An Iranian oil tanker The South Korean Economy Ministry says Seoul and Tokyo have asked the European Union to extend insurance contracts on tankers carrying Iranian crude after the bloc’s oil embargo comes into effect on July 1. “To the EU members, we explained the problems that could be caused to non-EU members by the EU insurance embargo,” the ministry said in a Monday statement. “In close... 

Barely a week after the American President Obama’s top national security aide, Thomas Donilon, warned President Putin in the Kremlin that the “world may about to end,” Russia’s leader abruptly canceled a scheduled meeting with his US counterpart and stated he would not attend the G-8 Summit over fears the United States is about to launch an all-out global war, according to the latest Foreign... 

Europeans are concerned about high fuel prices resulting from the Iran oil ban and its negative effects on the economic situation of their countries. A new poll conducted in five European countries shows most people are against imposing sanctions on Iran’s oil sector. A total of 2,100 adults in Germany, France, Austria, Sweden and Poland responded to the poll which was conducted by the German... 

Washington claims the shield is meant to protect against Iran, but Moscow knows its about undermining Russia’s military deterrence. Russia’s top military officer has threatened to carry out a pre-emptive strike if Washington goes ahead with its plan to build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe. The Obama administration has been pushing for a deal to build missile defense facilities... 

As the US beefs up its military presence in the Persian Gulf region, Pentagon strategists estimate that they would need less than a month to defeat Iranian forces should a military conflict take place. US Central Command (CENTCOM) believes it can destroy or significantly degrade Iran’s conventional armed forces in about three weeks using air and sea strikes, a defense source told The Washington... 

Israel's current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Former PM Ehud Olmert and the recently-resigned Kadima leader Tzipi Livni have joined the chorus of past and present senior Israeli politicians criticizing the government and its warmongering policy against Iran. ­Livni announced her resignation as leader of the centrist liberal Kadima party on Tuesday, saying in her speech that Netanyahu’s... 

Former national security advisor to the US President Barack Obama, retired Marine Corps Gen. James L. Jones. A former national security adviser to the US President Barack Obama says Washington has no reason to apologize to Israel for its handling of the Iranian nuclear energy program. “The Israelis have been given very very strong assurances about their security by the United States, and I don’t... 

Captured US RQ-170 drone Iran has completed reverse-engineering of the captured US spy drone and has started building its own copy, Iranian media reports. The Revolutionary Guard is yet to decode parts of the software the Sentinel aircraft uses, General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, who heads the force’s aerospace division, said on Sunday. “The Americans should be aware to what extent we have infiltrated... 

Despite the European Union’s sanctions against Iran’s oil sector, oil and gas companies from 15 European states have thus far put in a request to take part in Tehran’s 17th International Oil, Gas, Refining, and Petrochemical Exhibition. “So far, 1,255 domestic and foreign companies from 44 countries have registered to take part in this international exhibition,” Eshaq Rouyvar, the director... 

Iran bans imports of goods from 100 European firms Iran reportedly plans to ban imports from European companies as part of its countersanctions against the European Union (EU). Deputy President of Iran Trade Promotion Organization Sasan Khodaei confirmed that Iran has banned imports from 100 European countries. In an interview with Press TV on Wednesday, Khodaei said Tehran has imposed sanctions against... 

Russia is building up forces in the Caucasus region, preparing to protect its interests in case Israel attacks Iran with the help of the United States, the western media said. GenerationalDynamics.com and the Business Insider said the Russian military believes that when the US goes to war with Iran, it may deploy forces in friendly Georgia and warships in the Caspian Sea with the possible help of... 

Dr. Omid Farrokhzad Iranian researcher Dr. Omid Farrokhzad of Harvard Medical School has produced a smart cancer drug that is capable of targeting cancer cells in animals. Farrokhzad and his colleagues made the drug in nano scale which enables it to distinguish and target cancer cells without causing common side effects of chemotherapy. In popular cancer treatment with chemotherapy, both cancer cells... 

Taking part in "Noble Dina" US-Israel-Greek drill Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov issued a strong warning against a military attack on Iran Monday, April 2, saying that a pre-emptive strike would violate international law. His comments, made during a visit to Armenia, stopped short of threatening (the US and/or Israel) of consequences. But they backed up and were in tune with the explicit... 

Uruguayan Agriculture Minister Tabare Aguerre Uruguayan Agriculture Minister Tabare Aguerre says his country is ready to export rice to Iran in exchange for Iranian oil in the face of the US-led unilateral sanctions on Tehran. “If Iran is willing to barter oil for rice we will do it and we will take out currency from (the operation),” Reuters quoted Aguerre as saying on Friday. Uruguay,... 

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr Australia has joined the list of countries that have warned the Israeli regime against any military strike on Iran, a report says. According to Israeli Haaretz newspaper, Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr, in a phone conversation with his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman, has voiced Canberra’s opposition to an attack on Iran. “More and...