5 Years: Iran Increases Prison Sentence For Traveling to Israel
- Posted on November 14, 2011 at 7:29am by
Billy Hallowell
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TEHRAN, Iran (The Blaze/AP) — Iranians traveling to Israel could go to prison for up to five years instead of only three months, after Iran’s parliament revised an existing ban for such trips.
The measure reflects Tehran’s security concerns over archenemy Israel. Iran claims to have dismantled several purported Israeli spy rings in recent years and arrested Iranians with alleged links to Mossad.
Fears over Iran’s purported search for a nuclear weapon, among other relational issues, have led to an uncomfortable relationship between the two nations. Today, Digital Journal reports that Israel may not alert the United States prior to an attack on Iran — an action that could be taken to prevent the development of Iranian nuclear weapon. DJ has more:
Israel has repeatedly attacked any state with nuclear facilities in its region, and done so successfully. There is absolutely no reason to believe that it wouldn’t attack Iranian facilities.
Nuclear weapons would give Iran a major card to play which may also be a trigger for Western action if it was believed that Iran were providing these weapons to terrorists like Al Qaeda or had intentions to do so.
On Saturday, there was a massive blast at an Iranian missile base. Considering the frustration between the two nations, some are speculating that Israel was behind the explosion. TIME has more about the blast as well as a recent report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA):
Last week’s report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Iran had experimented with removing the conventional warhead on the Shahab-3 and replacing it with one that would hold a nuclear device. [...]
Coming the weekend after the release of the unusually critical IAEA report, which laid out page upon page of evidence that Iran is moving toward a nuclear weapon, the blast naturally sharpened concern over Israel‘s threat to launch airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Half the stories on the Tehran Times website on Sunday referenced the possibility of a military strike, most warning of dire repercussions.
Iranian state TV on Monday reported that parliament passed the new travel amendment, expanding the current prison term for voyaging to Israel to between two and five years.
Under a 1972 ban imposed by U.S.-backed Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, offenders faced possible imprisonment of up to three months.
At the time, the law was designed to mostly avert travel to communist countries.
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linearnonlinear
Posted on November 15, 2011 at 1:02pmThey’re all Dark Age Animals.
Report Post »DockyWocky
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:39pmI guess I violated the Blaze Comment Policy by saying post-obliteration surviving Iranians might welcome any future visitors with open flippers
Report Post »DockyWocky
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:36pmGee. If an Iranian can get 5 years for visiting Israel, I wonder what an Israeli would get for visiting Iran?
Hopefully, there will be a great change in the Iranian justice system once the whole Iranian system has gone up in smoke and flames?
I bet the survivors will welcome anyone who dares risk the nationwide radioactivity to visit what is left with open flippers.
Report Post »gwssacredcause
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 12:58pmI look forward to Iran sending their warships to our coast, especially the West Coast, I want to see what the response of the liberals is then, it will be interesting to see how well their diversity works under attack.
Report Post »Gcopp6
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 2:26pmYes please. Right to California. Maybe they could send a actor or two out to entertain our friends from the middle east. Iran is just so misunderstood.
Report Post »crazyloon
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 3:06pmAck….No. We aren’t all liberals.
Report Post »jakartaman
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 10:10amIt is not a question of if Israel will bomb Iran’s nuclear capability but when.
Report Post »Israel will do this unilaterally if necessary. They have no other option.
The world -(except Syria) does not want a nuclear Iran – yes even china and russia.
If allowed to have a nuke – the worlds economies would be held hostage for years.
The eventual war will ensue – but will be over quickly but brutal with a great loss of lifeThe alternative is to do a slow agonizing bleed – with the world in a depression
Vechorik
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 11:03am- Iran is not presently a direct threat to the United States (the bold words are vital)
Report Post »- Israel can defend herself (300 nuclear weapons) if we allow her to do so, which we should, and President Paul would not interfere in their doing so; Ron Paul supports Israeli sovereignty and their right to exist more strongly than any other candidate (another way to say this is “we should unshackle Israel”)
- Pre-emptive war with Iran would lead to a greater quagmire in the region that would cost countless American lives and endless amounts of American treasure, and therefore it must be avoided at all cost
- If Iran becomes a threat, and the American people through their representatives in Congress decide to go to war, President Paul will ensure that Congress declares war as the Constitution requires of us, ensuring checks and balances
- If Iran truly becomes an imminent threat or if the country is attacked, President Paul will take swift and immediate action to defend the country as the Constitution authorizes him to do
smackdown33
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 11:54amIt’s all about Israel, Israel, a country about the size of New Jersey with no natural resources, or any other value. The King-Crane Commission was correct.
Report Post »The problem with America is in part AIPAC. The other part is the ignorance of the American people. Israel is the problem, always has been. It is the albatross around our neck, and our fundamentalists wear it with pride. Fools.
Vechorik
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 12:01pmAsk yourself,
what other countries in the world publicly arrogate to themselves the right to overthrow governments, bomb, assassinate, wage economic war, etc?
And what would the attitude of the U.S. government be toward another country that arrogated to itself such a right?
“When it comes to projecting power, the United States exempts itself from norms with which it expects to comply.”..and exempts itself from the Constitution!
Report Post »JRook
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 10:02amAttacks on a sovereign country are offensive in nature, not defensive. They are in and of themselves acts of war. Israel possession of nuclear weapons and continuation of such attacks is not conducive to peace. And not in the best interest of the US.
Report Post »moreteaplease
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 11:04amJROOK posts,
Report Post »“Israel possession of nuclear weapons and continuation of such attacks is not conducive to peace. And not in the best interest of the US.”
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But Iran’s possession of nuclear weapons is not a threat to peace? And….continuation of what such attacks? Israel hasn’t attacked Iran yet.
C. Schwehr
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 11:09amConsidering that Iran (the primary terrorist force in the world today) has attacked Israel many times through it‘s proxy’s (hezbollah, Syria, the PLO, etc) these attacks on enemy installations are in response to known threats to Israel….they are legally and morally justifiable!
Report Post »Israel’s posession of nuclear weapons is one of the primary reasons why the country still exists today. During the last war in 1973, it became obvious that Israel WILL use it‘s nuclear weapons in the event that the country is overrun by it’s enemies (Iran, Egypt, heqbollah, the PLO, Jordan, etc) and thus we have not seen any further overt attacks…instead the islamist nations which surround it have taken to terrorist attacks instead, using the so-called “palestinians” as their disposable weapons of choice. Israel is the ONLY stabile country in the entire middle east and needs to be supported by our country instead of being tossed to the wolves as the current regime is doing….
smackdown33
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 12:11pmC. Schwehr, you just made most of that up out of whole cloth. No country in the Middle East has attacked its neighbors more than the Zionist, Jewish state of Israel. That’s a fact.
Report Post »How does one define the primary terrorist force in the world today? Many objective people see terrorism as attacking those who have not attacked you, like our bombing of Yugoslavia, or Libya; and Israel’s bombing of Iraq and Syria. Many see terrorism as an invasion of a country who had no means of threat, like Iraq.
Terrorist nations use sophisticated weaponry to carry out their attacks. Terrorist groups use individuals. In principle, there is no difference. Israel is a terrorist nation. It was, in fact, founded on terrorism. See the Irgun, Stern Gang, and Haganah. They brought modern terrorism to the Middle East, and they won American support as a nation. Now you have the audacity to comment on Hezbollah, Syria, PLO, etc..
It is exactly this hypocrisy which fans the flames of war. Israel is the evil nation, no different than the Reich of past years. America is on the wrong side of history in its support of Israel.
Windsong
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 9:43amDon’t you find it ironic to see this clown…and his brother from another mother, Bill Ayres, flashing the peace sign?
Report Post »Warrior4Zion
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 9:57amIt‘s in America’s National interest to take Iran out now.
Report Post »27Shoes
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:30amI wish we had some real life zombies right now to deal with this guy (Walking Dead) Oh wait!
Report Post »We do! In the White House, and yes they are yelling, “BRAINS BRAINS BRAINS” and they have
yet to find one.
Vechorik
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 9:05amI am such a fool. I thought Arminijad was the leader of Iran. I was wrong. Did you think that also?
From all the media coverage, I just sorta figured that. Come to find out, Arminijad is just a big mouth nut that is 14th down in line from the leader (sorta like Maxine Waters of the Middle East). The media just uses him to instill fear in America, so the military complex can go on with it’s agenda.
Why is Arminijad’s photo on this article? Has nothing to do with him — yet America has come to believe Arminijad is evil and a threat to America, so thus the propaganda.
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 9:13amForgot to add:
Does Maxine Watters represent the entire USA? No
Report Post »Does Arminijad represent all of Iran? No
Detroit paperboy
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 9:23amIts gonna take a nuke to knock out there nukes….. Scarey times.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:13amOh, this is an improvement… I heard that they Torture. Rape, and Kill the Israel supporters!
Report Post »BO_Bill
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:08amLet Israel fight its own wars.
Report Post »c0mm0nsense
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:02amAnd does the US not have a ban on travel to Cuba?
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:18amWhy don’t you move to Cuba, and post a comment like that undermining Cuba, or go to Iran and post a comment like that undermining Iran. You could move to Iran and then blog somewhere saying something about the sanctions against Iran, you could post, “Well doesn’t Iran have sanctions against Israel?” And then you will see the difference. And then after you get done serving 5 years in Iran’s prison maybe you will come back with a whole new perception on the U.S.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:25amThe irritating thing is that people like you actually don’t mind tyranny as long as you are the one doing it, but when it happens to you then you whine and want to run off to some more free nation, and then you begin doing what you are doing all over again. And it leads to the walls that have been built in the U.S the last mostly 100 years.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:28amAnd those walls people like you have built are going to come down, and it’s going to anger you, and you’ll be hot, you’ll be on a sea of fire.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:40amYou are just another nasty wall-builder who builds walls you see but most others do not, but eventually most will see people like you for who you are and people will realize how it is the 12 children of Israel are the foundation of the world, and they will adjust accordingly keeping it always at the forefront of thought, and your kind of spirits will be long gone.
Report Post »c0mm0nsense
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:46amSo its ok for the US to stop its people from traveling, but bad when Iran does it?
Report Post »techengineer11
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 9:12amIn order to cut down on all of the espionage which the Israelis are guilty of America should consider the same penalty.. No shame in being late to the game. Better safe than sorry.
While we are at it dual citizenships should be completely banned in America. Your either American or you not.. We need to be able to count on the loyalty of all of our citizens and as far I’m concerned if you have a dual Chinese or Israeli citizenship I become a little suspicious.
Report Post »c0mm0nsense
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:00amGlenn was just making fun of a lady that watched RT on his radio show last week and now he uses it on the Blaze. And Look a that cattle in China story again. Where did that come from? I have a feeling about that one, its all BS. Look at the cattle sure look healthy to me for living in a dump,full of glass and metal. I think the blaze is not doing their homework, just taking stories from the internet and not confirming anything.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:04amWell then, why don”t you only eat beef that only grazes in junk-yards then.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:13amI know you’re a troll , so they always say on here, but I want to respond to you.. Although you may be right about the blaze and their reporting ,Glenn doesn’t use anything here on the Blaze .. If you had half a brain ,you would see that it was Billy Hallowell That reported the story, not Glenn.. BTW you hate Glenn so much but why do you come to the Blaze to get your news and also you must listen to Glenn on the radio more than most on here Because I never heard him make fun of RT or whatever you are saying.. Is there some sort of man love going on ? You would think that as much as you hate the man, you would stay as far away as possible from him, but you seem to be totally up his azz all the time
Report Post »c0mm0nsense
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:28am@elia Your missing the point, the story is BS. I don’t think that cattle could live in that environment , with all the junk they would be cut up and ingesting it trying to eat, which would kill them.
Report Post »c0mm0nsense
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:38am@Demint So, your saying that Glenn is not the boss of the Blaze? Does the buck not stop with him. I pointed something out here and you start calling me names and want me to shut up and go away. Maybe you should change your name.
Report Post »Vechorik
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:55amThe Blaze seldom writes stores — if you want to see the new the Blaze omits — go to The Drudge Report. They have dozens and dozens of articles from ALL news sources.
Report Post »c0mm0nsense
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 9:03amYes I understand this, I was pointing out how Glenn makes fun of RT and then has a story using it on his web site. Maybe the editor does not listen to his radio show. On top of that the cattle story threw up red flags. Sorry for thinking outside the box. I will get back in line now.
Report Post »c0mm0nsense
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 10:52amLooking back, maybe Demint did not read the last sentence of my post. “I think the blaze is not doing their homework, just taking stories from the internet and not confirming anything.” Which clearly states that the blaze in getting stories off the internet. So maybe this is just a misunderstanding.
Report Post »db321
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 1:42pmHey Common Sence – the missing elements in most of your comments is Comomon Sence!
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 7:57amIt’s interesting how while the world takes time to debate what to do about Iran (which by the way sanctions don’t really work against an oil giant), that Iran is becoming better equipped to handle an attack, and is receiving support from China and Russia which is getting them more prepared, and yet the debate and useless sanctions goes on.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:01amThe Nation of Israel has a right to live just as everyone else on earth.
Report Post »BIBLESnGUNS
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 7:54amThink about this for a moment….You get into an argument with a neighbor during which he says to you – you dirty SOB, I’m gonna burn your house down!!! For days after you see him come home in the evening with a 5 gallon container of gasoline and put it in his garage. How long before it adds up? When someone tells you he is going to wipe you off the map, and there is irrefutable evidence that he preparing to carry out his threat, inaction or disbelief will not save you. When your so-called friends and neighbors tell you that you‘re overreacting and it’s all just bullshat, there comes a time when you have to do that which will save your house and family from burning. WHY IS ISREAL ALONE IN THIS? WHERE ARE THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS? This situation will set the entire region on fire, and we are going to persue diplomatic solutions?? Time to tell the powers that be in Iran, if you f with Israel, you are f-ing with the United States. Too bad our Liar-in-Chief is supporting the very people who want this type of destruction in our world. Lock-n-load people, very bad things are heading our way.
Report Post »Eliasim
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:00amWell it’s because for those who know they see the devil roaring like a lion even though it moves like a creeping thing.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:36amPlaying devils advocate here…so be civil.
1) Iran could have wiped Israel off of the map when Saddam was running Iran, in a joint venture. Now, the “new” Iraq would not play ball with them…so would have to be attacked first by Iran, or Iran would have to fall internally to another dictator who hates Israel as well.
2) Iran is not going to launch nukes at Israel unless they are prepared to go to war with Iraq and Turkey as well as any country in danger of the fallout. That leaves smuggling a warhead into Israel and detonating it with no evidence that is was done by Iran. Since the fall of Russia, I think they could have got their hands on a nuke with all the oil money they have to spend, already.
3) Iran has 10 times the population of Israel.
If we see anything, it will be either a tactical nuke smuggled into Israel with no clear trail back to Iran, or a covert coup sponsored by Iran, overthrowing the Iraqi government and installing another military dictatorship sympathetic to Iran’s goals against Israel…followed shortly afterward by Iran being given permission to transport their army across Iraqi soil and a conventional war played out.
Nuclear capability on Iran’s part will be to decrease any problems caused by any future western sanctions and as a threat to blackmail Israel into compromises with Palestine. Also, as a deterrent against any who would suggest military action against Iran in the event of the conventional war taking place.
Report Post »marthasusan40
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 8:57amWell said thank you and God Bless.
Report Post »PATRIOTGRUNT
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 7:49amMr Hollowell : “ A Nuclear bomb would give Iran a major card to play ” Are F___en kidding me. You are a moron. How old are you ? The Western A_____s never do anything,( USA). It’s allways the Israelis that have the B_____S to do something . You need refresher classes in History. Beck are you serious , is this what you call Journmorism.
Report Post »tweet
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 7:47amObama and Russia??? You have got to be joking. Both would love Iran to have nuclear weapons to use against Israel.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 7:46amlmfao @ Adirtydinnerjacket .. Thanks man, coffee in the nose…
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 11:50amNo, no, no, no………….I thought it was Ahmadoinahandjob?
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 7:41amPicture looks like the Ron Paul one the Blaze posted a few days ago..
Report Post »smackdown33
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 7:40amMore ‘fan the flames for war with Iran’ rhetoric. Let’s remember, this same methodology got us to war with Iraq… both for the benefit of Israel.
Report Post »http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/white-man-s-burden-1.14110
5headspro.com
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 7:40amAnd a spokesperson for Iran is telling the truth?? Yea right, I believe you Seyed Mohammed, I believe you….NOT!
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 7:39amHehe…TheBlaze made an error…hehe…in that top photograph they used an old photo of Roddy McDowall in his “Cornelius” makeup from the movie Planet of the Apes.
Hehe…what a bunch of goofballs.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 7:39amDrop… the O-bomb-a!
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on November 14, 2011 at 7:38amI think Machmoody Adirtydinnerjacket had better dig a deep hole to crawl in. Really deep too, as Israel has some really deep digging bunker buster bombs. He would be safer in Israel LOL
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