Iran denies ‘US-Israeli’ attack on ship

September 30th, 2009 Israel: New Iranian reactor requires new sanctionsJERUSALEM — Israel's defense minister won't rule out a military strike on Iran after the discovery of a secret Iranian nuclear facility. Ehud Barak says severe sanctions must be imposed on Iran following the revelations of the clandestine uranium enrichment plant near the city of Qom.

September 24th, 2009 Israel welcomes Russian stand on Iran sanctionsJERUSALEM — A senior Israeli official welcomes steps by Russia toward endorsing additional sanctions against Iran as a way of stopping its nuclear program. Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Daniel Ayalon said Russian President Dmitry Medvedev opened the door to a firm international stand against Iran.

September 22nd, 2009 Officials: Israel to boycott Ahmadinejad UN speechJERUSALEM — Israeli officials say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will boycott the upcoming speech by the Iranian president at the U.N. General Assembly and encourage other leaders to do the same.

September 22nd, 2009 Netanyahu: Iran suspectible to pressureNEW YORK — Israel reserves the right to defend itself against a nuclear threat from Iran, but the Islamic Republic's inner turmoil and weakened economy make it susceptible to pressure, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday. Speculation has been rife that Israel might attack Iran's nuclear facilities to prevent archenemy Tehran from producing the atomic bombs it denies it is trying to build.

August 20th, 2009 TEHRAN - Iran Thursday commissioned its first indigenously built cargo ship in the country's southern port city of Hormozgan, FARS news agency reported. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flagged the vessel's maiden journey in the Persian Gulf at a ceremony held in Hormozgan.

July 25th, 2009 Iran: We can hit Israel's nukesTEHRAN, Iran — The head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard said Saturday that his country has the capability to strike Israel's nuclear facilities and wouldn't be afraid to do so if it was attacked. "If the Israeli entity engages in any kind of attack on Iran, we have the capability to strike all targets in occupied Palestine," General Mohammad Ali Jafari told the Arabic-language channel, al-Alam.

July 14th, 2009 In possible Iran signal, Israeli boats cross SuezJERUSALEM — Two Israeli warships sailed through the Suez Canal on Tuesday, Israeli and Egyptian officials said, a move that appeared to be a new signal to Iran that Israel's reach could quickly extend to its archenemy's backyard. The Suez Canal is a strategic waterway linking the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, the gateway to the Persian Gulf.

May 16th, 2009 BERLIN - Mohamed ElBaradei, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has warned that any Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities would be a great mistake. 'It would be utterly mad to attack Iran.

May 5th, 2009 Israeli president: US approach to Iran OK for nowWASHINGTON — Israeli President Shimon Peres offered a cautious endorsement of new U.S. overtures to Iran following a longer-than-expected White House meeting with President Barack Obama.

March 3rd, 2009 TEHRAN - Iran has asked Interpol to arrest 34 top Israeli political officials and 114 military commanders on charges of war crimes in the Gaza Strip, Fars news agency has reported. The list, compiled by the Iranian prosecutor general's office, includes outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Foreign Affairs Minister Tzipi Livni and Defence Minister Ehud Barak.

March 2nd, 2009 TEHRAN - Iran has asked Interpol to arrest 34 top Israeli political officials and 114 military commanders on charges of war crimes in the Gaza Strip, Fars news agency reported Sunday. The list, compiled by the Iranian prosecutor general's office, includes outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Foreign Affairs Minister Tzipi Livni and Defence Minister Ehud Barak.

February 13th, 2009 TEL AVIV - Two Palestinians died Friday in separate Israeli military attacks into the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources. One militant died in an Israeli rocket attack near Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

January 26th, 2009 TEHRAN - The Iranian foreign ministry Tuesday summoned the top Egyptian diplomat in Iran to lodge Tehran's protest over what it said Cairo's obstruction in getting Iranian aid to the Gaza Strip, the official news agency IRNA reported. The head of the Egyptian interest section in Iran, Amr Ahmed A.

January 14th, 2009 LACARNA - Peace activists abandoned an attempt reach Gaza with a ship loaded with aid for Gaza's Palestinians early Tuesday and returned to Cyprus, a spokesman of Free Gaza, a US NGO, told Greek radio Thursday. Their ship, Arion, was urged by Israeli warships about 80 nautical miles off Gaza via loudspeaker and radio several times to leave the region, as the sea's off Gaza were off limits, the activists said.

January 13th, 2009 TEHRAN - Iran claimed Wednesday that Israeli forces have stopped its ship containing humanitarian aid for Palestinians from reaching the Gaza Strip, the official IRNA news agency reported. The Iranian ship 'Shahed' carrying food and medicine for Gazans who have been suffering from severe humanitarian crisis was stopped some 20 miles off the Gaza coast, said Ahmad Navab, an Iranian official in charge of the aid shipment.