In The Days

A new medium-range missile is fired from a naval ship during Velayat-90 war game on Sea of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran, January 1, 2012.
Credit: Reuters/Jamejamonline/Ebrahim Norouzi

Iran announced plans on Friday for new military exercises in the world’s most important oil shipping lane, the latest in weeks of bellicose gestures towards the West as new sanctions threaten Tehran’s oil exports.

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The U.S. military will steadily shrink the Army and Marine Corps, reduce forces in Europe and probably make further cuts to the nation’s nuclear arsenal, the Obama administration said Thursday in a preview of how it intends to reshape the armed forces after a decade of war.

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Iran will take action if a U.S. aircraft carrier which left the area because of Iranian naval exercises returns to the Gulf, the state news agency quoted army chief Ataollah Salehi as saying on Tuesday.

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The US aircraft carrier which Iran claims went ‘inside the manoeuvre zone’ where Iranian ships are conducting 10 days of wargames in the Gulf Photo: REUTERS

Iran claimed to have successfully taken surveillance footage of a US aircraft carrier near the Strait of Hormuz today as both countries raised the stakes in their standoff over the critical oil route.

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Iran plans to practice its use of submarines, surface-to-sea missile systems, torpedoes and drones

Tehran’s latest display of military power will bring it into close proximity of US warships in strategic oil route.

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Federal budget problems undermine future of U.S. nuclear leadership

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Photo by: Ariel Harmoni

Shi’ite organization trying to move advanced weaponry from Syria to Lebanon to prevent its capture by Assad opposition.

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MOSCOW — Russia has delivered anti-ship cruise missiles to Syria, the Interfax news agency cited an unnamed military source as saying on Thursday, days after a United Nations commission of inquiry called for an arms embargo on Damascus.

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel does not want to take military action against Iran over its nuclear program, but at some point may have no other option, the Israeli defense minister said Thursday

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Protesters burn a British flag taken down from the British embassy in Tehran November 29, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/Raheb Homavandi

Iranian protesters stormed two British Embassy compounds in Tehran Tuesday, smashing windows, hurling petrol bombs and burning the British flag in a protest against sanctions imposed by Britain, live Iranian television showed.

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