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Iranian teams train on S-300 interceptors at Russian bases
- May 20, 2010
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While Russia backs the US on watered-down UN Security Council sanctions for Iran, debkafile's military sources report Iranian Revolutionary Guards crews are surreptitiously training at Russian bases for operating advanced S-300 interceptor-missile systems, which are capable of fending off a potential attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.
After its softening by Russia and China, the new sanctions motion does not ban the consignment of this weapon to Iran.
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Obama starts massive US Air-Sea-Marine build-up opposite Iran
- May 20, 2010
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A US Carrier Strike Group headed by the Harry S. Truman sails out of Norfolk, Virginia Friday, May 21, as the first element of a new American military buildup in the Middle East, determined by President Barack Obama. It will reach peak level of four-to-five aircraft carriers, most stationed opposite Iranian shores, in late July.
This is reported by debkafile's military sources.
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Is a new US-Russian Cold War brewing?
- May 20, 2010
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White House and Kremlin efforts to paper over their mounting discord wore thin under the strain of Iran's nuclear machinations. As DEBKA-Net-Weekly reveals in its coming issue out next Friday, the debut of a nascent anti-American "third world" in Tehran showed Moscow's fingers secretly pushing the buttons.
Washington is reacting by deploying a large naval-air-marine armada in the Middle East and turning back to Israel. Track these epic trends with our specialists.
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Sanctions against Iran are a dead letter (Updated)
- May 19, 2010
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By fleet diplomatic footwork, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton submitted a sanctions package to the UN Security Council Tuesday, May 19, that Western diplomats admitted contained few new measures but gained the reluctant assent of Russia and China, as well as the UK, France and Germany.
To gain this endorsement, the original draft was heavily diluted out of a necessity to salvage the last vestige of the US administration's sanctions strategy from the assault mounted by a Brazilian-Iranian enriched uranium deal.
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US zigzags on Iran as Brazilian and Turkish leaders head for Tehran
- May 18, 2010
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Washington seems to be in two minds on key aspects of Iran's nuclear and missile programs, providing momentum for the Brazilian and Turkish leaders to promote their mediation bid in Tehran Sunday, May 16, debkafile reports from Washington and Tehran. Obama administration spokesmen offer contrasting views on the state of Iran's uranium enrichment process and ballistic missile capabilities amid the latest bid to bridge the gaps between the West and Iran.