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Tehran lashes back at Berlin for Merkel, Peres derogatory speeches 
DEBKAfile Special Report January 27, 2010, 4:38 PM (GMT+02:00) 
Tags:  Iran   Germany   Israel   Intelligence  

Iran exacts a price for this friendship

"Two German diplomats using fictitious names were arrested" last month during clashes at the Ashura festival, an unnamed Iranian deputy intelligence minister said Wednesday, Jan. 27.

During the day, Israeli president Shimon Peres told the Reichstag he was sure Germany would come to Israel's aid if it came under attack from a nuclear-armed Iran. A day earlier, Chancellor Angela Merkel said time was up for Iran and February would see new and ...

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Libya is first Mid East recipient of Russian top-line S-300 denied Tehran
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
January 27, 2010, 11:42 AM (GMT+02:00) 

Tags:  Iran   Libya   Russia   S-300  Saeed Jalili 

Russian S-300 PMU-2 Favorit

Libyan defense minister Younis Jaber arrived in MoscowTuesday, Jan. 26 to sign a $2 billion military acquisitions deal that makes his country the first in the Middle East to obtain the top-of-the-line S-300 PMU-2 interceptors. Russia is still withholding this key shield for its nuclear sites fromIran, which is why Tehran cancelled theMoscow visit of ...

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Iran crosses red line, can enrich uranium up to 20 pc

DEBKAfile Special Report
January 25, 2010, 2:19 PM (GMT+02:00) 

Tags:  Iran   Israel   Mahmoud Ahmadinejad   Nicolas Sarkozy   uranium enrichment 

Another gauntlet thrown down

Attaining the ability to enrich uranium up to 20 percent grade brings Irandangerously close to "break-out" point for a nuclear weapon capability, DEBKAfile's intelligence sources report.

By announcing this, Tehran's hawkish leaders show contempt for the six world powers and their offer to tradeIran's low-grade uranium for 20 pc enriched product overseas and throw down ...

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Israeli leaders visit Europe as EU foreign ministers dump Iran sanctions
DEBKAfile Exclusive Analysis
January 26, 2010, 12:28 PM (GMT+02:00) 

Tags:  European Union   France  Germany   Iran   Israel   Italy  sanctions 

Joint German-Israeli government session

Israel's president, prime minister and foreign minister are visiting Berlin, Warsaw and Budapest this week, apparently impervious to the European Union foreign ministers' decision in Brussels Monday, Jan. 25, to back away from sanctions for Iran's nuclear program outside the UN Security Council.  None have commented on the EU's abandonment of sanctions forIran to the mercies of Russian and Chinese vetoes.

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