Press TV - Leon Panetta, theformer US secretary of defenseand CIA chief, says theworld countries cannot trust America as a partner, if President Donald Trump violates the Iran nuclear deal. In foreign policy, in many ways, your word counts for a lot and when you tell someone youre going to do something, if you fail to stick to your word, it ...

Financial Tribune- Former US secretary of defense, Leon Panetta, said the most powerful non-nuclear weapon, GBU-43, was considered a good option to be deployed for possible attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities when he was in office, from 2011 to 2013. "When I was secretary of defense, we were working on developing that weapon. Very frankly, the ...

A good cop/bad cop routine by the US and Israel was in fact a strategy to get crippling sanctions against Iran approved by the UN Security Council New evidence has now surfaced from former Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak that Israel came close to attacking Iran three times over the past few years - if you believe what major news media reported ...

Former US secretary of defense Leon Panetta has called on President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to repair their frozen relationship. "I would urge the president, I would urge the prime minister, to do everything possible to try to repair that relationship. It is too important to our security interests in that part ...

By Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian officials denied any role in recent cyberattacks against oil and gas companies in the Persian Gulf and said they welcomed a probe of the case, a semiofficial news agency reported Sunday. Mahdi Akhavan Bahabadi, secretary of the National Center of Cyberspace, denounced as "politically motivated" ...

By AFP WASHINGTON Iran could produce enough weapons-grade uranium to make an atomic bomb within two to four months and then would need an additional eight to 10 months to build the device, experts said Monday. The authors of a new report on Iran's nuclear program say Tehran has made progress in its uranium enrichment effort but that the United ...

[caption id="attachment_120992" align="alignright" width="170"] Defense Minister Ehud Barak and U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta in Jerusalem, August 1, 2012. Photo by Defense Ministry / Ariel Hermoni[/caption] Recent memoirs by Hillary Clinton and Leon Panetta disclose U.S. efforts to dissuade Israel from striking Iranian nuclear facilities ...

Former Pentagon chief and CIA director Leon Panetta has threatened Iran with military force, saying threats of using military force against Iran are necessary to back up US policy. Addressing the annual meeting of the pro-Israeli Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Thursday night in New York City, Panetta said although Washington has implemented unprecedented ...

WASHINGTON, DEC 19:Asserting that Iran deciding to develop a nuclear weapon would be a red line for it, the US has, nevertheless, said the war ought to be the last option with Tehran. I think the one thing that both the United States and Israel... have come to agreement on is the goal with regards to Iran. Neither country wants an Iran that can develop ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak addressed questions about Afghanistan, the Iron Dome missile defense system protecting Israel, Iran, Syria and Israels security at a joint Pentagon press conference on Thursday. Panetta addressed questions on the timing of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, and ...

By Al Arabia The United States is the source of cyber terrorism, Irans defense minister said, according to a report published by a local daily. The United States is the source of cyber terrorism and intends to pave the way for increasing its activities in relation to cyber terrorism through diverting attention and leveling accusation, Defense ...

By Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran is ready to show flexibility at nuclear talks to ease Western concerns over its contentious nuclear program, its foreign ministry spokesman said on Saturday, as tensions rise in the standoff between the Islamic Republic, Israel and the West. The remarks by Ramin Mehmanparast, published by the official ...

By Associated Press VIENNA (AP) -- Iran could produce enough weapons-grade uranium to arm a nuclear bomb within two to four months but would still face serious "engineering challenges" - and much longer delays - before it succeeds in making the other components needed for a functioning warhead, a respected U.S. think tank said Monday. While Iran ...

By The Daily Star NEW YORK: Iran on Monday added its voice to warnings against Syria ever using chemical weapons in its increasingly large-scale war with anti-government insurgents. Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said in New York that Iran could not support any country -- including ally Syria -- that used such weapons, calling this "a situation ...

The mixed messages about attacking Iran over its nuclear program coming from the US and Israeli governments in recent weeks have become increasingly contradictory and bewildering. Maybe it's all a game of bluff and psychological warfare. US defence secretary Leon Panetta has let it be known there is a "strong likelihood" Israel will attack Iran ...