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Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak warns that the West can't wait too long to check Iran's nuclear threat: "Whoever says 'later' may find that later is too late," he says.

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Iran's Threat : Opinion Brief
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak warns that the West can't wait too long to check Iran's nuclear threat: "Whoever says 'later' may find that later is too late," he says.

Would Israel attack Iran without U.S. approval?

Posted on February 6, 2012, at 1:29 PM

Ehud Barak and Co. are ratcheting up their rhetoric as Iran's nuclear program continues unchecked — and many U.S. officials don't think our allies are bluffing

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Iran's Threat : Analysis
After a failed assassination attempt on U.S. soil last year, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Iranian officials appear more willing to attack the U.S., according to intelligence officials.

Could Iran really launch an attack on U.S. soil?

Posted on February 1, 2012, at 10:22 AM

U.S. intelligence agencies say Iran is planning terrorist attacks inside the U.S. to retaliate for threats from Washington and its allies. Is that just fear-mongering?

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Iran's Threat : Opinion Brief
Iranian students, waiting for the arrival of international nuclear inspectors, carry pictures of an Iranian nuclear scientist who was killed in a bomb blast this month.

Iran's nuclear threat: Can inspections defuse the tensions?

Posted on January 30, 2012, at 10:56 AM

Many Western diplomats hope their worst fears won't be confirmed as international nuclear experts arrive in Iran for a fact-finding mission

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Iran's Threat : Burning Question
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he would not cave to pressure to end the country's uranium enrichment program, but he is open to discussion.

Iran's offer to talk nukes: A win for the West?

Posted on January 27, 2012, at 12:17 PM

Tehran says it's willing to resume discussions, but insists it won't cave to foreign demands that it stop enriching uranium

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Iran's Threat : In-depth briefing
Soldiers take part in Iranian naval maneuvers near Iran's Strait of Hormuz: Tehran has threatened to block the busy oil-shipping route, through which 17 million barrels of oil travel every day.

Iran: The showdown over the Strait of Hormuz

Posted on January 27, 2012, at 9:45 AM

Tehran threatens to block the world's busiest oil-shipping route. What would happen if the strait were closed?

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Iran's Threat : Controversy
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits a uranium enrichment facility in 2008: Some critics believe the West should treat Iran no differently than it does any country that's enriching uranium.

Should the West just let Iran enrich uranium?

Posted on January 25, 2012, at 12:33 PM

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty allows countries to enrich uranium if they agree to rigorous monitoring. Should that standard apply to Iran, too?

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Iran's Threat : The Bullpen
Daniel Larison

Daniel Larison: The West's inimical posturing on Iran

Posted on January 24, 2012, at 6:05 PM

The EU approves a ban on Iranian oil imports, but what the West really needs is a complete reappraisal of its dealings with Tehran

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Iran's Threat : Opinion Brief
An oil tanker anchored near the Strait of Hormuz: In response to the EU's planned oil embargo, Iran has threatened to close the critical Persian Gulf oil passage.

Will Europe's Iranian oil embargo backfire?

Posted on January 24, 2012, at 10:17 AM

The EU's vow to stop buying millions of barrels of oil a day from Tehran could have a devastating effect on Iran's economy

Iran's Threat : The List
Iran's morality police detain a man with unacceptable hair and clothing back in 2008: In recent weeks, Tehran has cracked down on shopkeepers selling Barbie dolls.

6 so-called vices banned by Iran's morality police

Posted on January 18, 2012, at 1:32 PM

Anything deemed un-Islamic — from dolls to water pistols to snow skiing — is considered fair game for censure

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Iran's Threat : Instant Guide
K-Dog, a bottle-nose dolphin, leaps during training: The Navy has used marine mammals to detect mines for decades.

Bomb-detecting dolphins: The Navy's secret weapon against Iran?

Posted on January 17, 2012, at 3:05 PM

Iran is threatening to block a key oil tanker route — and brainy marine mammals may be the U.S. military's best hope of stopping Tehran  

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Iran's Threat : Analysis
A policeman walks past Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan's car, which was bombed by a drive-by motorcyclist in Tehran Wednesday, killing Ahmadi-Roshan.

The killing of Iran's nuclear scientists: 'Terrorism we support'?

Posted on January 12, 2012, at 12:06 PM

For the fourth time in two years, assassins hit an Iranian nuclear expert. Is this unpardonable terrorism, or part of a smart, targeted war?

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Iran's Threat : Fact Sheet
Amir Hekmati, a former U.S. Marine who holds dual Iranian-American citizenship, has been sentenced to death on espionage charges in Iran.

Will Iran execute an American citizen?

Posted on January 10, 2012, at 10:52 AM

Iran has sentenced former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati to death for allegedly being a CIA spy bent on brainwashing Iranians through video games

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Iran's Threat : Opinion Brief
Iran has conducted 10 days of exercises, test-firing missiles, the sort of belligerence experts interpret as a sign that the country is rattled by new U.S. sanctions.

Are sanctions starting to 'bite' Iran?

Posted on January 4, 2012, at 10:12 AM

New measures designed to cut into Tehran's financial lifeline — its oil revenue — may be shaking Iran's economy and unnerving its ruling mullahs

Iran's Threat : Opinion Brief
A spent nuclear fuel rod: Iran has reportedly built and tested its own fuel rods, a potentially giant step toward the development of nuclear weapons.

Iran's 'alarming' nuclear fuel-rod claim

Posted on January 2, 2012, at 1:47 PM

Tehran warns the West that its nuclear program has made a giant leap forward. How worried should we be?

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Iran's Threat : Instant Guide
A soldier participates in a war game near the Strait of Hormuz: Iran is threatening to block this vital waterway if Western nations tighten their sanctions.

Iran's oil-blockade threat: Mere 'saber-rattling'?

Posted on December 30, 2011, at 9:24 AM

Tehran warns that it may stop oil from passing through the critical Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. fires back that it will tolerate no such thing

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Iran's Threat : Opinion Brief
Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran: The already tense U.S.-Iran relationship was rattled this weekend, after a U.S. drone went missing near the Iranian border.

Iran downs a U.S. drone: Is 'all-out war' next?

Posted on December 5, 2011, at 10:24 AM

Tehran claims to have taken out a top-secret spy plane, potentially bringing a showdown over Iran's nuclear program closer

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