Iran News Roundup: July 24, 2012
Investigation into Burgas Bomber Continues Bulgarian Prime Minister Boiko Borisov, speaking alongside White House counter-terrorism chief John Brennan in Sofia, said the suicide bomber, who carried out an attack in Burgas last week, was part of a “sophisticated” group of conspirators, who arrived in Bulgaria one month before the attack. He declined to back Israeli […]
Iran News Roundup: July 20, 2012
U.S. Officials Blame Hezbollah for Terror Attack Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that American officials identified the man as a member of a Hezbollah cell “acting under broad guidance” to hit Israeli targets. A U.S. official said it was a “tit for tat” attack done to retaliate for the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientists […]
Iran News Roundup 02/14
Injured Iranian held responsible for Thailand bombings A man believed to be Iranian had both legs blown off after attempting to throw a bomb at Thai police in Bangkok. Two other nearby explosions, which resulted in several people being injured, accompanied this attack. These explosions occurred a day after bombing attacks against Israeli diplomatic staff […]
Israel, Gaza and Iran: Trapping Obama in Imagined Fault Lines
NIAC President Dr. Trita Parsi wrote this article for the “Huffington Post” on January 13, 2009. In talking about the assault on Gaza, neo-conservative pundits and Israeli hardliners have relied on a familiar frame. The fighting in Gaza, they say, is a struggle between Israel and so-called “moderate” Arab states (namely, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi […]