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Report: Iran's Paramilitary Launches Cyber Attack

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian hackers working for the powerful Revolutionary Guard's paramilitary Basij group have launched attacks on websites of the "enemies," a state-owned newspaper reported Monday in a rare acknowledgment from Iran that it's involved in cyber warfare. The report followed an announcement in January...

Opinion: New START's Shaky Start

In the last-minute rush to secure Senate approval of the New START arms control treaty with Russia, the White House argued that Senate passage of the accord would secure Russian assistance in curtailing Iran's nuclear weapons development program. But despite the administration's claim that the treaty would "create a...

Obama Taps New Point Man for Terror Finances, Iran Sanctions

Stuart Levey, architect of the post-9/11 strategy of using the long reach of the U.S. financial system to fight terrorists and pressure Iran to give up its atomic ambitions, is leaving the government just as the sanctions fight with Iran could be heating up. President Barack Obama today named Levey's current deputy and...

Iran Vows No Compromise Ahead of Nuclear Talks

Iran has vowed not to compromise on its nuclear program ahead of multilateral talks scheduled for Friday and Saturday in Istanbul. Instead, the regime says it wants the talks to focus on global political problems, claiming this could be the "last chance" for some type of agreement to be reached with the West. Earlier...

Is Iran Using Iraq, Lebanon and Afghanistan to Deflect the West?

Analysis Yet another chapter in the Great Game may be afoot across the Middle East, as Iran seeks to sidetrack the United States and allied powers from their mission to block Tehran from gaining nuclear weapons. And players, or pawns, in the game this time may include Lebanon, Afghanistan, Iraq and the Palestinian...