Civilian Diplomacy
With the Bush administration in popularity freefall, its splendid little war in Iraq having run aground, many Americans have been eying its hollow belligerence toward Iran with acute nervousness.
With the Bush administration in popularity freefall, its splendid little war in Iraq having run aground, many Americans have been eying its hollow belligerence toward Iran with acute nervousness.
The Real News | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics
McCain's belief that Iran is going to hand weapons over to terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah is unlikely because the Iranian government is fully aware that other countries could identify Iran as the provider.
AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — For now, the Bush administration has chosen compromise over confrontation in dealing with Iran's disputed nuclear program with a dr...
AFP | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday challenged the candidates vying for the US presidency to a debate and called for "fundamental change" ...
Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics
Conditions that Iran cease its uranium enrichment, as well as America's overt talk of bombing, only paint the Islamic Republic into a corner from which it can hardly get out, given its structure.
Clusterstock | Corey Lorinsky | Posted 06.17.2008 | Business
Are oil companies like Exxon Mobil and oil-rich nations like Iran worried that oil prices can get too high? You bet. Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadine...
MJ Rosenberg | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics
The US will do everything in its power to prevent an attack by Iran or to respond militarily should an attack take place. In dealing with the likes of Ahmadinejad, there is nothing wrong with being vocal about that fact.
AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics
LUXEMBOURG — An EU spokeswoman says the 27-nation bloc is ready to issue stronger financial sanctions against Iran. The spokeswoman for EU fore...
Jamal Dajani | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics
If people are lamenting over gas prices approaching five dollars, I guarantee you that they will top off $10.00 at the pump and more than $200 a barrel within hours of an attack on Iran.
Trita Parsi | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics
The key to tempering the Israeli-Iranian rivalry -- at least the Iranian side of it -- lies in playing Iran's ideological and strategic interests against each other.
Omid Memarian | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics
By opening a dialogue with Khamenei, the next U.S. president could seriously undermine general international perceptions of Ahmadinejad's power.
Richard Silverstein | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics
Ahmadinejad certainly realizes, unlike McCain and Israeli right-wing politicians like Bibi Netanyahu, that Iran doesn't have the capacity to seriously damage, much less eradicate Israel.
AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 06.05.2008 | Home
VIENNA, Austria — Iran accused the United States on Thursday of pressuring the U.N.'s nuclear agency to base its latest investigation of Tehran'...
Matthew Palevsky | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics
Kowtowing to an Israeli fear of Iran, McCain used the AIPAC forum to reinforce his three most dubious and dangerous policy claims and beat the drums of war.
Jerusalem Post | Posted 06.02.2008 | Home
Iran says it would consider a meeting between President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Italian officials and the pope on an upcoming trip to Italy if they in...
Sam Sedaei | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics
There is no reason to see rhetoric against Israel and the U.S. as anything more than what it has been over the past thirty years: empty propaganda for domestic consumption.
Robert Silvers | Posted 05.26.2008 | Home
If JFK's multi-act dance with Krushchev taught us anything, it's that negotiation isn't weakness. As to the historical analogies, bring 'em on. There's worse than being compared to a Kennedy.
Ilan Goldenberg | Posted 05.20.2008 | Politics
If the "average American" thinks that Ahmadinejad is the ultimate leader of Iran, it's up to the president to dissuade them of this notion -- not reinforce it.
Dave Maass | Posted 05.17.2008 | Politics
McCain can argue he was talking about Ahmadinejad, since Obama does want to meet with Iran...but how did he get to Iran without even mentioning the country by name?
Omid Memarian | Posted 04.10.2008 | Media
Journalists' very limited access to Iran has produced a series of myths about a country at the core of international concerns.
Sam Sedaei | Posted 03.21.2008 | Politics
By not demonizing Rev. Wright, Senator Obama showed exactly the trait we need in our next president. It's time to have a president who listens, and not just to those who agree with him, but to those who disagree.
AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and JOHN AFFLECK | Posted 03.02.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on an historic trip to Baghdad Sunday that America fueled the violence in Iraq, portraying ...
Sam Sedaei | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics
Hillary believes Iran will democratize, end three decades of theocratic rule and release all prisoners just so Mahmoud can have a coffee with her majesty.
Michael Drucker | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics

Reuters | Dean Yates and Sean Maguire | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics
Iran has postponed a fourth round of talks with the United States in Baghdad on improving security in Iraq, giving no reason for the delay, Iraqi For...
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Robert Koehler | Posted 08.14.2008 | Politics