Iran Nonproliferation Update 10/19

US to 'ratchet up' sanctions pressure on Iran Jerusalem Post - ‎ The US will “ratchet up the pressure” on Iran to address international concerns about that country's nuclear program, the Treasury Department's top counterterrorism official said Friday. “We have things that we can do to continue to intensify the sanctions,” ...http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=288505 Peres: Iranians must overthrow Ayatollan regime Jerusalem Post - ‎ President Shimon Peres called on world leaders to encourage the Iranian people to rise up against and overthrow the Ayatollan regime. "We would all be happy if the Iranian regime were to fall from the high and dangerous tree that it has climbed up," Peres ...http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=288368 A clearer Middle East picture Globes - ‎ In the past few days, several conundrums have been cleared up: 1. The Egyptian regime is at one and the same time repressive and incompetent, a toxic combination. Persecution of the Coptic Christians in the name of Islam is growing steadily, resulting in ...http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/docview.asp?did=1000791387&fid=1724 'Israel will face fierce retaliation if Iran is attacked' Zee News - ‎Oct 18, 2012‎ Tehran: Israel will 'definitely' face fierce retaliation if it attacks Iranian nuclear sites, the acting commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard warned on Thursday. The remarks by Gen Hossein Salami appear to be part of Iranian efforts to portray any strike ...http://zeenews.india.com/news/world/israel-will-face-fierce-retaliation-if-iran-is-attacked_806319.html IRGC: Israel highly vulnerable to all-out strike by Iran Jerusalem Post - ‎Oct 18, 2012‎ Israel is highly vulnerable to an Iranian military attack, Deputy Commander of the Revolutionary Guard Brig.-Gen. Hossein Salami said Thursday according to Iran's state-run Press TV. “Following the infiltration of Hezbollah's drone into the [airspace of the] ...http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=288345 Iranian-Americans' California dreaming Aljazeera.com - ‎Oct 18, 2012‎ Los Angeles - Being on the sharp end of US foreign policy is nothing new for Iranians. More than 30 years of sanctions and the recurring spectre of war have cast a heavy shadow over relations between the two countries. Nearly 1.5 million Iranians have made ...http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/10/201210189415822388.html Top Iranian military chief says country is prepared for 'global battles' if its nuclear ... Daily Mail - ‎Oct 18, 2012‎ Top Iranian military chief says country is prepared for 'global battles' if its nuclear facilities are attacked. General said Israel would face fierce retaliation if it attacks; EU has imposed new raft of sanctions against Iran in effort to make country halt nuclear ...http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2219519/Iran-prepared-global-battles-nuclear-facilities-attacked.html If Iran is attacked, Israel will be hit AngolaPress - ‎Oct 18, 2012‎ Tehran - The acting commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard warns Israel will "definitely" face fierce retaliation if it attacks Iranian nuclear sites. Gen. Hossein Salami's comments appear to be part of Iranian efforts to portray any strike as the trigger ... Iran: Drone infiltration proves Israel can't defend itself Ynetnews - ‎Oct 18, 2012‎ The infiltration of an Iranian-made drone into Israeli airspace some two weeks ago indicates that Israel would not be able to defend itself in the event of an attack by Iran and its allies, said Hossein Salami, deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guard Corps. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4293876,00.html Refreshing, rational US views on Iran Al-Arabiya - ‎Oct 17, 2012‎ Sometimes things happen so slowly that the casual observer misses them, and one such occurrence is the slow evolution in the United States' position in its faceoff with Iran. Two important things seem to have occurred since the spring: Washington seems to ...http://english.alarabiya.net/views/2012/10/18/244405.html Anti-Iran rhetoric counterproductive Vancouver Sun - ‎Oct 17, 2012‎ The stated purpose of the 'West,' to ensure Iran does not develop a nuclear weapons program, is laudable since nuclear proliferation is a pox on all our houses. However, the bellicose rhetoric of the Obama administration (one-upped by Mitt Romney), ...http://www.vancouversun.com/health/Anti+Iran+rhetoric+counterproductive/7402342/story.html Is Israel Leading The U.S. Into War? Daily Beast - ‎Oct 15, 2012‎ Is Israel leading the U.S. into war? A retired top former Israeli general seems to think that perception could, if the U.S. goes to war with Iran, do damage to the Israeli-American relationship. "What I am mainly concerned of is a scenario where the United states is ...http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/15/is-israel-leading-the-u-s-into-war.html Obama to Israel: Iran is piling up fissile material for 4-6 bombs - in Natanz too DEBKA file - ‎ President Barack Obama this week clued Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in on the latest US intelligence input confirming that Iran will have enough enriched uranium for 4-6 bombs by March 2013, debkafile reports from its Washington and intelligence ...http://www.debka.com/article/22453/Obama-to-Israel-Iran-is-piling-up-fissile-material-for-4-6-bombs---in-Natanz-too Patrick Buchanan: Will Obama Paint Romney As Warmonger? - OpEd Eurasia Review - ‎7 Usually, not always, the peace party wins. Gen. Sherman's burning of Atlanta and March to the Sea ensured Abraham Lincoln's re-election in 1864. William McKinley, with his triumph over Spain and determination to pacify and hold the Philippines, easily held ...http://www.eurasiareview.com/19102012-patrick-buchanan-will-obama-paint-romney-as-warmonger-oped/ Former Mossad Chief Says Iran Red Lines 'Not Conducive,' Urges Diplomacy ThinkProgress - Efraim Halevy, former director of Israeli spy agency the Mossad, said today that he disagreed with the idea of setting so-called “red lines” for Iran's nuclear program. Talk of placing red lines on Iran's nuclear program is meant to refer a point at which the Islamic ...http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/10/18/1043271/mossad-chief-iran-red-lines/?mobile=nc