Iran Diplomacy

Friends of Israel, Iran Negotiations Will Require Patience

Joel Rubin | Posted 04.06.2012

Joel Rubin

While an opportunity exists to create a permanent solution to the Iranian nuclear challenge through diplomacy, this opportunity is fragile and uncertain. Therefore, what we need now more than ever is patience.

"No Contact" Is the Keystone XL of Iran Policy

Robert Naiman | Posted 04.03.2012

Robert Naiman

How could we get a clean shot at what the administration is not doing to move the ball forward on Iran diplomacy? We can demand the reversal of the "no contact" policy for U.S. diplomats.

Case For Bombing Iran Collapses

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.20.2012

MJ Rosenberg

One critical element leads me to the conclusion that the United States will not go to war with Iran, nor allow Israel to do so. It is this: common sense.

Obama: Window For Iran Diplomacy Is 'Shrinking'

AP | Posted 05.14.2012

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is warning Iran that the window for dealing with its nuclear program through diplomatic channels is "shrink...

With Iran, Threat Inflation Is the Threat

William Astore | Posted 05.12.2012

William Astore

If a nuclear-armed Iran is indeed the greatest threat we as a nation face, that is indeed good news. Even better: Our latest intelligence estimate suggests that Iran still doesn't have a nuclear weapon, nor is it clear whether its leaders have decided to build one.

Iran: Smoke, Mirrors and the Rest

Imogen Lloyd Webber | Posted 03.12.2012

Imogen Lloyd Webber

The only certainty we have in the public discourse in regards to Iran is that we are dealing with smoke and mirrors with every player.

Israel and Iran Need Diplomacy, Not Destruction

Qasim Rashid | Posted 05.08.2012

Qasim Rashid

When our arrogance makes us ignorant to the horror that is war -- WWIII will have begun. Recall with humility, then, that WWI and WWII killed 20 million and 60 million respectively and wounded many millions more.

Reading Tuchman in Tehran

Mark Jacobson | Posted 05.08.2012

Mark Jacobson

The current tension between Israel and Iran, including incredibly heated rhetoric calling for preemptive actions and assassinations is eerily reminiscent of the period before the summer of 1914, when the sense of "inevitability" of war seized national leaders.

Romney Destroys Netanyahu's Big Week

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 05.07.2012

MJ Rosenberg

We have one person to thank for the fact that President Barack Obama successfully let Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu know 'who's the boss' both at the AIPAC conference and at a meeting between the two at the White House on Monday. Thank you, Mitt Romney.

Don't Let Iran Be a Second Iraq

Jamal Abdi | Posted 04.29.2012

Jamal Abdi

Just as with the lead-up to the Iraq War, the pathway to war with Iran will be paved with false assertions, self-fulfilling saber-rattling and political weakness that might seem insignificant now, but will in retrospect turn out to be disastrous.

Boycott the Occupation, Not Israel

MJ Rosenberg | Posted 04.28.2012

MJ Rosenberg

Yes, boycott the occupation -- the settlers, the politicians who support them, and the businesses that sustain them. But not Israel itself, unless you think that it is a society beyond redemption. It isn't -- no more than we are.

Keith Ellison and Walter Jones Stand Up for Diplomatic Engagement With Iran

Robert Naiman | Posted 04.25.2012

Robert Naiman

Largely missing from the recent political debate, until now, has been a full-throated defense of diplomatic engagement with Iran towards negotiated agreements that would resolve or mitigate international concerns about its disputed nuclear program.

In Din Over Iran, Rattling Sabers Echo

New York Times | Posted 02.22.2012

WASHINGTON — The United States has now endured what by some measures is the longest period of war in its history, with more than 6,300 American troo...

White House: Still Time For Iran Diplomacy To Work

Reuters | Posted 04.22.2012

WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The White House said on Tuesday there is still enough time for diplomacy with Iran to work and prevent Tehran from ac...

Joshua Hersh

WATCH: Trita Parsi Says There's No 'Military Solution' In Iran Nuclear Standoff

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 02.16.2012

WASHINGTON -- The author of a recent book on the Obama administration's efforts to solve the Iran nuclear crisis through diplomacy says he sees no "mi...

Iran Offers To Talk

Reuters | Posted 04.17.2012

By Fredrik Dahl VIENNA, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Iran, facing severe sanctions to bar it from exporting oil, has told world powers it wants...

Is the Sanctions Debate Justifying the Military Option?

Patrick Disney | Posted 05.25.2011

Patrick Disney

To an outsider, it may seem like Washington is united in favor of imposing new sanctions on Iran. But, like in Iran itself, the internal wrangling ove...

Iran at a Crossroads

Patrick Disney | Posted 05.25.2011

Patrick Disney

Iran-watchers are struggling with the cognitive dissonance of it all: how can you still oppose war but support the dismantling of the Islamic theocracy?

Diplomatic Insanity: Ludicrous Displays From Dubai to Iran

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 05.25.2011

Christopher Brauchli

After Iran's and Israel's tourism ministers reportedly shook hands, the Iranian tourism ministry issued a statement that the alleged handshake was "an ugly and false rumor."

Iran Radio Claims 2 German Diplomats Detained

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.25.2011

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's state media reported Wednesday that authorities have detained two German diplomats and accused them of playing a role in o...

Direct Talks With Iran Supported By 82% Of Americans: Poll

ABC News | Posted 05.25.2011

With talks underway in Vienna today, a new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds that Americans overwhelmingly suspect Iran of trying to produce nuclear...

Congress Poised To Penalize Iran If Diplomatic Talks Show Signs Of Faltering

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Congress is poised to act swiftly on new penalties against Iran if international talks on Tehran's nuclear program show signs of fa...

Why Canada Shouldn't Walk Out On Ahmadinejad

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Emma Ruby-Sachs

As a Jew and a Canadian, it's hard not to react strongly and violently to the actions of Ahmadinejad. But I also believe in the United Nations.

Happy Inauguration Day, Dr. Ahmadinejad: Don't Count on Success

Jamsheed K. Choksy | Posted 05.25.2011

Jamsheed K. Choksy

Next week Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term in office as Iran's president. He faces a hornets' nest.

Engage Iran's Citizens, Isolate Its Government

Jamsheed K. Choksy | Posted 05.25.2011

Jamsheed K. Choksy

The U.S. government lays right where the Iranian hard-liners have placed it with thirty years of intransigence -- uncertain of how to act and ever-hopeful of cooperation.