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Recapping Iran Sanctions Logic Ahead of Talks

March 4th, 2013 | by Jasmin Ramsey

by Jasmin Ramsey The following quote from this Washington Post article on last week’s nuclear talks with Iran stood out despite it

Recycling the “Friends of Hamas” Canard Against Chuck Hagel

February 11th, 2013 | by Marsha B. Cohen

by Marsha B. Cohen Taking advantage of the delay in the vote on Chuck Hagel’s nomination to the Senate, the

Did you hear? It’s Khamenei’s Job to Set Israel on Fire

February 4th, 2013 | by Farideh Farhi

by Farideh Farhi During my childhood days in pre-revolutionary Iran, I played the game Telephone often. It began with one

New Push in U.S. for Tougher Sanctions, War Threats Against Iran

January 16th, 2013 | by Jim Lobe

via IPS News Four U.S. non-proliferation specialists are urging the Obama administration to impose tougher economic sanctions against Iran and

Ledeen Begins his Pivot

October 26th, 2012 | by Jasmin Ramsey

Michael Ledeen, a neoconservative polemicist and long-time Iran hawk who joined the Foundation for Defense of Democracies after leaving the American Enterprise Institute in 2008, is

USA Today’s Editorial Board vs FDD’s Clifford May on Israel, Iran

August 21st, 2012 | by Jasmin Ramsey

This is USA Today’s editorial board suggesting that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Iran-attack media campaign is likely just more of

Long-time Iran Hawk Ledeen Says Israeli Strategy was to Push the US to Attack

August 19th, 2012 | by Jasmin Ramsey

Michael Ledeen, a neoconservative historian and long-time Iran hawk who joined the hardline Foundation for Defense of Democracies after leaving the American