Contrary to the warmongering claims recently made by the Israeli and U.S. government officials, President Shimon Peres believes Israel should not attack Iran in near future, officials close to Peres said.
Russian officials have warned that an Israeli strike on Iran would be nothing short of catastrophic.
Here is a roundup of the recent military movements in the region involving Iran, U.S., Israel, NATO and Saudi Arabia.
Under pressure from the United States, Japan is close to cutting its oil imports from Iran.
Hague has also warned that by allowing Iran to develop nuclear weapons, a deadly arms race will escalate in the Middle East
Speaking to the New York Times, Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula said the operation to simultaneously attack multiple sites in Iran would require planes Israeli jets to fly 1000 miles across unfriendly airspace and complex air-to-air refueling maneuvers if it were to succeed.
U.N. officials have visited Iran for the second time in a month. Their February 20th return shows how seriously the monitoring organization views the pace of Iranian nuclear developments
Inspectors are expected to spend two days in the country, but with tensions running high between Iran and Israel, Western diplomats have played down any hopes of a major breakthrough at the meeting.
Deputy Director General of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Herman Nackaerts arrived for the second time in Tehran to discuss Iran's nuclear program.Nackaerts said that his team's main priority is to clarify the possible military dimensions of Iran's nuclear program.
Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in Tehran on Monday for talks on the disputed nuclear program of Iran, a day after the Islamic country responded defiantly to tightened EU sanctions by halting oil sales to British and French companies.
In the wake of U.S. National Security Advisor Tom Donilon's visit to Israel to discuss Iran's nuclear program with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a U.S. official has indicated that there is an increasing likelihood that Israel would initiate military action against Iran.
U.N. nuclear inspectors headed to Iran Sunday for talks aimed at getting Tehran to start addressing their mounting concerns that it may be seeking to develop atomic bombs.
Hague claimed that London has urged the Israelis not to launch such a strike.
Iran is clearly trying to develop nuclear-weapons capability -- and if it succeeds, then it will set off a dangerous round of nuclear proliferation across the Middle East -- British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in an interview published on Saturday.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is treating Iran's letter about restarting nuclear talks with caution, but noted Iran's response was “the one we have been waiting for.”
In a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing about the existing hostilities between the U.S. and Iran, American intelligence officials said it is unlikely that Iran will start military action against the U.S.
A video of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on trial for corruption and terrorism has gone viral in Russia, attracting millions of views after being posted on YouTube two days ago.
In light of Iran's apparent nuclear capabilities, Russia argues that Western economic sanctions have failed and the time for negotiations is now.
After eleven months of revolt, the Syrian army and security forces have killed at least 7,000 civilians in a brutal and horrific campaign that has placed the country in the virtual civil war.
Russia said global powers must work harder to win concessions from Iran over its nuclear program, warning that Tehran's desire for compromise is decreasing as it moves closer to being able to build atomic weapons.
Iran President President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has already asserted that Iran will never halt its uranium enrichment program.
Sean Stone, son of Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, converted to Islam recently in Iran.
