Israeli PM says he won’t second-guess Obama’s response to election protests in Iran

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.

August 16th, 2009 More on trial in Iran over post-election turmoilTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's official news agency says 25 more activists and opposition supporters have gone on trial over their alleged involvement in the post-election turmoil. The IRNA report says the prosecutor read a general indictment for the 25 saying they had been plotting the post-election unrest for years.

July 6th, 2009 Iran ready to Israel attack on nuclear facilitiesTOKYO — Iran is ready to take "real and decisive" action if Israel attacks its nuclear facilities, a senior Iranian parliamentary official said Monday. The remarks by Alaeddin Broujerdi, the head of Iran's parliamentary committee on national security and foreign policy, came after U.S.

June 24th, 2009 Iran considering downgrading ties with BritainCAIRO — Iran says it is considering downgrading ties with Britain after days of rising tension over criticism of Iran's disputed presidential election. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was asked about the option of reducing diplomatic relations with London after a Cabinet meeting in Tehran.

June 24th, 2009 Supreme leader: Iran won't give in on electionCAIRO — Iran's supreme leader said Wednesday that the government would not give in to pressure over the disputed presidential election, effectively closing the door to compromise with the opposition. Iran also said it was considering downgrading ties with Britain, which it has accused of spying and fomenting days of unprecedented street protests over the vote.

June 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Tuesday accused Iranian officials of making the US a scapegoat in an attempt to distract the people from the debate and protests surrounding the country's presidential elections. Obama told reporters that the United States is "not at all interfering in Iran's affairs" and strongly condemned the beatings and imprisonment of protesters.

June 22nd, 2009 BERLIN - Iran's nuclear weapons programme could destabilise the Middle East and is a threat not just to Israel but the entire world, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. In an interview published Monday in German daily Bild, he said the main goal should be to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.

June 22nd, 2009 White House: Obama 'moved' by protests in IranWASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama has been "moved" by the television images of people in Iran taking to the street in protest. Riot police in Tehran continue to lead a crackdown on demonstrators following a disputed presidential election.

June 21st, 2009 Israeli president applauds Iran street protestersJERUSALEM — Israeli President Shimon Peres applauded Iran's pro-reform protesters Sunday, saying the young should "raise their voice for freedom" — an explicit message of support from a country that sees itself as most endangered by the hard-line government in Tehran. Peres, a Nobel peace prize laureate whose duties are largely ceremonial, suggested the protesters could bring down their leaders.

June 19th, 2009 TEHRAN - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election victory was credible and insisted that the Islamic republic's election mechanisms allowed no cheating. He said the street protests to pressure for change were not acceptable.

June 16th, 2009 PRAGUE - Iran summoned a senior Czech diplomat Tuesday over the European Union's (EU) critical statements about the disputed Iranian presidential election, the Czech foreign ministry said. "I can confirm that our charge d'affaires Josef Havlas was today (Tuesday) summoned to the foreign ministry in Teheran," ministry spokesman Jiri Benes told DPA.

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.

January 26th, 2009 TEHRAN - Tehran Tuesday issued a reserved response to remarks by US President Barack Obama that his administration would be willing to engage in diplomacy with Iran on its controversial nuclear programme. Government spokesman Gholam-Hossein Elham said Iran would rather wait for 'practical changes' by the new US government and expected a change in US policies towards Iran including a moving away from 'imperialistic' policies.