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 →
Published on May 13th, 2013 | by Tom Engelhardt
Lethality Beyond the Pale by Nick Turse via Tom Dispatch In those first minutes, they’ll be stunned. Eyes fixed in a thousand-yard stare, nerve endings numbed. They’ll just stand there. Soon, you’ll notice that they are ... Read More →
Published on May 13th, 2013 | by Guest
by Gary Sick Farideh Farhi has done her usual excellent job of unwrapping the Iranian internal political scene. I very much share her surprise about this weekend’s events. I thought that the Supreme Leader had decided ... Read More →
Published on May 13th, 2013 | by Peter Jenkins
by Peter Jenkins It was just over four years ago, on 5 April 2009, that President Obama delivered remarks on the future of nuclear weapons in the 21st century. His remarks were received with hopeful enthusiasm ... Read More →
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