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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (left) and Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (The Washington Times)

Panetta: Iran has not yet decided to build nuclear bomb

By Douglas Birch - Associated Press

GEOEYE SATELLITE IMAGE VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
This Sept. 26, 2009 file satellite image shows a facility under construction inside a mountain located about 20 miles northeast of Qom, Iran. Iran has begun uranium enrichment at a new underground site that is well protected from possible foreign airstrikes, a leading hard-line newspaper reported Sunday.

Iranians stage war games, warn of strait closure

By Ali Akbar Dareini ASSOCIATED PRESS - The Washington Times

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Associated Press)

U.S. eyeing Iran leader’s Latin America trip

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Adm. Habibollah Sayyari, Iran's naval chief, briefs the media on Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011, during a press conference in Tehran on an upcoming naval exercise. (Associated Press/Fars News Agency) ** FILE **

Iran to hold new naval drill near strait of Hormuz

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

BLANK: America’s drone in Iran’s neighborhood

By Stephen Blank - The Washington Times

** FILE ** An anti-ballistic missile then under development by the U.S. and Israel lifts off in a test just off the California coast in July 2004. (Associated Press)

Israel, U.S. to stage major defense drill

By Ian Deitch - Associated Press

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Illustration by John Camejo for The Washington Times

HOLLIDAY: Defeating the petro-authoritarians

By Stuart W. Holliday - The Washington Times

President Obama, joined by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (third from left), Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey (center) and various senior Defense Department and military officials, discusses the Defense Strategic Review and a military strategy that will include large defense cuts at the Pentagon on Thursday. (Associated Press)

Obama to shrink armed forces

By Rowan Scarborough and Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis transits the Straits of Hormuz on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, Petty Officer 3rd Class Kenneth Abbate)

Iran threats churn fears of higher oil prices

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Iran closing House of Cinema film center

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Independent film center forced to close in Iran

Associated Press

U.S. Navy via Associated Press
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis transits the Strait of Hormuz on Nov. 12. The Pentagon declared Tuesday that U.S. warships will continue regularly scheduled deployments to the strategic waterway, despite warnings against doing so from Iran.

Tehran warns U.S. to stay out of Gulf

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Iranian Navy personnel take part in their naval maneuvers dubbed Velayat 90 on the Sea of Oman, Iran, on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ali Mohammadi)

Iran defiant amid appeals for European sanctions

By Brian Murphy - Associated Press

Oil jumps to above $101 amid rising Iran tensions

By Pablo Gorondi - Associated Press

Syrian President Bashar Assad

Iran sought to broker Syria deal between Assad, Muslim Brotherhood

By Ben Birnbaum - The Washington Times

Illustration: Camp Ashraf

PHILLIPS: Move Camp Ashraf to Camp Liberty

By Brig. Gen. David Phillips - The Washington Times

World Briefs

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A Ghader missile is launched Jan. 2, 2012, at the shore of sea of Oman during Iran's navy drill. Iran test-fired a surface-to-surface cruise missile during a drill that the country's navy chief said proved Tehran was in complete control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for one-sixth of the world's oil supply. (Associated Press/Fars News Agency)

Iran’s navy tests cruise missile as part of drill

By Nasser Karimi - Associated Press

Iran navy test fires new missile it says can elude radar

By Ali Akbar Dareini - Associated Press