Iran

Israel\’s prime minister used his annual address at Israel\’s national Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony to warn about the dangers of a nuclear Iran.

President Obama\’s new strategy to limit U.S. use of nuclear weapons would not apply to \”outliers like Iran and North Korea,\” he said.

Evidence shows Iran is attempting to develop nuclear weapons, U.S. President Barack Obama told CBS on Friday, adding that he felt his administration should continue the pressure on Tehran to cooperate with the international community over its contentious nuclear program.

President Obama predicted that the U.N. Security Council would pass a new round of sanctions against Iran within weeks.

U.S. lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill that strengthens U.S. sanctions against Iran.\n\nThe Iran Sanctions Enhancement Act, which was unveiled Monday in the House of Representatives, is an amendment to the Iran Sanctions Act adopted in 1996. The enhancement measure would require the Government Accountability Office to publish a list of potential sanctions act violators every month, require the president to complete investigations of violators within 45 days and notify Congress of entities in violation of the sanctions act.\n

The United States reportedly wants the U.N. Security Council to make existing Iran sanctions airtight and to add sanctions targeting its central bank.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Arab nations will usher in a new Middle East \”without Zionists and without colonialists.\”\n\nHe made the statement Thursday during a two-day visit to Syria to meet with President Bashar Assad.\n

Iran said it will begin construction on two new uranium enrichment sites in the mountains.