About
Omri Ceren is a PhD candidate at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Communication. His home on the Internet is here.
Email: omri@iconindexsymbol.com
Skype: omricerenArchives
-
Clenched With A Long-Range Missile Able To Hit US In 2-3 Years
Posted on June 22, 2012Israel: Iran will have U.S.-range missile in 2-3 years: Israel believes that within 2-3 years Iran will have intercontinental missiles able to hit the United States, an Israeli minister said in remarks aimed at raising awareness of the threat it... -
Clenched Against UAE Sovereignty
Posted on June 22, 2012Analysis: Iran commander’s trip to disputed islands frays UAE nerves: A visit by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander to three tiny islands near the Strait of Hormuz oil shipping lane revives a bitter territorial dispute between Gulf antagonists – and... -
Clenched Confidently Thanks To Rebounding Sanctions-Busting Asian Oil Imports
Posted on June 22, 2012Japan, China to import Iran oil after EU ban: At least two of Asia’s four top buyers of Iranian crude will keep imports flowing, though at overall reduced rates, as they find ways around an EU ban on insuring tankers... -
Clenched And “Expanding Nuclear Activity In Bunker” [Flashback]
Posted on June 22, 2012‘Iran set to expand nuclear activity in bunker’ : Iran is believed to be carrying out preparations to expand nuclear activity deep inside a mountain, diplomats say, in a further sign of defiance in the face of intensifying Western pressure... -
Clenched Confidently Thanks To Sanctions-Busting Japanese Oil Shipping Insurance
Posted on June 22, 2012Japan passes law to insure Iran oil imports: Japan’s parliament approved government guarantees on insurance for crude oil cargoes from Iran on Wednesday, paving the way for it to become the first of Iran’s big Asian oil buyers to get... -
Clenched Confidently Thanks To Sanctions-Busting Indian Payment Loopholes
Posted on June 22, 2012India Clears Iran Payments Move: India, after much delay and uncertainty, is ready to move ahead with a rupee payment mechanism designed to bypass U.S sanctions on trade with Tehran, a senior industry executive said Wednesday. Under the move, Indian... -
Clenched And Creating Negotiating Atmosphere That’s “Not Positive At All” [Flashback]
Posted on June 21, 2012‘Atmosphere at Moscow nuclear talks is not positive at all’: Iran had “intense and tough” talks on Monday with the six world powers concerned about its nuclear program, but there was no clear progress toward ending the decade-long dispute which... -
Clenched With More Ships, Some New Naval Destroyers
Posted on June 21, 2012Iran to build more ships, boost naval presence : The Iranian navy has announced plans to build more warships and increase its presence in international waters at a time of growing tension in the Middle East over Tehran’s nuclear program.... -
Clenched Against US Cyber Assets, A “Top Threat” — Clapper [Flashback]
Posted on June 21, 2012Iran Now a ‘Top Threat’ to U.S. Networks, Spy Chief Claims: American officials have complained for years that U.S. networks were crawling with Russian and Chinese hackers. On Tuesday, the nation’s top intelligence official told Congress that there’s a new... -
Clenched Confidently Thanks To A Rebound In Sanctions-Busting Chinese Oil Exports
Posted on June 21, 2012China Iran oil imports recover, recoup earlier fall: China’s crude imports from Iran recovered in May to offset a first-quarter plunge in shipments to nearly half the annual average, after the two nations resolved a wrangle over the terms of... -
Clenched And Sanitizing Their Atom Bomb Military Plant. Again.
Posted on June 21, 2012U.S. think tank sees more Iran site sanitation: A U.S. security institute published new satellite imagery Wednesday which it said appeared to show further activity to clean up an Iranian military site which the U.N. nuclear watchdog wants to inspect,... -
Clenched With An Enrichment Program That’s “Picked Up Speed” Despite Stuxnet
Posted on June 21, 2012Iran enriching uranium at fast pace despite Stuxnet: experts: Iran’s uranium enrichment effort has picked up speed in the past three years and has not been crippled by cyber sabotage from the Stuxnet virus, experts told US lawmakers on Wednesday.... -
Clenched In A “Gaza Missile Gambit”
Posted on June 2, 2012Iran’s Gaza Missile Gambit: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Knesset today that recent missile attacks on southern Israel from Gaza ought not to be regarded as a separate struggle from the international focus on halting Iran’s drive for... -
Clenched Against Dissenters, Who They’re Cracking Down On “With Impunity” — CNN
Posted on June 2, 2012Report: While Arab world explodes, Iran cracks down with impunity: While the world’s attention has been focused on tumult in the Arab world, Iran has cracked down with impunity on dissent and is feared to come down even harder as... -
Clenched Against BBC Journalists [Flashback]
Posted on June 2, 2012Iran ‘detains alleged BBC Persian journalists’: Reports from Iran say several people have been detained for alleged links to the BBC’s Persian service, which is banned in the country. Mehr news agency said they were involved in newsgathering, recruiting and...
