Iran Democracy Monitor: No. 135
Iran tightens security ahead of election;
Taliban, Iran mend fences;
Iran, Hamas fall out over Syria...;
...As Tehran doubles down in Damascus
Iran tightens security ahead of election;
Taliban, Iran mend fences;
Iran, Hamas fall out over Syria...;
...As Tehran doubles down in Damascus
Opponents of U.S. nuclear modernization are operating under a slew of false assumptions. That is the message of Major General Garrett Harencak, the top nuclear advisor to the U.S. Air Force's Chief of Staff, who spoke recently to a hundred top military and civilian experts at a seminar in Washington. And it is one that is worth heeding.
Only Russian aircraft carrier moves to Mediterranean;
Former chess champion leaves Russia
Last week, Argentine state prosecutor Alberto Nisman dropped a bombshell when he issued his long-awaited indictment in the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Israel Mutual Association (AMIA) in Buenos Aires. The 502-page report pins the blame for the attack -- which killed 85 and wounded hundreds more in what experts call Latin America's 9/11 -- squarely on the Islamic Republic of Iran. In doing so, it provides a timely reminder that Iran's radical regime is active in the Western Hemisphere and that its presence here is far broader than is commonly understood.
Islamist militants evicted from Mali regroup in libya;
Hezbollah backs the Syrian regime;
Jordan seeks to upgrade its military;
National dialogue in Yemen;
Saudi leadership transition underway