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FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012 file photo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. Netanyahu ordered the military in 2010 to go on high alert for a looming attack on Iran's nuclear program, but backed off following strong objections from senior security officials, according to an Israeli news program. The show suggests Israel came close to carrying out the strike, and exposes a deep rift between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his top security men over the wisdom of attacking Iran. (AP Photo/Gali Tibbon, Poo, File)
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Former United Nations Ambassador John R. Bolton says his major concerns include “the nuclear proliferation issue, as manifested both in Iran and North Korea ... relations with Russia, and the approach to the U.S. intelligence budget,” which is facing a $25 billion cut over the next 10 years. Mr. Bolton is critical of the White House for claiming that the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden last year has diminished his terrorist network. (Associated Press)
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Illustration Iran's Red LIne by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times
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In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses a large group of Basij militia, during his tour in northeastern Iran, on Monday, Oct. 15, 2012. Iranian officials have made no secret about their desire to reopen nuclear talks with the U.S. and other world powers as economic sanctions dig deeper — with Iran's supreme leader even depicting his envoys as waiting at the negotiating table. (Associated Press)
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Illustration Iran's Weapons by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times
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The remains of severely burned bodies of U.S. Marines are pictured amidst the wreckage of U.S. aircraft, including helicopters and giant transporters, after an abortive Commando-style raid into Iran aimed at freeing hostages being held at the U.S. Embassy. The desert site is in Eastern Iran at Desht-E-Kavir, some 500 kilometers from Tehran. At least eight U.S. servicemen died in the mission on April 24, 1980. (AP Photo)
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** FILE ** The Canadian ambassador to Iran, Ken Taylor, briefs reporters on the situation in the mist of the Iran's Revolution in Tehran, a week before leaving the country with six Americans on Jan. 27, 1980. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Bregg)
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Illustration Nuclear Iran by John Camejo for The Washington Times
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Illustration Crushing Iran by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times
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** FILE ** In this Jan. 25, 2011, file photo, Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of Iranian opposition party National Council of Resistance of Iran, smiles as she attends an international conference on Iran policy in Brussels. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe, File)
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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (center) is flanked by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (left), chief of the Expediency Council, and Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Mr. Rafsanjani, who previously served as president of Iran and remains a political force, favors a more moderate approach to the West. (Associated Press)
