Recent, it is reported that Iran would build 10 uranium enrichment plants. It is a major expansion for its nuclear program. Irony is, Iran has announced it just after two days, U.N. nuclear watchdog rebuked it for carrying out covert nuclear program.

This can be seen as act of defiance by Iran who has been relentlessly pressurized to abandon its nuclear ambition by many world power. Most probably, it will invite some retaliatory sanctions call from United Nations. But, it may not have any desired effect on Iran.
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Recently, a suicide bomber killed five senior commanders of the powerful Revolutionary Guard and at least 37 others Sunday near the Pakistani border in the heartland of a potentially escalating Sunni insurgency, on 18th October 2009.

The attack — which also left dozens wounded — was the most high-profile strike against security forces in an outlaw region of armed tribal groups, drug smugglers and Sunni rebels known as Jundallah, or Soldiers of God.

As per news on Associated Press. Read full article here.

Today, Iran Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said, “They cross into Iran illegally. They are based in Pakistan.” This must be a music to the ear of Indian diplomats and government. So far only India has been accusing of Pakistan on cross border terrorism from Pakistani soil.

Pakistan denies those charges by India and this time also they denied strongly the charges by Iran. It may be mentioned that the blast on 18th October, 2009 has been claimed by Jundallah group led by militant Abdolmalek Rigi which has been waging an insurgency against Tehran for nearly a decade as part of its fight for the rights of the Sunni Baluch population of Sistan-Baluchestan.
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Recently, two news about related to Iran which needs mention and analysis.

1. Iran has recently agreed, leaked a news about existence of uranium enrichment facility which produces fuel for power plants as well as nuclear weapon. Many people believe Iran is one to five years away from a nuclear bomb.

2. It has recently conducted a missile test with range 1200 miles. This bring Israel, NATO military installation in Europe under Iran’s missile range. Though many people knew Iran has this capability, but Iran has chosen to officially declare recently.

This might be interesting revelation and it will be very interesting how so called ‘global cop’ USA reacts to it. USA under Barack Obama has not been seen as taking tough decisions recently.

Here are the news clippings :

VIENNA – Iran’s newly revealed uranium enrichment plant is a heavily guarded, still-unfinished underground facility in the arid mountains near the holy city of Qom that will be able to produce nuclear fuel — or the payload for atomic warheads, Western intelligence officials and diplomats said Friday. Source.

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In recently concluded election in Iran, on 12th June 2009, the incumbent, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won in big margin against his opponent Mir Hussein Moussavi. But since the result was declared, there has been lot of protest going accusing the ruling party of rigging the election.

People of Iran has been widely using internet as medium of protest and Twitter has been used to syncronize as well and exchange messages among protesters. This is a significant development in Iran, a country which western media portrays as a regressive government and western governments accuse of developing weapons of mass destruction (WMD) aimed at western world.
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