"Qum" Buy Ya

Amb. Marc Ginsberg, 11.13.2009

Former US Amb. to Morocco

While the technical revelations regarding the Qum nuclear enrichment facility filter out as the IAEA prepares its final report to the U.N., the U.S. is at a crossroads regarding Iran's nuclear program.

Iran Protests: Is Obama Staying on Ahmadinejad's Good Side?

Shirin Sadeghi, 11.06.2009

Middle East Consultant and former Journalist for the BBC and Al Jazeera

The Iranians are still coming. In droves. Despite the intermittent media coverage in the United States, Iranians have not yet stopped protesting the...

Obama to Iran: Abandon Nukes or We Will Defriend You on Facebook

Andy Borowitz, 10.30.2009

BorowitzReport.com

"Obama can and probably will convince other nations to defriend Iran," said one foreign policy insider who attended the speech. "Whether or not he can convince them to block Iran remains to be seen."

Lula's Red Carpet Welcome for Ahmadinejad

Robert Amsterdam, 10.29.2009

International lawyer on emerging markets, politics of business, and rule of law

Why, with so much going for him and his country, should the president of Brazil make such controversial choices in his friends? The logic of the relationship with Iran is perplexing.

Cries for Democracy in Iran

Reza Pahlavi, 10.27.2009

Democracy and Human Rights Activist

The Iran issue is not about nuclear capabilities, but rather, whose finger is on the trigger. And currently, that finger belongs to a Holocaust-denying, brutal regime that kills its own people.

Why Increased U.S. Sanctions on Iran Don't Work

Rep. Keith Ellison, 10.26.2009

U.S. Congressman from Minnesota's 5th District

Increasing sanctions enables the Iranian president the opportunity to change the subject -- from his failed policies to the nationalistic pride symbolized by nuclear energy.

Iran, Balochistan and Pakistan: The Next Insurgent Frontier?

Saad Khan, 10.25.2009

Social and political activist in Islamabad

Balochistan has all the ingredients to conjure up major trouble for U.S forces in Afghanistan. If the Taliban is present in Balochistan, Pakistani authorities need to take stern action.

Historical Revisionism on the Temple Mount

Daniel Levin, 10.19.2009

Author, The Last Ember

A recent rejection of any Judeo-Christian connection to Jerusalem has become a growing force in Palestinian nationalism that may permanently endanger Jerusalem's ancient and modern past.

Iran Talks: Shadows of Iraq, Legitimacy of Regime

Evelyn Leopold, 10.16.2009

Veteran reporter at the United Nations

Two elephants are and were in the room during negotiations on Iran's nuclear ambitions: the rigged elections that brought President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power and the shadow of Iraq.

Specter of Forced Repatriation

Allan Gerson, 10.15.2009

Lawyer and former counsel to the US Delegation to the United Nations

The hunger strike of more than two dozen Iranian-Americans came to a close Thursday with the news that 36 Iranian dissidents forcibly taken by Iraqi forces had been allowed to return to their enclave north of Baghdad.

A Soft Power Opportunity for Iran

Kevin Sullivan, 10.14.2009

Editor of RealClearWorld.

In the neighboring country of Yemen, a very real opportunity to make good on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's promise of friendship is rapidly emerging for Iran.

Leave Punishing Iran to Iranians

Melody Moezzi, 10.13.2009

Author, Activist & Attorney

It's clear that Iran's strongest adversary today remains within its own borders. The current Iranian regime has far more to fear from its own people than it does from any foreign powers.

Iran Developing Boy Band, U.N. Fears

Andy Borowitz, 10.12.2009

BorowitzReport.com

The United Nations Security Council met in emergency session today amid fears that Iran may be close to developing a boy band.

Dear President Lula, Again

David Harris, 10.12.2009

Executive Director, AJC, and Senior Associate, St. Antony's College, Oxford University

Why would Brazil, today a towering bastion of democratic values, seek closer ties with Iran, its polar opposite?

Leaked Ahmadinejad Diary Proves Iran Prez Is Jewish

Katie Halper, 10.08.2009

Co-Founder of Laughing Liberally, a political comedy group

I attended Camp Havanagila, a Zionist summer camp in the Catskill Mountains, when I was young, and so, it seems, did Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

As Obama Scores an Iran Breakthrough, Congress Fumbles

David Elliott, 10.08.2009

Legislative Policy Associate, National Iranian American Council

Just like June 12 and the weeks that followed changed our notions about the Iranian people, it's time for the U.S. Congress to change its approach to Iran.

Madeleine Albright: Stop Creating More Terrorists in Afghanistan

Nathan Gardels, 10.07.2009

Editor, NPQ, Global Services of Los Angeles Times Syndicate/Tribune Media

The last time the Democrats ran a war, it was "Madeleine's war," when we bombed Serbia. Albright, the former secretary of state, weighs in on Obama's deliberations on Afghanistan.

Iran's Not-Yet-Revolution: Cause for Optimism

Mahmood Delkhasteh, 10.06.2009

The sudden willingness of the Iranian regime to compromise over the nuclear issue may be a sign of the regime's weakness, or an attempt to foster international peace in order to crackdown internally.

An Epidemic of Global Anger

Caroline Myss, 10.05.2009

Author of "Sacred Contracts"

I know three kids who actually thought Glenn Beck was a Republican Senator. Imagine that madman that close to a WMD switch? Don't think for a moment that all the lunatics in the world are in the Middle East.

US Warns Iran: Dismantle Nukes or We Will Block You on Facebook

Andy Borowitz, 10.04.2009

BorowitzReport.com

A Facebook blockade against Iran would have serious consequences such as preventing the Iranian government from accessing the U.S.'s profile or playing such popular online quizzes as "What 80's Toy Are You?"

Who's Keeping Secrets?

Judith Ellis, 10.03.2009

Entrepreneur

When it comes to secrecy and international politics, we wink and nod when necessary.