Iranians celebrate after moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani was declared the winner of Iran’s presidential election.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel completed a three-day visit to Israel on Tuesday focused on the Syria war and the Iran nuclear threat.
For Israel’s last military attaché in Tehran, ‘Argo’ is kids’ stuff: Once the Islamic Revolution broke out in Iran in 1979, most Israeli diplomats took the first flight out of the country. However, Brig. Gen (ret.) Itzhak Segev, who spoke fluent Persian, stayed behind to find an escape route for the 33 Israelis who were by then scattered in three hideouts across the city. Read more.
In a bid to evade influence of the West, Iran has launched its own version of YouTube. The Web page of Iranian state TV says the new site - Mehr, or affection in Farsi - seeks to promote Iranian and Islamic culture and artists
Western websites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are blocked by Iranian officials, who claim Western bloggers and governments are waging a “soft war” against the Islamic Republic.
If you were the U.S. President, would you attack Iran? A new web-based game, developed by the Truman National Security Project, allows you to step into the President’s shoes and deal with the dilemmas and consequences an American attack on Iran could foster. Read more.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cartoon diagram of the Iranian bomb that he presented during his UN speech has come to be known as the ‘Bibi Bomb’ and has inspired a plethora of memes.
Even before the speech was complete, the viral cartoons of Looney Tunes began to hit the Internet. Read more.
The ‘Israel loves Iran’ Facebook campaign, which connects real Israelis and Iranians with anti-war messages, is now aiming to get on bus ads and posters across Tel Aviv.
Over the past few months, as war talk between Israel and Iran has heated up, quieted down, and once again started to rattle, the Israel-Loves-Iran Facebook page, which professes love for our Iranian brothers and sisters, has received close to 80,000 “likes.” Read more.
Israeli Facebook campaign against an Iran strike asks: How much is 300, really?
Israel Defense Forces officials recently told the Knesset that roughly 300 Israelis would die as a the result of a concentrated Iranian missile attack. The number is lower than Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s estimation of 500. It was high enough, however, to drive a Facebook campaign.
