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The CIA's Role in Iranian Regime Change

Keith Thomson | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Nsa, Holocaust, Department of Defense, Doubleday, Mossad, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Intelligence Community, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Dr. Strangelove, Iraq War, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Internet, Cia, Regime Change, Institute of World Politics, Tehran, Israel, Leon Panetta, Espionage, World News
Keith Thomson

I would guess that in the past year, there were more regime-change-in-Iran plots floated by members of the intelligence community than there are Iranians.

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The U.S. Killing Protesters in Iran?

Lee Camp | Posted 07.25.2009 | Comedy

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Lee Camp

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An Exclusive Interview with a Pro-Ahmadinejad Cleric in Qom, Iran

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Twitter, Judaism, Iran Election, Shia, Iran, Supreme Leader, Media, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Facebook, Khatami, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Qom, Youtube, Tehran, Zionism, Neda, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ayatollah Khomeini, World News
Ali A. Rizvi

A recurring theme in many of the cleric's answers is his very strong belief that "foreign" Western powers, particularly England, are behind the current unrest in Tehran

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McCain and Iran -- Hypocrisy Defined

Leah McElrath Renna | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Senator McCain, Iran Election, Iran Protests, Sarah Palin, Barbara Ann, Iran, Bomb Bomb Iran, Beach Boys, Neda, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Politics News
Leah McElrath Renna

By grasping at Neda's death to satisfy his own partisan manipulations, McCain is objectifying this young woman as certainly as he objectified the entirety of Iran in his glib response about bombing the nation.

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Note to US Congress: Back Off of Iran!

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, US Congress, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, War With Iran, Iran Election, Iran Nuclear Weapons, President Obama, World News
Patricia DeGennaro

Taking a backseat to allow others to embrace their own destiny does not weaken the United States, it strengthens it.

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Iran Uprising: Why Do So Many Want Obama To Turn Iran's Protests Into A "Teabag Party"?

Stuart Whatley | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Revolution, Teabagging, President Obama, Iran, Obama, Joe Biden, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran Protests 2009, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Tax Day Tea Party, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran Uprising, Iran Protests, Iran Uprising 2009, Hillary Clinton, Tea Party, World News
Stuart Whatley

Those who wish for Obama to adopt a stronger tone ground their argument in the arrogant belief that our endorsement is the sine qua non of any successful democratic political movement.

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Media Literacy 101: "Allah O Akbar!" has become a cry for freedom

Susan Moeller | Posted 07.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Islam, Terrorism, Technology, Twitter, Media News, Facebook, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Web 2.0, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Youtube, Youtube Diplomacy, Media Literacy, Iranian Revolution, Abc, Ayatollah Khomeini, Allah O Akbar, Media News
Susan Moeller

The pictures from Tehran are showing that Iranians are not monolithic in their beliefs. Demonstrably they can be both committed to God and to free and fair elections.

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We Can't Turn Our Back on Iran

Julie Menin | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Women and Politics, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Women, Obama, Iran, Hijab, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News
Julie Menin

This week Obama proclaimed there was not much difference between Mousavi and Ahmadinejad in respect to Iran's relations with the US. With respect to women's rights, this is absolutely not the case.

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I Never Thought I'd Be Rooting for Iran

Bradley Burston | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Israel, Iranian Election, Bradley Burston, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Iran Demonstrations, Barack Obama Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran Israel, Israelis Palestinians, Soccer Iran, World News
Bradley Burston

The people in Tehran's streets have made it possible to begin to see past Ahmadinejad. I have to get used to Iran not as a cartoon bully, but as my neighbor. It is a nation of people, as we are.

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Iran Uprising Changes Nuclear Calculus

Joe Cirincione | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Nationalism, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Negotiations, Regime-Change, Twitter, Joseph Cirincione, Nuclear Weapons, The Uprising, Economy, President Obama, Leslie Gelb, Right Wing, Iran, Richard Lugar, Iran Election, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News
Joe Cirincione

Mousavi was always more open to dialogue with the West. If president, his discourse could now include the nuclear program with much less fear of attack.

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Obama's Doublespeak on Iran

Ismael Hossein-zadeh | Posted 07.13.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Dennis Ross, Obama Iran, Suicide Bombers, George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Us Israel Policy, US-Iran Relations, Iran, Barack Obama, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Hilary Clinton, Dennis-Ross-Iran, Saddam Hussein, Zionism, National Security Council, Israel Iran, World News
Ismael Hossein-zadeh

In terms of actual policy measures, President Obama and his foreign policy team have not taken any steps to reverse or mitigate the hostile policies their predecessors put into effect against Iran.

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Iran Pre Election Polling Results from Terror Free Tomorrow

Taylor Marsh | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

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Taylor Marsh

One thing you won't hear talked about much in the U.S. is the degree to which the Iranian people passionately desire a more open society and government.

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

Financial Times | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

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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...

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Obama at Buchenwald and Beyond

Thane Rosenbaum | Posted 07.07.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Barack Obama, Acknowledgment of American Mistakes, Obama-Buchenwald-Visit, Obama Middle East Policy, Obama Cairo Speech, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Obama Saudi Arabia Visit, Elie Wiesel, Egypt, Germany, Cuba, Islamic Republic of Iran, Indonesia, Israel, Saudi Arabia, World News
Thane Rosenbaum

Perhaps Obama's Buchenwald visit was a symbolic reassurance to the Jews of the world: that he was aware of the reasons why a Jewish state became a moral necessity after the Holocaust.

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Bukra Enshalla Obama

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Election, Obama Cairo, Iran, Obama Mideast Trip, Obama Mideast Speech, Obama Cairo Speech, Ahmadinejad, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News
Joe Peyronnin

Iranian leadership took no chances that a "rock star" president offering a new beginning would fire up opposition. Iran has a national election coming up with important consequences for Ahmadinejad.

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Dear President Obama

David Suissa | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Dennis Ross, Israel Settlement, Gaza, West Bank, Muhmoud Abbas, Middle East, Washington Post, Israel, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Middle East Peace, World News
David Suissa

Now that you have brought your can-do spirit and sense of optimism to that most intractable of conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians, I thought ...

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The Jerry Maguire Approach to Foreign Policy

Carlos Watson | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

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Carlos Watson

To curb the nuclear ambitions of Iran and North Korea, to stimulate a viable Israel-Palestine solution, he's going to have to pay. I'm talking cold hard cash.

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

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

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

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Iran, North Korea and the Technology Fantasy

Michael B. Laskoff | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

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Michael B. Laskoff

I believe in the power of technology. I'm typing this blog on my laptop while sitting in a café, something that would have been considered extraordin...

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Obama: Iran Nuclear Energy Concerns Legitimate

AP | NANCY ZUCKERBROD | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

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

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123 Agreement for Nuclear Energy in the UAE: An Unprecedented and Responsible Step

Thomas Graham | Posted 07.03.2009 | World

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Thomas Graham

This agreement is significant because it codifies unprecedented steps the UAE is taking to prevent proliferation. It also enables the US to send an important message to the region.

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North Korea Nuclear Test Raises the Stakes on Nuclear Abolition

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 06.29.2009 | World

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Sarah van Gelder

As the world comes to terms with the dangerous possibilities of a nuclear-armed North Korea and Iran, perhaps the obligations of the current nuclear power to work towards abolition will get the attention required for action.

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What if the Israelis Were to Bomb Iran?

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

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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...

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Maybe We Should Take the North Koreans at Their Word

Tad Daley | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Weapons, Non-Proliferation, North Korea, North Korea Nuclear Program, Obama Administration, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News
Tad Daley

Does the Obama administration really think we can retain nuclear weapons for 50 more years and dodge the bullet of nuclear accident, terror or crisis?

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Spurred by Iran, Arab World Witnesses Nuclear Renaissance

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

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Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

As North Korea restarts its main nuclear plant and Iran continues to flex its nuclear muscles, a less publicized nuclear renaissance is underway in the Middle East.

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