TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says his successor has severely damaged the country's relations with the United States. Speaking before a security conference, Olmert said Sunday that Benjamin Netanyahu's public criticism of the American-led nuclear deal with Iran was provocative and counterproductive. He said he ...

JERUSALEM Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, the son of a historian, often complains to his inner circle that people have a historical memory that goes back to breakfast. Mr. Netanyahu has been urging the West to be firm with Iran in nuclear talks, fearing a bad deal. But when Mr. Netanyahu has recently tried to focus the ...

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel and the U.S. are on the same page regarding the need to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, an official said Saturday night after President Barack Obama told The Associated Press that Iran is at least a year away from the bomb. Obama, in a wide-ranging interview with AP, disclosed that U.S. intelligence agencies believe ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) An Iranian lawmaker said Saturday that in order for the thaw in Iran-US relations to hold, Washington needs to act free from the pressure imposed by the Zionist lobby which wants to make sure the status quo will continue. For 34 years there have been circles putting pressure on the US, with the Zionist lobby being an effective ...

The resumption of ties between Iran and the US will further isolate the Israeli regime, says the secretary general of Irans Society for the Defense of the Palestinian Nation (SDPN). The positions adopted by the Zionists against the Islamic Republic of Iran clearly show that they are angry with Irans pacifist stances and the global support for such ...

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's prime minister says the international community must not be "tempted" by Iran's new diplomatic push and lift sanctions imposed over its controversial nuclear program. Benjamin Netanyahu says sanctions should not be reduced "as long as the Iranians don't dismantle their military nuclear program." Netanyahu spoke Friday ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The US presidents shift in attitudes towards Iran signified the dominance of the Zionist lobbies over the US policies, Supreme Leaders adviser for military affairs said Friday. Addressing a gathering of Iranian military commanders and veterans in central city of Isfahan on Friday, Brigadier General Seyed Yahya Rahim Safavi deplored ...

(Reuters) - In his latest warning about Iran's nuclear ambitions, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday thatIranwas working on intercontinental ballistic missiles that could one day hit the United States. "They're not developing those ICBMs for us. They can reach us with what they have. It's for you," he told CBS News. "The ...

[caption id="attachment_24058" align="alignright" width="180"] Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu[/caption] An Iranian lawmaker says the warmongering remarks made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN General Assembly led to his further isolation on the world stage. The Iranian nation does not expect Netanyahu to make positive ...

US officials have snubbed Israels pressure aimed at dissuading Washington from engaging with Iran over Tehrans nuclear energy program. We have an obligation. It would be diplomatic malpractice of the worst order not to examine every possibility of whether or not you can achieve that before you ask people to take military action and do what you have ...

[caption id="attachment_29783" align="alignright" width="180"] US Secretary of State John Kerry[/caption] TOKYO (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday it would be "diplomatic malpractice of the worst order" not to test Iran's willingness to comply with international demands over its nuclear program. In his first public comments ...

A US political commentator says Israel is striving to ensure that peace does not break out between the United States and Iran, but the tide has now turned against it. Eugene Michael Jones, who is a writer, former professor, media commentator and the current editor ofCulture Warsmagazine, made the remarks in an interview withPress TVon Wednesday. On ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces said the Israeli prime minister's anti-Iranian rants at the UN General Assembly were a sign of Tel Avivs helplessness. Netanyahu registered his name as a warmonger in UN records and could not achieve anything except more threats for the Zionists, Major General Hassan Firouzabadi said on Wednesday....

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his desperate efforts to prevent rapprochement between Tehran and Washington, and said Netanyahu's furious and bold words can just please Iran. "That an aggressive regime in the region names Iran with coarse language is the cause of our happiness," ...

JERUSALEM (AP) -- President Barack Obama's decision to open a dialogue with Iran's new president appears to have robbed Israel of a key asset in its campaign to prevent the Islamic Republic from developing a nuclear weapon: the threat of unilaterally attacking Iranian nuclear facilities. Despite some tough rhetoric in a speech to the U.N. by Israeli ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- American think tank, the National Interest, said the US hawks, neoconservatives and Israel are hindering rapprochement between Tehran and Washington. Paul R. Pillar in an article released by the National Interest says when Iran's President Hassan Rouhani was in New York last week and addressing a gathering at a New York hotel, the ...

The prime ministers UN address resembled a game of the Israeli national soccer team. After weeks of aggressive marketing, spins, headlines and high expectations, the result was disappointing NEW YORK Several minutes before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu'saddress to the United Nations' General Assembly, the reoccurring ritual in recent years took ...

(Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed a charm offensive by Iran's new president as a ruse concocted by a "wolf in sheep's clothing," and declared that Israel was ready to stand alone to deny Tehran an atomic weapon. In a combative address to the U.N. General Assembly, Netanyahu spoke harshly about Hassan Rouhani,...

Iran's deputy ambassador to the UN has condemned anti-Iranian remarks made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the UN General Assembly as inflammatory, and accused him of saber-rattling. "We just heard an inflammatory statement," Khodadad Seifi said to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday minutes after Netanyahu ended his speech adding, ...

The Israeli regime and its lobby in the United States are worried about the likelihood of normalization of ties between Tehran and Washington, a political analyst says. The Tel Aviv regime and the pro-Israel lobby in the United States are clearly worried about the diplomatic impact of [Iran President Hassan] Rouhanis UN visit and the qualitative steps ...