Tag: Iran
Iran: We will change nuclear doctrine if threatened by Israel
The Islamic Republic will weaponize its nuclear program if Israel “threatens its existence,” an adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Thursday.
“If the Zionist regime dares to damage Iran’s nuclear facilities, our...
When truth is counter-intuitive
Louis René Beres (Ph.D., Princeton, 1971)
Emeritus Professor of International Law
Purdue University
lberes@purdue.edu
VLADIMIR: “Well? What do we do now”?
ESTRAGON: “Don’t let’s do anything. It’s safer.”
Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
The “Theatrical” Background
Understood as genre, there is ample good reason to...
Hezbollah’s vast subterranean network in Lebanon is in a different league
In the summer of 2008, a group of Christian Lebanese from the Jezzine area were making their way by car towards the well-known Maronite summer resort town when it was suddenly forced to stop...
Argentina asks Interpol to arrest Iranian minister over AMIA attack
Argentina has asked Interpol to arrest Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi due to his alleged role in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and...
Israel’s nuclear doctrine, ambiguity versus openness after Iran’s aggression
Louis René Beres (Ph.D., Princeton, 1971)
Emeritus Professor of International Law
Purdue University
lberes@purdue.edu
“For by Wise Counsel, Thou Shalt Make Thy War.”
Proverbs 24,6
Israel's nuclear posture remains “deliberately ambiguous.” In the past, this stance appears to have been sensible,...
Tehran trying to revive nuclear talks with US
Iran is in contact with the Biden administration about restarting moribund talks on a new nuclear agreement amid a direct military confrontation between Tehran and U.S. ally Israel, the dpa German news agency reported on Sunday,...
Most Israelis against Palestinian state for defense pact
A majority of Israelis oppose agreeing in principle to the future establishment of a Palestinian state in exchange for a permanent regional defense agreement, according to the 15th “War in Gaza” survey published by the...
US to back Rafah op in exchange for Israel dropping major Iran strike—report
Unnamed Egyptian officials told the Qatari Al-Araby Al-Jadeed news outlet on Wednesday that the United States has agreed to back an Israeli operation in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah in exchange for Jerusalem forgoing a major...
48 countries condemn Tehran for attack on Israel
Forty-eight countries condemned Iran and its proxies for the Apr. 14 missile and drone attack on Israel in a joint statement issued on Wednesday evening.
“We unequivocally condemn” the attacks, read the statement, specifically naming Iran and...
Iran threatens to review nuclear doctrine
The Isalmic Republic on Thursday threatened to reconsider its official nuclear doctrine amid Israeli threats to retaliate against the Islamic Republic for its unprecedented direct missile and drone attack on the Jewish state.
“A review...