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Who Iran Sanctions Really Affect

Kia Makarechi | Posted 12.11.2011

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Kia Makarechi

Experts say the current set of U.S. sanctions against Iran are creating great difficulties for Iranian-American citizens and residents who have relative or financial ties to their country of origin, and that many Iranian-Americans may be unknowingly violating the regulations.

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Is the Sanctions Debate Justifying the Military Option?

Patrick Disney | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Changing Course on Iran Sanctions

Patrick Disney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Patrick Disney

New sanctions on Iran are about the surest bet in Washington these days. Both the House and the Senate have passed a "crippling" gasoline embargo, an...

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Amanpour Is Being Attacked Because She's Iranian

Patrick Disney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Patrick Disney

Since the hostage crisis in 1979, Iranian Americans have experienced the scorn and derision of bigots who reduce a proud and ancient heritage to the reprehensible actions of Iran's theocratic government.

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Iran's Next (Literal) Tectonic Shift

Patrick Disney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Patrick Disney

Bilham predicts if Tehran were hit by an earthquake similar to Haiti's, one million people could die, due to what many geologists believe is the country's dangerous neglect of earthquake preparation.

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Open Letter to Congressman Gresham Barrett on His Plans to Deport All Iranian Visa Holders

Trita Parsi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Trita Parsi

Your bill would label entire groups of people terrorists based on their nationality and have them summarily deported. It can't get more un-American than that.

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Sam Stein

NIAC And J Street, Progressive Foreign Policy Groups, Become Political Targets

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the usually wonky world of non-profit issue-advocacy organizations, a decidedly political campaign has been waged against foreign policy institutio...

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Deportation of Iranians Dropped from STEP Act

David Elliott | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Elliott

Though the elimination of deportation provisions in the Stop Terrorists Entry Program Act constitutes a significant victory for the Iranian-American community, the bill still remains problematic.

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When All You Have is a Hammer, Every Iran Problem Looks Like a Nail

Patrick Disney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Patrick Disney

While Ahmadinejad is at the podium in the UN, Congress is expected to impose what it calls "crippling sanctions" on Iran's economy. But this plan has number of obvious flaws.

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