Alan Kuperman: Another Benny Morris School Armchair General

Joseph A. Palermo, 12.24.2009

Author/Associate Professor of History

Kuperman doesn't see Iranians responding to the bombing of their homeland by taking to the streets and chanting "Death to the Great Satan!" He sees grateful yokels yelling "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!"

'Tis the Season to be Green

Charlotte Safavi, 12.24.2009

Anglo-Iranian-American Journalist

Whether or not the green aspirations of regular Iranian citizens will be met, to me they have helped resurrect the identity of a nation, or at the very least, repaint it in a different hue.

The Year of the Man-Child

Catie Lazarus, 12.16.2009

www.doctorlazarus.com

What Did You Learn in 2009? Test your knowledge by answering these objectively scientific questions about the celebrities, politicians and fifteen minute famers who made headlines.

Will Congress Undo Obama's Diplomacy?

Jamal Abdi, 12.14.2009

Policy Director, National Iranian American Council

Congress' newest incarnation of sanctions, just like the Iran sanctions of the past two decades, will be meaningless in changing Iranian behavior but will contribute immensely to the suffering of innocent Iranians.

Israel Should Hold Its Fire on Iran

Meir Javedanfar, 12.13.2009

Coauthor of The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and The State of Iran

Some Republicans hope that they can use the president's shortcomings as a vindication for their own policies and world view. To them, a unilateral Israeli strike against Iran's nuclear installations would do just that.

Iranian Protesters Should Be Time Magazine's "Persons of the Year 2009"

Yasamin Beitollahi, 12.07.2009

Marketing Strategist, writer, aspiring author, community activist

If an innocent girl is shot halfway across the world, does she make a sound? Yes, and the whole world hears her.

Obama Should End Silence on Human Rights Abuses in Iran

Trita Parsi, 12.07.2009

Trita Parsi is author of Treacherous Alliance and President of NIAC

If the Obama administration waits until it takes punitive action against Iran to censure human rights abuses there, it will look like we view human rights as a pressure tactic, rather than as the foundation of free society.

Washington Can Give An Israeli Attack On Iran The Red Light

Trita Parsi, 11.29.2009

Trita Parsi is author of Treacherous Alliance and President of NIAC

Should diplomacy with Iran fail, and should Israel seek to attack Iran, America will have plenty of reasons to prevent such a disaster from taking place. It also has the means to tell Israel "no."

Iran's Economic Vulnerabilities

Daniel Wagner, 11.27.2009

The impact of Iran's economic plight on the nuclear negotiation process is likely to be severe. As the government reckons with its unfolding economic reality, its inclination will be to reject any meaningful nuclear oversight.

Finding Common Ground

Menachem Rosensaft, 11.25.2009

Founding Chairman of the International Network of Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors

If we condemn Ahmadinejad and other patrons of terrorism, we must commend those Muslim intellectuals and religious leaders who have the courage to speak out publicly against the continued fomentation of Judaeophobia.

"A Death in Tehran" And the Most Influential Video of the Year

Omid Memarian, 11.23.2009

Award Winning Journalist, writes for the IPS News Agency

Imagine you've spent millions of dollars to articulate and orchestrate a message and then a 20-year-old protester shoots a 1-minute video, uploads it onto YouTube and destroys your whole story. What would you do?

Why Israel Is Safer (From Iran) Than It Might Seem

Azeem Ibrahim, 11.20.2009

Research Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s International Security Program

There is a real danger that if Iran had nuclear weapons capability it could transfer that to other groups. But the particular threat that Israel is talking up -- that of a conventional nuclear strike from Iran -- is overblown.

"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 Producer 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, 12.07.2009

Freelance journalist and activist from 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.