Biting economic sanctions -- the type that hit at the very economic and financial heart of the regime and not the Iranian people -- must be aggressively pursued and carefully constructed.
In addition to denoting this month in the Persian calendar, the word bahman also means avalanche. And this Bahman could set off the avalanche ultimately topples the Islamic Republic.
With the anniversary of the 1979 Revolution looming, the Islamic Republic, faced with an unprecedented scale of opposition, seems like a bleeding monster.
America sits shaken, stirred and -- once again -- overwhelmed by obsessive news consumption as it watches the perfect golden boy fall from its perch as the world's number one.
Since the Jewish state's military attack on Lebanon in 2006, it has been itching for a "do-over." Why? Because for the first time in its history, Israel did not win a war -- an intolerable outcome by the standards of the Israel Defense Forces.
I credit my cosmopolitan background for how I dress. My heritage is Iranian -- my mother's generation never leaves the house underdressed. I definitely get my dressy vibe from Iran.
If there is one thing that could save the establishment, it would be the punishment of Iranians, as a people, from outside. And that is what sanctions passed by the Senate would do.
Leaders of the Islamic Republic hope to take control of the narrative of the post-election protests that have produced the deepest political crisis in Iran since the early years of the Islamic Republic.
The problems with the Obama administration's foreign policy are not nearly as egregious as those of its predecessor. But U.S. citizens must continue to push the administration to pursue a more rational and more ethical global agenda.
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The Security Council's latest concern was prompted by intelligence reports that Mr. Ahmadinejad himself had been quietly shopping for Toyota parts in recent weeks on the popular online site Craigslist.
When Israeli President Shimon Peres at the Herzliya conference called for the use of "moral pressure" against Iran, he may have been signaling a new, nuanced way to deal with this politically charged issue.
I was adopted in the late 1960's, the product of a summer romance between an English school-girl and a dashing Iranian military officer. This is a love story that binds two nations together.
The death last week of Erich Segal reminded the world of Love Story, his 1969 mega-selling book, and the blockbuster 1970 movie of the same name, for which he wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay.
As a "card-carrying realist," I find Haass's recommendation to "promote" -- he does not actually call for "doing" -- regime change in Tehran as running contrary to any sensible realist viewpoint.
By alienating Sunnis and former Baathists, the DoD and Malaki's government are increasing tensions that could portend serious problems in Iraq's not-too-distant future.
There may not yet be a clear way towards peace, but day 1 of the Herzliya conference in Israel granted Obama a subtle victory, with broad recognition in Israel of the importance of a two-state solution.
The assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Masoud Ali Mohammadi, who was killed when a motorcycle bomb was detonated outside his home, does not bode well for the Iranian government.
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Any foreign interference in favor of either the Iranian opposition movement or the regime will always violate the peoples' historically held sense of independence, and thus weaken the process of revolution.
Weighing all the available evidence, it is clear that Secretary Clinton is a hard working advocate for President Obama's foreign policy and a credit to the administration.
