sunday Times of London reported today that Israel Mossad director Meir Dagan has held secret talks with Saudi officials to discuss the possibility of using Saudi Arabia airspace for a air strike to take out Iran's nuclear weapon manufacturing facilities. "The Saudis have tacitly agreed... Israel News Agency / Google News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286072/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 20:16:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286062/posts Saudi Arabia would turn the other cheek and allow Israel to use its airspace to attack Iran, London’s Sunday Times reports. According to the report, Mossad chief Meir Dagan has told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that Syria has hinted to the move. “The Saudis have tacitly agreed to the Israel air force flying through their airspace on a mission which is supposed to be in the common interests of both Israel and Saudi Arabia,” a diplomatic source stated. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286062/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 19:37:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286009/posts The head of Mossad, Israel’s overseas intelligence service, has assured Benjamin Netanyahu, its prime minister, that Saudi Arabia would turn a blind eye to Israeli jets flying over the kingdom during any future raid on Iran’s nuclear sites. Earlier this year Meir Dagan, Mossad’s director since 2002, held secret talks with Saudi officials to discuss the possibility. The Israeli press has already carried unconfirmed reports that high-ranking officials, including Ehud Olmert, the former prime minister, held meetings with Saudi colleagues. The reports were denied by Saudi officials. timesonline http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286009/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 17:49:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286018/posts If Ali Khamenei and the Guardian Council had hoped to ride out the anger over the rigged presidential election, they didn’t figure on Qum. The association of Islamic leaders in the most important religious city in Iran have declared the election illegitimate, which threatens to undermine the credibility of the Khamenei regime’s claim to divine direction. If the clerics of Iran bolt, what does Khamenei have left? Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2286018/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 18:01:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285978/posts Vice President Joe Biden says the U.S. will not stand in Israel's way if Israel believes military action is needed to eliminate Iran's nuclear threat. Biden says the U.S. "cannot dictate to another sovereign nation what they can and cannot do." AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285978/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 16:41:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2285965/posts The news from Iran may have died down, but that's a function of the mainstream media getting bored and the Presidents weak response, it does not, by any means, indicate that the revolt that began the day after the presidential election is over. The oppressive regime must be getting nervous as it is beginning to threaten the opposition candidates. In two editorials, the Iranian daily Kayhan termed Mousavi, Khatami and their followers a dangerous opposition, and called to put them on trial for treason, cooperation with foreign elements, and responsibility for the death of civilians during the recent protests. Source:... NY TIMES/THE LID http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2285965/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 16:16:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285926/posts U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said on Sunday that the Obama administration would not stand in Israel's way should the latter chooses to take military action to eliminate Iran's nuclear threat. Israel has the right to determine its own course of action with regard to the Iranian nuclear threat regardless of what the Obama administration chooses to do, Biden told ABC reporter George Stephanopoulos. When asked whether the Obama administration would restrain Israeli military action against Iran, Biden responded: "Israel can determine for itself - it's a sovereign nation - what's in their interest and what they decide to do... Haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285926/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 14:42:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285901/posts Before Lebanon’s parliamentary elections were over, the world was already turning its attention from Beirut to Tehran, where the presidential campaign was wrapping up. And as the unexpected post-election drama unfolded, ripples from Tehran spread across the globe, raising new questions about that country’s relations with the rest of the world, including Lebanon. NOW Lebanon http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285901/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 13:47:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285876/posts The United States is opposed to enacting a new set of financial sanctions against Iran that are due to be discussed in the G8 summit next week, diplomatic officials in New York reported Friday. According to officials, sanctions against Iran are expected to top the G8's agenda. Sources are also predicting a pointed debate between the heads of the industrialized nations over an appropriate response to Iranian authorities' suppression of reformist demonstrations in Iran led by Mir Hossein Mousavi and other Iranian opposition leaders. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi hinted in a newspaper interview earlier in the week that the... Haaretz http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285876/posts#comment Sun, 5 Jul 2009 12:59:28 GMT