Israel will not be complicit in a second Holocaust. If Iran or any other nation that has called for the destruction of Israel is about to acquire nuclear weapons, the Israelis will attempt to destroy that nation's uranium-enrichment facilities. In June 1981, Israel launched a successful air attack on an Iraqi nuclear reactor, and in 2007 it bombed a Syrian factory suspected of producing plutonium warheads.

A letter published on the Iranian websites claims that Ayatollah Khamenei is planning a possible escape to Russia.

US President Barack Obama once again threatens Iran over its nuclear program, while his Chinese counterpart stresses the need to find a diplomatic solution.

A suicide bomber killed six senior Revolutionary Guards commanders, including two of its top officers, and 29 other people on Sunday in one of the boldest attacks against Iran's most powerful military institution.