Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Iran and Kuwait, holding their first summit in decades, have been examining the prospect of energy cooperation. Officials said Kuwait’s Emir Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah discussed energy cooperation with Iranian President Hassan Rowhani on June 1. The discussions took place during the emir’s visit to Teheran, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran, amid its rapproachment with the United States, has disclosed its strategy to establish an insurgency presence in all countries that neighbor Israel. A senior Iranian commander said Teheran has formulated a strategy meant to surround Israel with hostile states. Basij commander Gen. Mohammad Reza Naqdi said Iran was working […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran envisions natural gas exports by a pipeline to the Gulf. Officials said the Teheran regime expected that the lifting of international sanctions would pave the way for Iranian gas exports. The officials said Iran could export up to four billion cubic feet of gas per day by pipeline to […]
Jeffrey T. Kuhner History is repeating itself. The recent interim nuclear deal signed by the United States and other major powers with Iran in Geneva paves the way for war. President Obama is the new Neville Chamberlain, the British prime minister who boasted of creating “peace in our time” after signing an agreement with Nazi […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Gregory R. Copley, Editor, GIS/Defense & Foreign Affairs The interim accord between the P5+1 states (the P5 or five permanent members of the UN Security Council, namely United States, Russia, People’s Republic of China, United Kingdom, and France, plus Germany) and Iran, signed in Geneva on Nov. 24, to constrain Iranian […]
Sol W. Sanders With its attempt to tame the Tehran mullahs, the Obama Administration now adds mystery to its already established credentials for obfuscation and incompetence. Obfuscation: President Barrack Ohama’s special friend and adviser, Iranian-born Valerie Jarrett, apparently, has been secretly creeping around the Persian Gulf for a year holding “unofficial” talks with the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com NICOSIA — Lebanon has reported a secret dialogue between the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah and the United States. Lebanese parliamentary sources said U.S. diplomats have begun contact with Hizbullah politicians in Beirut. They said the dialogue concerned stability in Lebanon as well as the next government. “The United States is sending and receiving […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has been warned by a former senior aide regarding his pro-Iran policy. Leon Panetta, a leading member of Obama’s first administration, said Iran could be using its current negotiations to gain time to develop nuclear weapons. Panetta, who served as defense secretary and CIA director, said Iranian […]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has announced what officials termed an Iranian plot that included the United States on the eve of Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu’s talks with President Obama. The Israel Security Agency has reported the capture of a suspected spy for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. ISA said the alleged agent, a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will press Israel to support the U.S. reconciliation campaign with Iran. Officials said Obama would urge visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Israel’s support of Washington’s drive to improve relations with Teheran. For his part, Netanyahu has pledged to disclose information on Iran’s nuclear weapons program. The […]