How an Iranian nuclear-weapons program became accepted wisdom. More and more men and women are either born with a talent for, or are developing skill in, technical matters, especially computer hardware and […]
Gareth Porter reveals how Western intelligence believed the procurements of an Iranian university were proof of nuclear-weapons research. The sources of enmity between Iran and the United States are legion. In 1953, […]
Both U.S. members of Congress calling for new Iran sanctions and hard-liners in Iran assault President Rouhani from each side. In light of how much it has invested in uranium enrichment, it’s […]
It was only supposed to be Iran’s uranium enrichment progress that was frozen after talks with Iran last month. But now, acting in bad faith by violating the spirit of the Geneva […]
At Going to Tehran, Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett wrote about an appearance last month before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman, who is […]
Imprisoned in Iran as a CIA spy, Amir Hekmati refuses to be ransomed. Some background from CNN: [Amir] Hekmati joined the Marines in 2001 out of high school. He finished his service […]
Kicking a leg out from under the Iran-Syria-Hezbollah tripod could also undermine Iran President Rouhani’s diplomatic initiatives. As many have noted, launching missile strikes against Syria might once again harden the arteries […]
President Obama never gets tired of finding new ways to disappoint us. Yesterday, President Obama surprised the nation and the world when he announced that he would seek the approval of Congress […]
Today, as covered by nearly everyone, Secretary of State John Kerry said: “The indiscriminate slaughter of civilians, the killing of women and children and innocent bystanders by chemical weapons is a moral […]
Iran has to be the only country where one nuclear negotiator defeated another for the presidency. Iran’s new President Hassan Rohani/Rowhani/Rouhani* was Iran’s nuclear negotiator with Britain, France, and Germany between 2003 and 2005. […]
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