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Iranian Protesters: "Obama, Are You With Us Or Against Us?" (VIDEO)

Posted 11.04.2009 | World

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A video on Youtube appears to show protesters in Iran chanting, "Obama: Are you with us or against us?" Wednesday, the 30th anniversary of the U.S. ...

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Obama May Be Smiling, But Holding A "Dagger" Behind His Back

washingtonpost.com | Thomas Erdbrink and William Branigin | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

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TEHRAN -- Iran's supreme leader, spurning what he described as several personal overtures from President Obama, warned Tuesday that negotiating with t...

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Time To Talk To Iran Is Now: Analysis

CFR | Greg Bruno | Posted 10.02.2009 | World

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By Greg Bruno Perhaps it was not surprising that after thirty years of diplomatic stalemate, expectations for a major breakthrough between Tehran a...

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Obama: Iran Must Let Inspectors Into Nuclear Plant, "Our Patience Is Not Unlimited"

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 10.01.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday called landmark nuclear talks with Iran a constructive beginning, then challenged Tehran to matc...

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A Nuclear Deadline Looms For Iran -- And For Obama

TIME | Tony Karon Thursday, Sep. 03, 2009 | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

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President Barack Obama took office promising to pursue a diplomatic solution to the standoff over Iran's nuclear program, but so far, he's gotten litt...

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Iran To Fund Research Into U.S. Human Rights Violations

washingtonpost.com | Thomas Erdbrink | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

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TEHRAN, Aug. 23 -- Iranian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Sunday for a bill creating a $20 million fund intended in part to expose human rights vio...

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Iran: One Revolution at a Time

Elizabeth Shakman Hurd | Posted 07.30.2009 | World

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Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

Today's protests are different. This is not about the West. It is about which revolutionary political camp will prevail in 2009 and a path that rejects the "secularism versus political Islam" dichotomy.

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Obama's July 4 Invites To Iranian Diplomats Rescinded

AP | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has rescinded an offer for Iranian envoys to attend U.S. embassy Fourth of July parties as the violent cra...

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Obama On Iran: World "Appalled And Outraged" Over Iran Violence

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 07.24.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — Dramatically hardening the U.S. reaction to Iran's disputed elections and bloody aftermath, President Barack Obama condemned the vi...

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Learning From Iran

Ajay Singh Chaudhary | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

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Ajay Singh Chaudhary

After more than a century of revolutions, Iran is teaching us and the world about democracy and freedom in ways that we have not yet understood.

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The Uprising in Tehran

Mona Sarika | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

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Mona Sarika

Iranians are convinced that polls were heavily rigged and falsified to ensure Ahmadinejad remains in power.

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Obama's Iran Silence Endorses Ahmadinejad Tactics: Paul Wolfowitz

washingtonpost.com | Paul Wolfowitz | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

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President Obama's first response to the protests in Iran was silence, followed by a cautious, almost neutral stance designed to avoid "meddling" in Ir...

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Mohsen Rezaei Seeks Path For US Talks If Wins Iranian Election

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

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TEHRAN, Iran — The only conservative challenger to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iran's elections proposed on Wednesday a step-by-step approa...

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Khamenei: US Promotes Terrorism In Iran

The Daily Star | Posted 06.19.2009 | World

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TEHRAN: Iran's leading authority accused the United States on Tuesday of promoting terrorism in border areas and using arms and money against the Isla...

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Sam Stein

Ahmadinejad To Obama: Return My Messages (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.27.2009 | World

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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, up for reelection later this year but appearing on ABC's This Week this Sunday, sought to portray Barack Obama a...

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Iran: Nuclear Talks With West Welcomed

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.14.2009 | World

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

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Obama's Bold Iran Move

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

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Jacob Heilbrunn

The Obama administration's announcement that it will directly participate in meetings with Iran is an overdue move. It isn't America that's put on the spot by Obama's policy shift. It's Iran.

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Iran Is Making Fools of Everyone

Mort Zuckerman | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

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Mort Zuckerman

Who would have imagined that President Obama may well determine his historical legacy and reputation on the basis of the way he deals with Iran?

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US, Iranian Diplomats Break The Ice

Huffington Post/CBS | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

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UPDATE: In the first high-level talks between the countries in many years, senior U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke briefly met with Iran's deputy forei...

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Obama Offers Iran Bigger Carrots, but the Sticks Remain Puny

Christopher Holton | Posted 04.21.2009 | World

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Christopher Holton

If truly comprehensive and tough economic sanctions were imposed on Iran now -- for the very first time -- its leaders might very well be forced to negotiate with the West.

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Iranian Snub? Not Quite

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 04.21.2009 | World

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Nathan Gonzalez

There is a very important reason for Iran's reluctance to change its tone overnight. It is due to a political trend I call the "cult of anti-Americanism."

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Realism and Leverage for Engaging Iran

Edgar M. Bronfman | Posted 04.20.2009 | World

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Edgar M. Bronfman

Engagement through new diplomatic avenues, like Obama's video to Iran, is worthwhile, but we must not lose sight of the challenge Iran still poses.

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Iranian Response To Obama: "Minor Changes Will Not End The Differences"

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 04.20.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is reaching out to the Iranian people in a new video with Farsi subtitles, saying the U.S. is prepared to en...

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Will Tehran Tango? Obama's Historic Norooz Greeting

Trita Parsi | Posted 04.19.2009 | World

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Trita Parsi

Yesterday, Obama put forward a vision for a new era of US-Iran ties. In almost every aspect, Obama's approach was the opposite of that of President George Bush.

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Iran's Anti-Israel Rhetoric Aimed at Arab Opinion

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 04.14.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON, Mar 9 (IPS) - After Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called in October 2005 for an end to the state of Israel, Israeli leaders bega...

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