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Our sons and daughter are still detained in Iran. And the simple fact that they were born in the United States seems to be the only thing that counts for the people who will determine their fate.
The backdrop of the United States as the host nation for the United Nations will provide a strong and clear contrast to the brutish, tyrannical, and deranged President of Iran for the entire world to see.
Iran's convoluted political and economic situation requires an innovative policy approach by Washington that focuses on engagement rather than further punitive sanctions.
Reports that Syria has provided Lebanon's Hezbollah with truckloads of Scud D missiles have not dissuaded America from engaging Syria.
It's not only Ahmadinejad who will be missed at the summit on nuclear security; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled his visit to the US.
Back in 2009, President Obama had meeting after meeting with his military chiefs to decide what strategy to take in Afghanistan. I take us back to this decision because at the time, I believe the best and worst-case scenarios looked roughly as follows.
The first talks at the United Nations on US proposals for sanctions against Iran begin Thursday but could take months before any resolution is adopted by the 15-nation Security Council.
The independent panel Karzai wants to dismantle saw, heard and spoke of the very obvious fraud that gave him a new term. Now Karzai admits there was fraud but says it was perpetrated by "foreigners?"
Survivors of the Iranian regime's crackdowns need to be encouraged to speak out. Bombs, wars, and invasions will not fix the problem of Iran, but will make it worse. Change in Iran has to come from within.
Obama must make it clear that Iran's Green Movement has the full backing of the U.S. government and follow it up with action.
Dr. Hossein Ziai is the Jahangir and Eleanor Amuzegar chair at UCLA where he is also a tenured full professor of Islamic and Iranian studies and the d...
As the French torture game highlights the capability of human beings to engage in seemingly inexplicable behavior, it also sheds light on how Iranian forces are capable of committing such violent acts.
Two Florida Republican Congressmen chose to vote against a resolution wishing Iranians worldwide a happy new year. This was an odd choice, given that the resolution is in no way controversial.
Nothing annoys me more about New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman than his tendency to scuttle his occasionally insightful commentary with fabricated assumptions to fit his narrative.
No holiday is dearer to the hearts of the Iranian people than Nowruz. But this year, many of my friends in Tehran will not be taking vacations. Instead, they're planning to take to the streets yet again, in bold defiance of the warnings of the regime and the pleas of their parents.
When it comes to answering the question of how the Obama administration must conduct its policies relating to Iran, most of these experts line up behind one of two recommendations, both flawed.
