The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Mike Rogers, has now stated publicly that Iran and its agents masterminded the recent terror attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria.

Rogers stated flatly: "I believe there were certainly elements of Hezbollah [involved] and I believe it was under the direction of their masters in Iran."

And former UN Ambassador John Bolton has urged Israel to retaliate directly against Iran for this barbaric attack.

Such an attack, experts fear, could escalate quickly into a wider military action against Iran's nuclear weapons program.

Meanwhile, Iran is also ratcheting up its support for Syria's Assad regime.

"The Iranian people have an unchangeable stance on Syrians and will always stand by them," Iran's Vice President Rahimi said this week.

Iran appears to be on a collision course with Israel, the U.S. and other Western allies.

The implications of a crisis in Iran are grave. Former U.S. National Security Adviser Brzezinski has warned that an attack on Iran could lead to a series of events that "devastate" the global economy.

LIGNET, Newsmax's global intelligence and forecasting service, has just released a special online briefing featuring former CIA Director Michael Hayden and other experts on the implications of a crisis with Iran.