Iran Nuclear Program

Mr. Mousavi's Gas Embargo on Iran?

Robert Naiman | Posted 09.05.2009 | World


Robert Naiman

In serious contention for Dumbest Washington Consensus for September is the idea of cutting off Iran's gas imports to pressure Iran to stop enriching uranium.

Obama Administration Forms Iran Policy To 'Inject A Degree Of Rationality Into The Relationship'

New York Times | Posted 08.31.2009 | World


The silent protest began in Imam Khomeini Square in front of the forbidding Ministry of Telecommunications, which was busy cutting off cellphones but ...

Israel: Brazil Can Help Stop Iran's Nuclear Program

AP | MARCO SIBAJA | Posted 08.22.2009 | World


BRASILIA, Brazil — Israel's foreign minister met with Brazil's president Wednesday and asked Latin America's biggest nation to use its influence...

Iran Nuclear Reactor To Be Switched On This Year, With Russian Help: AP

AP | Posted 08.22.2009 | World


MOSCOW — Russian news agencies quote the country's nuclear agency chief as saying a Russian-built nuclear power reactor in Iran is still set to ...

Ali Akbar Salehi: Ahmadinejad Appoints US-Educated Physicist As New Nuclear Chief

AP | Posted 08.17.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has appointed a new chief for the country's nuclear program, following the abrupt resignati...

Biden Israel-Iran Statements Cause Storm Of Regional Responses

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 08.07.2009 | World


The effects of Vice President Joe Biden's recent remarks during an interview with ABC's "This Week"--where he implied that Israel has a sovereign righ...

Iran Demands EU Apology Before Possible Nuke Talks

washingtonpost.com | Fredrik Dahl and Parisa Hafezi | Posted 08.01.2009 | World


TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran, stung by European Union criticism of its handling of post-election unrest, on Wednesday accused the 27-nation bloc of meddlin...

Iran and the Syrian Gambit

Howard Schweber | Posted 07.27.2009 | World


Howard Schweber

For this week in regards to Iran Obama and his State Department get an A. Maybe even an A+, but the week is not over yet.

When Democracy Is Stolen

Giles Slade | Posted 07.16.2009 | World


Giles Slade

With the assistance of a few corrupt politicians, the world has now brought the middle east to the brink of nuclear war.

Kerry: Iran's Nuclear Enrichment For Energy Is Its Right

Financial Times | Posted 07.12.2009 | World


One of the most senior Democrats in Washington has dismissed a key element in the west's long standing strategy on Iran's nuclear programme as "ridicu...

Iran: More Than An Election; A Green Revolution! (And Live Updates on Election Fraud from Iran)

Sam Sedaei | Posted 07.11.2009 | World


Sam Sedaei

Mousavi's platform has energized millions of young Iranians and brought them to the streets to engage in the most sustained campaign of political expression since the Iranian revolution.

Iran Nuclear Assessment May Have Been Tainted By Iranian Intelligence "Ruse"

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 07.04.2009 | World


WASHINGTON, Jun 3 (IPS) - A report on Iran's nuclear programme issued by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last month generated news stories p...

Obama: Iran Nuclear Energy Concerns Legitimate

AP | NANCY ZUCKERBROD | Posted 07.03.2009 | World


LONDON — President Barack Obama reiterated that Iran may have some right to nuclear energy _ provided it takes steps to prove its aspirations ar...

What if the Israelis Were to Bomb Iran?

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.27.2009 | World


Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Baghdad, Monday, February 29, 2010, almost ten months in the future, and Israel has attacked Iran's nuclear facilities. What might the consequences be...

Secret Israeli Report: Venezuela, Bolivia Supplying Iran With Uranium For Its Nuclear Program

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 06.25.2009 | World


JERUSALEM — Venezuela and Bolivia are supplying Iran with uranium for its nuclear program, according to a secret Israeli government report obtai...

Iran's Ahmadinejad Rejects Western Nuclear Proposal

Reuters | Posted 06.25.2009 | World


Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected on Monday a "freeze-for-freeze" proposal put forward by the West in a bid to resolve a row over the Isla...

SEJJIL 2 Missile Test Was Successful, Says Iran

presstv.ir | Posted 06.20.2009 | World


The Islamic Republic of Iran has successfully test-launched its new deterrent missile, Sejjil 2, pushing forward its long-term defense program. ...

Why Iranians Want Nukes: Analysis

Foreign Policy | Posted 06.19.2009 | World


In their talks today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Barack Obama will no doubt have discussed the uncomfortable subject...

No Linkage Between Iran and Palestinians

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 06.11.2009 | World


Alan Dershowitz

Rahm Emanuel recently linked American efforts to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons to Israeli efforts toward establishing a Palestinian state. This is a dangerous linkage.

"Regional peace" -- A New Idea for the Middle East!

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 06.05.2009 | World


Amitai Etzioni

If you thought that after all these years there could not possibly be a new idea for making peace between Israel and the Palestinians, well, as the cliché goes, think again.

Iran Open To Better US Ties: 'Circumstances Have Changed'

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.16.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's president on Wednesday sent the clearest signal yet that the Islamic Republic wants warmer ties with the U.S., just one da...

Iran's Rockets To Be New And Improved: Ahmadinejad

AFP | Posted 05.15.2009 | World


Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday that Tehran was working on manufacturing rockets that can carry satellites heavier than the one ...

Israel, US To Hold Largest-Ever Joint Missile Defense Drill

Jerusalem Post | YAAKOV KATZ | Posted 05.15.2009 | World


In the face of Iran's continued pursuit of nuclear capability, Israel and the United States will hold an unprecedented and massive exercise later this...

U.S. May Drop Key Condition For Talks With Iran

New York Times | DAVID E. SANGER | Posted 05.14.2009 | World


WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration and its European allies are preparing proposals that would shift strategy toward Iran by dropping a longstandin...

Iran: Nuclear Talks With West Welcomed

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.14.2009 | World


TEHRAN, Iran — Iran welcomes nuclear talks with the United States and other countries, Tehran's top nuclear negotiator said Monday. The negotia...