Published on May 22nd, 2013 | by Farideh Farhi
by Farideh Farhi via IPS News With the disqualification of former president and current chair of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani by a vetting body, the Guardian Council, Iran’s presidential campaign is opening with many ... Read More →
Published on May 22nd, 2013 | by Jim Lobe
by Jim Lobe If you want to get some insight into how the Washington Post’s editorial board increasingly thinks of the world and the U.S. role in it, editorial page editor Fred Hiatt’s column in Monday’s ... Read More →
Published on May 22nd, 2013 | by Mitchell Plitnick
by Mitchell Plitnick It may seem like US Secretary of State John Kerry is chasing his own tail with regard to the Israel-Palestine issue. But he is, intentionally or otherwise, raising some important questions. One is ... Read More →
Published on May 18th, 2013 | by Jim Lobe
by Jim Lobe and Joe Hitchon WASHINGTON, May 18 2013 (IPS) – A nuclear-armed Iran would not pose a fundamental threat to the United States and its regional allies like Israel and the Gulf Arab monarchies, ... Read More →
Published on May 17th, 2013 | by Peter Jenkins
by Peter Jenkins Listening, on 15 May, to the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on US policy towards Iran put me in mind of the inscription Dante imagined over the entrance to Hell: “Abandon hope all ... Read More →
Published on May 16th, 2013 | by Guest
by Aurelie Daher That Iran is deeply concerned with the civil war in Syria and is currently providing important assistance to President Bashar al-Assad’s regime is not in question. What remains to be determined, however, is ... Read More →
Published on May 16th, 2013 | by Guest
by Jonas Siegel and Saranaz Barforoush Few observers would question that news coverage prior to the 2003 U.S.- led invasion of Iraq affected public perceptions about the threat posed by weapons of mass destruction. Are news ... Read More →
Published on May 15th, 2013 | by Djavad Salehi-Isfahani
by Djavad Salehi-Isfahani Economic issues are paramount on the minds of Iranian voters as they ponder the long list of candidates registered for president: who among them is likely to survive the vetting by the Guardian ... Read More →
Published on May 14th, 2013 | by James Russell
by James A. Russell All states seeking to craft coherent and sensible foreign policies must draw upon their own domestic political systems to air debates, consider options, and choose the policies that best suit the country’s ... Read More →
Published on May 13th, 2013 | by Emile Nakhleh
by Emile Nakhleh Watching the Syrian debate in Washington, one is dismayed by the focus on whether Sarin gas has been used or not. As if 80,000 dead and over two million refugees are not a ... Read More →
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