Iran
If Israel, U.S. attack Iran, Russia plans to invade Georgia again
Russian Defense Ministry sources told the semiofficial news agency Interfax that action plans are being finalized to react to an armed conflict involving Iran and its nuclear program. The General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces “calculates&rdquo...
Iran nuclear programme&sanctions: Protesters set alight British embassy in Tehran (VIDEO)
Chişinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- The conflict around Iran's nuclear programme escalates day by day. This time world community’s attention to this West Asian state was attracted by the unacceptable incident. Reportedly a group of around several hundred...
U.S. Republican Presidential debates: Candidates focus on Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran
By Charles Recknagel/ RFE/RL/ Washington, DC -- The eight candidates from the Republican Party who hope to defeat U.S. President Barack Obama in November next year all agree on one thing. They all accuse Obama of failing to deal adequately with three...
STRATFOR analysis: Iran at a Crossroads
By Kamran Bokhari / STRATFOR / Austin, TX -- Geopolitically, a trip to Iran could not come at a better time. Iran is an emerging power seeking to exploit the vacuum created by the departure of U.S. troops from Iraq, which is scheduled to conclude in a...
Top Terrorism Risk list by Maplecroft (198 countries)
Elena Vnorovscaia / Chişinău / Moldova.ORG / -- Maplecroft, a consultancy firm that studies and monitors political, economic, social, and environmental risks, developed the Terrorism Index to allow business to identify and monitor the risks posed...
Bahrain and the battle between Iran and Saudi Arabia
The world’s attention is focused on Libya, which is now in a state of civil war with the winner far from clear. While crucial for the Libyan people and of some significance to the world’s oil markets, in our view, Libya is not the most important...
Turkey and Russia move closer to visa-free travel
Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, visited Turkey in order to attend the talks between Iran and the P5+1. Prior to the start of the talks on the Iranian nuclear issue, Lavrov held crucial meetings with his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu...
WikiLeaks: pressure within Iran blocked nuclear deal
A leaked U.S. diplomatic cable reveals that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wanted a nuclear fuel swap agreement more than a year ago but was pressured internally from politicians who viewed it as a "virtual defeat." The cable made...
Iran remains key foreign policy issue for Obama
One of the central foreign policy questions facing the Obama administration is how to persuade Iran to end its uranium enrichment program. The United States and the European Union have for years believed that Iran's uranium enrichment program is designed...
Iran hangs man convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad
Iran has hanged a man after finding him guilty of spying for Israel's intelligence service, the official Irna news agency says. Ali Akbar Siadat, an Iranian, was executed inside Tehran's Evin prison, according to judicial officials. Irna said he was...
