The War on Iran Thus Far

IRAN - ISRAEL/U.S.  CONFRONTATION

DATE: 8/14/12

WAR TALK/THREATS  LOG

DATE

PUBLISHED HEADLINE

SOURCE AGENCY

PUBLISHED BY

8/13/2012

Israel and Iran: Israeli leaders talking military action against Iran

Ehud barak

New York Times

8/11/2012

Decision To Attack Iran is Almost Final : Israel TV

Israel TV Ch. 2

Israel Times

8/10/2012

Israel media talk of imminent Iran war push

Israel paper Yedioyh Ahronoth

Reuters

8/2/2012

Iranians Should Be ‘Very Fearful For Next 12 Weeks:

Ex-Mossad Chief

Times of Israel

8/1/2012

Reports: Russian warships carrying more than 300 marines headed to Syrian port

AP

Washington Post

8/1/2012

Iran, Israel waging silent war

Walter Pincus

Washington Post

7/29/2012

U.S. Presented Netanyahu With Contingency Plan for Iran Strike

"senior American official "

Haaretz

7/27/2012

Obama: $70M in new military aid to Israel

White House

USA Today

7/27/2012

Pentagon’s 30,000-pound bunker-buster ‘superbomb’ ready for use

USAF Secretary

USA Today

7/26/2012

Iran's Navy: Small Ships, BigThreat

U.S. Congressional Research Service

Washington Post

7/26/2012

Iran bolsters retaliation capability in Persian Gulf, Experts Say

U.S. "Middle East Intelligence expert"

Washington Post

7/23/2012

Author Sees the Danger of a ‘War of Miscalculation’

Dr. David Crist - Gen. USMC, ret.

Scott Shane

7/17/2012

20 nations plan anti-mining exercise in Mideast, US says

U.S. DoD

USA Today

7/3/2012

Iran reports long-range missile launch in exercise

IRGC Commander

AP

7/1/2012

Iran to hold missiles maneuver

IRNA News

AP

6/17/2012

Iran was behind New Delhi bomb plot

New delhi police

The Guardian

5/16/2012

Iran  accused on Tuesday of being behind blasts in Bangkok

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak

ABC News

5/14/2012

Alleged Iran Terror Plot Thwarted in Azerbaijan

Aizerbaijan "official"

IPT News

2/13/2012

Timeline: Attacks on Jewish targets, Israelis abroad

Reuters

Reuters

2/13/2012

Israel blames Iran after attacks on embassy staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Reuters

2/9/2012

New US sanctions on Iran aim to head off Israel

White House

Fox News

2/9/2012

Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran's nuclear scientists

"U.S. officials"

NBC News

12/14/2011

Iran threatens to shut Strait of Hormuz with military exercise

Iranian Government

dailey mail

12/14/2011

Explosion Seen as Big Setback to Iran’s Missile Program

n.a.

New York Times

12/11/2011

Pols Call Plot an 'Act of War'

U.S. Congressmen

Fox News

12/11/2011

IAEA report on Iran: "serious concerns' about nuclear program"

IAEA Report

Fox News

12/9/2011

Images Suggest Something Happened at Iranian Nuclear Facility

n.a.

Fox News

11/14/2011

Iran Admits Nuclear Sites Hit by 'Duqu' Cyberweapon

IRNA News

Fox news

10/13/2011

Iran Scoffs at U.S. Account of Alleged Assassination Plot

Iranian Government

Fox News

9/26/2011

Report: Obama sells bunker-buster bombs to Israel

"Report"

Newsweek

9/20/2011

Iran fingers mole responsible for murdered scientists

member nation of IAEA

ABC News

6/9/2010

UN sanctions against Iran

United Nations

Wikipedia

IRAN COVERT WAR

DATE:7/31/12

INCIDENTS LOG

INCIDENT DATE

REPORTING DATE

INCIDENT

REPORT SOURCE

7/31/12

7/31/12

President Announces New Iran Sanctions

Christian Science Monitor

7/24/12

7/24/12

20 nations plan anti-mining exercise in Persian Gulf

Fox news

7/18/12

7/19/12

Attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria prompts fears of escalating ‘shadow war’

Washington Post

7/16/12

7/16/12

USNS Rappahannock fires on small motor vessel in Persian Gulf

U.S. Navy photo

n.a.

7/11/12

Tehran Abuzz as Book Says Israel Killed 5 Scientists

New York Times

7/12/12

7/12/12

U.S. Imposes new rules

New York Times

7/7/12

7/4/12

Navy adds 4 minesweepers in Persian Gulf. Now up to eight

U.S. Navy photo

7/5/12

7/7/12

Reconditioned/refitted USS Ponce AFSB 1 (Afloat Forward Staging Base) arrives in Persian Gulf

U.S. Navy photo

7/2/12

European oil embargo begins

Associated Press

7/3/12

7/3/12

Iran reports long range missile launch exercise

USA Today(AP)

n.a.

3/14/12

Azerbaijan: 22 Iranians arrested in alleged plot to attack U.S./Israeli embassies

IPT

3/15/2012

3/15/12

Global Network Expels as Many as 30 of Iran’s Banks in Move to Isolate Its Economy

Washington Post

3/6/2012

3/6/12

US imposes additional sanctions on Iran

Fox News

2/13/12

2/13/12

Iran/Hezbollah accused in New Delhi, India  and Tibilisi, Georgia embassy vehicle bombings

Reuters

n.a.

2/9/12

Israel teams with terror group to kill Iran's nuclear scientists

MSNBC

2/6/12

2/7/12

New U.S. Sanctions aim to head off Israel intervention

Fox News

1/11/12

1/11/12

Iranian scientist killed in car bombing

Washington Post

12/14/11

12/14/11

Iran threatens to shut Strait of Hormuz

Daily Mail Reporter

12/4/11

12/9/11

U.S. RQ-170 surveillance drone crashes in

New York Times

11/12/11

12/4/11

Huge explosion at Iranian missile testing site (shifting to solid fuel missile engines)

New York Times

11/14/11

Iran Admits Nuclear Sites Hit by 'Duqu' Cyberweapon

Fox News

n.a.

10/11/11

U.S.accuses Iran of plot to murder Saudi Ambassador to U.S.

New York Times

9/2/11-11/8/11

11/8/11

Report reflects serious IAEA concerns about stepped up enrichment and questions about possible weapons related work

IAEA

n.a.

9/20/11

Iran investigating the mole responsible for murdered nuclear scientists

abc News

2006-2010

UN Imposes sanctions

Wikipidia

2007-2008

1/15/09

Stuxnet computer virus deployed against Iranian nuclear enrichment program

New York Times