Russia: Sanctions ban S-300 missilesAhmadinejad: Obama made a big mistakeUnrepentant Iran derides sanctions“The Saudis have given their permission for the Israelis to pass over and they will look the other way,” a US defense source in the Gulf was quoted as saying. “They have already done tests to make sure their own jets aren’t scrambled and no one gets shot down. This has all been done with the agreement of the State Department.”According to the report, a Saudi government source confirmed that a blind eye would be turned to Israeli jets attacking Iran.Sources in Saudi Arabia told The Times that it is common knowledge within defense circles in the kingdom that an arrangement is in place if Israel decides to launch the raid. Despite the tension between the two countries, they said, their governments share a mutual loathing of the regime in Teheran and a common fear of Iran’s nuclear ambitions.An Israeli attemptto destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities would likely target uraniumenrichment facilities at Qom and Natanz as well as a heavy waterreactor at Arak and a gas storage development at Isfahan, the reportsaid.Israeli officials refused to comment on details of a raid on Iran,which Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has refused to rule out.Questioned on the option of a Saudi flight path for Israeli bombers,Aharon (Ze’ev) Farkash, who headed military intelligence until 2006 andhas been involved in war games simulating a strike on Iran, was quotedby The Times as saying: “I know that Saudi Arabia is even more afraidthan Israel of an Iranian nuclear capacity.”Iranian President Mahmoud Ahamadinejad said Sunday "there is no doubt that America and the Zionist regime are enemies of Iran and Saudi Arabia," in a meeting with the new Saudi ambassador to Iran."Should [America and Israel] have the opportunity," Ahmadinejad said, "they would harm all the states in the region. If Iran and Saudi Arabia will be united on regional matters, our enemies will not have the courage to invade Muslim land."The UN Security Council passed a fourth set of sanctions against Iranon Wednesday in the hope of diplomatically stopping Iran’s developmentof a nuclear weapon.Israel’s Foreign Ministry released a statement following the passing ofthe sanctions which said that the resolution was “not enough,” and thatwhat was necessary now was for additional “significant steps” to betaken by various countries and international groupings.
'Saudi airspace open for Iran attack'
Riyadh denies 'Times' report Israeli jets okayed to fly through.
Russia: Sanctions ban S-300 missilesAhmadinejad: Obama made a big mistakeUnrepentant Iran derides sanctions“The Saudis have given their permission for the Israelis to pass over and they will look the other way,” a US defense source in the Gulf was quoted as saying. “They have already done tests to make sure their own jets aren’t scrambled and no one gets shot down. This has all been done with the agreement of the State Department.”According to the report, a Saudi government source confirmed that a blind eye would be turned to Israeli jets attacking Iran.Sources in Saudi Arabia told The Times that it is common knowledge within defense circles in the kingdom that an arrangement is in place if Israel decides to launch the raid. Despite the tension between the two countries, they said, their governments share a mutual loathing of the regime in Teheran and a common fear of Iran’s nuclear ambitions.An Israeli attemptto destroy Iran’s nuclear capabilities would likely target uraniumenrichment facilities at Qom and Natanz as well as a heavy waterreactor at Arak and a gas storage development at Isfahan, the reportsaid.Israeli officials refused to comment on details of a raid on Iran,which Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has refused to rule out.Questioned on the option of a Saudi flight path for Israeli bombers,Aharon (Ze’ev) Farkash, who headed military intelligence until 2006 andhas been involved in war games simulating a strike on Iran, was quotedby The Times as saying: “I know that Saudi Arabia is even more afraidthan Israel of an Iranian nuclear capacity.”Iranian President Mahmoud Ahamadinejad said Sunday "there is no doubt that America and the Zionist regime are enemies of Iran and Saudi Arabia," in a meeting with the new Saudi ambassador to Iran."Should [America and Israel] have the opportunity," Ahmadinejad said, "they would harm all the states in the region. If Iran and Saudi Arabia will be united on regional matters, our enemies will not have the courage to invade Muslim land."The UN Security Council passed a fourth set of sanctions against Iranon Wednesday in the hope of diplomatically stopping Iran’s developmentof a nuclear weapon.Israel’s Foreign Ministry released a statement following the passing ofthe sanctions which said that the resolution was “not enough,” and thatwhat was necessary now was for additional “significant steps” to betaken by various countries and international groupings.