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Omri Ceren is a PhD candidate studying Rhetoric at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication. He lives in downtown Washington, DC.
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Clenched On Assad’s Side, Supplying Him With Weapons
Posted on January 19, 2012Iran supplying weapons to Syria crackdown: US officials: The United States believes Iran is supplying munitions to aid Syria’s bloody protest crackdown in an initiative spearheaded by Tehran’s revolutionary guard supremo, according to senior US officials. Qasem Soleimani, head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps elite Quds force, was in... -
Clenched Against The EU For Being A “US Client”
Posted on January 19, 2012Iran cautions EU on acting as US client: Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast describes the European Union (EU) as a major rival of the US, cautioning the bloc against the consequences of acting as a Washington client. The US seeks to beat out its rival, Mehmanparast told reporters during... -
Clenched And Pouring Billions Into Anti-US Latin American Alliances
Posted on January 19, 2012Iran seeking to expand influence in Latin America: Iran is quietly seeking to expand its ties with Latin America in what U.S. officials and regional experts say is an effort to circumvent economic sanctions and gain access to much-needed markets and raw materials. The new diplomatic offensive, which comes amid... -
Clenched Confidently Thanks To Obama’s “Pathetically Weak” Response To Provocations – Elliott Abrams
Posted on January 19, 2012Iran’s Obligations, and Ours: President Obama’s reaction to the looting of the Embassy is pathetically weak. He said today that “for rioters, essentially, to be able to overrun the embassy and set it on fire is an indication that the Iranian government is not taking its international obligations seriously.” Not... -
Clenched And Openly Mocking Obama With Offers Of A Toy Drone
Posted on January 19, 2012Iran: State radio says Iranian company will give US a toy model of downed American drone: State radio says an Iranian company is sending the United States a model of the American surveillance drone captured by the Islamic Republic. Tuesday’s report said the company will send the miniature of the... -
Clenched Against The Imprisoned Christians They Attacked Over Christmas
Posted on January 18, 2012Concern over condition of four detainees arrested in AOG church of Ahwaz : Following an attack on the Assemblies of God Church of Ahwaz which resulted in the arrest of a number of Christians and their children, concerns are growing over the conditions of four of these detainees. According to... -
Clenched Against The Ex-Marine They’re Putting To Death
Posted on January 18, 2012Iran sentences ex-Marine to death in CIA case: former U.S. Marine interpreter arrested while on a trip to visit his Iranian grandmothers has been sentenced to death as a CIA spy, state radio reported Monday, in a case likely to become a new flashpoint in the escalating tensions between Tehran’s... -
Clenched Against The Star Of David
Posted on January 18, 2012‘Tehran: Star of David dome destroyed’ : Tehran municipality workers destroyed the “Star of David dome” in the capital’s main square, according to a report by Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency, cited by Channel Two News. The authorities reportedly ordered the destruction of the dome, which had “characteristics associated with... -
Clenched And Gearing Up The IRGC For War
Posted on January 18, 2012Iran’s Revolutionary Guards prepare for war: An order from Gen Mohammed Ali Jaafari, the commander of the guards, raised the operational readiness status of the country’s forces, initiating preparations for potential external strikes and covert attacks. Western intelligence officials said the Islamic Republic had initiated plans to disperse long-range missiles,... -
Clenched And Developing Radar-Evading Nuke-Carrying Cruise Missiles
Posted on January 18, 2012‘Iran is developing low-flying cruise missiles’ : Iran is developing an advanced low-flying cruise missile that could potentially carry a non-conventional warhead, Arieh Herzog, director of the Defense Ministry’s Homa Missile Defense Agency, said on Wednesday. Herzog, who will step down from his post in the beginning of the year,... -
Clenched Against The US, Preparing To Launch A Cyber Attack From Latin America
Posted on January 17, 2012Iran Preparing Serious Cyber Attack Against the U.S. from Latin America: Univision, the largest TV broadcaster in Spanish of the United States, recently presented a report showing that Iran is actively preparing an attack against the US to be carried out from bases in Latin America. The documentary, “La Amenaza... -
Clenched With A New Round Of Hangings
Posted on January 17, 2012Iran Hangs 12 Convicted Criminals: Iranian state media say authorities have hanged 12 convicts in the southern city of Shiraz. Media reports say seven of those executed were found guilty of drug trafficking. Iran practices the Muslim Sharia law in which some serious crimes – including rape, armed robbery and... -
Clenched Confidently Thanks To Obama Admin’s Anti-Sanction Efforts
Posted on January 17, 2012‘Obama urging US lawmakers to soften Iran sanctions’ : The Obama administration is urging US lawmakers to soften proposed sanctions targeting Iran’s central bank, Senator Mark Kirk said on Tuesday. Kirk, a Republican, is the co-author along with Democratic Senator Robert Menendez of a proposal to penalize foreign financial institutions... -
Clenched With Gleeful Boasts Of “Dynamic Diplomacy” And Anti-US Latin American Coalitions
Posted on January 17, 2012‘Iran’s dynamic diplomacy baffles US’: An Iranian lawmaker says Iran’s dynamic diplomacy in Latin America, which was once regarded as the US backyard, has left Washington baffled. “Latin Americans consider the Islamic Republic of Iran as a role model in fighting the global arrogance and therefore the country has unrivaled... -
Clenched With The Help Of Sanctions-Busting Asian Oil Exports
Posted on January 17, 2012Defiant Iran says Asia oil customers stay loyal: Iran said on Monday it was business as usual with Asia’s leading oil buying countries, despite growing pressure on its customers in the East from a tightening mesh of sanctions hampering its crude exports. Asian leaders are touring the Middle East to...
