Mahmoud Ahmedinejad

Getting Iran's Nuclear Program Wrong, Very Wrong

Ziya Meral | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, George Bush Iraq, Imam, World News
Ziya Meral

What seems to matter to Iran's rulers most is not the end goal of weapons, but the very process of tension with the outside of world. If we simply focus on stopping Iran from having nuclear weapons, the regime might in fact stand to gain more in the end.

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Iran Targeting Expatriates

Roya Boroumand | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Saeed Malekpour Death Sentence, Iranian Expatriates, Ramin Jahanbeglou, Hossein Derakhshan, Omid Kokabi, Zahra Bahrami, Roxana Saberi, Iran, Iranians, Esha-Momeni, World News
Roya Boroumand

The government message is clear: communicating independently with Iranians or echoing their voices is not allowed. And it works.

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Not Another War, Please!

Dr. Charles G. Cogan | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Hezbollah, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, War With Iran, Strait of Hormuz, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News
Dr. Charles G. Cogan

Though the Iran hostage crisis of 1979-1980 ended unsatisfactorily from the point of view of U.S. honor, a great power needs to get beyond residual rancors.

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Congresswoman Calls Ahmadinejad Meeting With Castro, 'A Tour Of Tyrants'

Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Chavez Ahmadinejad, Video, Hugo Chavez, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Latino Politics, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Ahmedinejad Latin America Trip, Latino Voices News

Cuban-American congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) has labeled Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Latin America trip, with stops in Cuba...

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Maddow Can't Contain Her Glee

Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Rachel Maddow, Rachel Maddow Walkout, Video, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Rachel Maddow Koch Brothers, Rachel Maddow Ahmedinejad, Media News

Rachel Maddow managed to successfully link the president of Iran with rising corporate profits on her Thursday show. Maddow began the show by celeb...

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Ahmadinejad Comes to Town, Don't Let Him Off the Hook!

Hadi Ghaemi | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Iran, Human Rights, Ahmadinejad, United Nations, Iran US Relations, Iran Human Rights, International Criminal Court, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Human Rights Iran, American Hikers in Iran, World News
Hadi Ghaemi

Ahmadinejad's presence at the UN General Assembly provides the international community an opportunity to hold him accountable for gross human rights violations committed by the Iranian regime.

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New Media and Iran's Revolutionary Impulse

Adel Iskandar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Twitter, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Facebook, New Media, World News
Adel Iskandar

With much of the population in the country having been raised under the Islamic Republic's counter-hegemonic ideology, subverting authority may become engrained in a manner that does not give the regime and its clerics immunity.

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Abandoning Friends, Appeasing Foes

Joan Z. Shore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paris, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani, Washington, Terrorism, Tehran-Iran, Iraq, World News
Joan Z. Shore

Does America have the guts, and the integrity, to finally help those struggling against Iran's regime? Or are we going to continue to play poker with Ahmadinejad, bluffing our way into a deadly showdown?

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Why Obama Should Welcome GOP Opposition to New START

Michael Lieberman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Gop, Start Treaty, Iran, Nuclear Terrorism, Nuclear Weapons, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Mitch McConnell, John Yoo, New Start Treaty, Jon Kyl, Republicans, Richard Lugar, Start, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Obama Republicans, Politics News
Michael Lieberman

Failing to ratify START will have serious ramifications for other U.S. priorities around the world. Yet nuclear terrorism and reduced leverage on Iran are risks Republicans seem blithely willing to tolerate.

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Jafar Panahi: I am Iranian and I will remain in Iran

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Film, Evin Prison, Green Opposition, Jafar Panahi, Montreal Film Festival, World News
Virginia M. Moncrieff

Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi was jailed in Tehran's notorious Evin prison, this past March. Iran never revealed why Mr Panahi was detained,...

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Sakineh, Ahmadinejad, and the "Insolents"

Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Capital Punishment, Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Iran, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, Sakineh, World News
Bernard-Henri Lévy

And so Iran is backing down. The Islamic Republic does it in its own way, tortuously, but it is backing down -- a fact made evident this morning in two announcements by officials from Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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The Fall and Rise of a Lovely Day

William Fisher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Law, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Iran, Iran Liveblogging, Citizen Journalism, Politics News
William Fisher

By William Fisher So there I was, sitting in my living room, laptop perched on knees, I-Pod across the room belting out tunes from my collection of j...

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Questions, Questions: Discuss Amongst Yourselves

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Pledge for America, Tea Party, Mitch McConnell, Congressional Elections, John Boehner, Obama's Wars, Larry Summers, Election 2010, Choice 2010, Newt Gingrich, Barack Obama, Christine O'donnell, Sarah Palin, Decision 2010, Obama Administration, Kristen Gillibrand, Politics, Bob Woodward, Midterm Elections, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Pledge to America, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Recession, Bristol Palin, Politics News
Rick Horowitz

If tainted eggs can spread salmonella, can tainted salmon spread eggstacy?

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Turkey and the Muslim Bomb

Elcin Poyrazlar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Turkey, Iran, Tayyip Erdogan, Muslim, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Nuclear Program, Islamism, Akp, Israel, Turkish Government, Atomic Bomb, World News
Elcin Poyrazlar

Erdogan might see himself as a leader who will bring justice to the region by diplomacy, but he'd better be careful in case he gets a 'Muslim bomb' just next door.

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In the Absence of a US Foreign Policy

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arlen Specter, Syria, Centcom, Jeffrey Feltman, Imad Mustafa, David Petraeus, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Bashar Assad, Beirut, Al Qaeda, Damascus, Middle East, John Kerry, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Hassan Nasrallah, Gary Ackerman, Foreign Policy, World News
Hussain Abdul-Hussain

America has no vision for the Middle East. Until a policy on Syria is drafted, Washington will be improvising on how to deal with Damascus.

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A Direct Answer to Alan Dershowitz and a Challenge Back

Jeremy Ben-Ami | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Islamic Republic of Iran, J Street, National Security, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Alan Dershowitz, Palestinians, Iran, Israel, Barack Obama, World News
Jeremy Ben-Ami

Alan, first, I am pleased to be asked what my opinion is rather than to be told. You ask whether I claim a direct relationship between Israel's acti...

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A "New World Order" is Possible -- And Needed

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Turkey, Nuclear Weapons, War on Terror, Iran Nuclear, Brazil, Lula, Iran, Iran Nuclear Program, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News
Mark Weisbrot

Brazil and Turkey's efforts to find a solution to the standoff over Iran's nuclear program, which generated a negotiated agreement with Iran last week, must be seen in the context of a growing challenge to the international political order.

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Is a Deal with Iran Finally Taking Shape?

Richard W. Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Mohamed ElBaradei, Natanz, Mahmoud-Ahmedinejad, Iaea, Tehran, Iran Nuclear Program, IAEA Iran, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Mohammed ElBaradei, World News
Richard W. Parker

Will Iran accept the kind of deal ElBaradai is said to be seeking -- a deal that gives Iran limited enrichment in exchange for a form of nationwide surveillance?

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Shane Bauer Espionage: Iran Accuses Boulder Resident Of Spying

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran, Iran Espionage, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Boulder Colorado, American Hikers Iran, Shane Bauer, American Hikers Espionage, Denver News

Shane Bauer, a man with ties to Boulder, has been accused--along with two friends--of espionage by the government of Iran. Bauer, along with friends ...

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Asking Iran to Show Compassion for my Brother and His Friends

Shannon Bauer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Josh Fattal, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Evin Prison, Shane Bauer, Shourd, Iran Hikers, Detained Hikers, Sarah, World News
Shannon Bauer

When I first heard that my brother, his girlfriend and their friend had been detained in Iran I felt my heart sink. More than 100 days later, I still get that feeling each morning.

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The U.N.May Have Jumped the Shark

Francine Hardaway | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Gadhafi, United Nations, Muammar Gaddafi, Qaddafi, Muammar El-Qaddafi, Kaddafi, Moammar Gadhafi, Un, Moamer Kadhafi, World News
Francine Hardaway

Is the UN outdated, bloated, and over? I suspect so. By having meetings with dictators, we are showcasing people who would be marginalized if we didn't bring them an audience of global media.

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Qadaffi Is Not Ahmadinajad

Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Moammar Gadhafi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Muammar El-Qaddafi, World News
Benjamin R. Barber

Not every friend of the United States wears a suit and tie, and sleeping in a tent doesn't make you an enemy of American values (just ask the boy scouts).

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Why Dictators Tend to Babble

Lionel Beehner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unga, Dictators, Moammar Gadhafi, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, U.N., Ahmadinejad UN, Gadhafi UN Speech, World News
Lionel Beehner

Moammar Gadhafi droned on for 90 minutes yesterday in rambling prose barely befitting a head of state. Later, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also gave long-winded remarks.

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Will the Focus at the UN Be on Ahmadinejad's Human Rights Abuses?

Trita Parsi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: US-Iran Relations, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Holocaust, Barack Obama, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, World News
Trita Parsi

Ahmadinejad knows how to deflect the attention of the media, and he is a master of changing the subject. And he knows all too well how to push the buttons of Western audiences.

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Iranian Protest Figures Could Face Executions

washingtonpost.com | Thomas Erdbrink | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran Protesters, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Iran-Protests, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran Protests 2009, Ahmadinejad, Revolutionary Guard Corps, Government Crackdown Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mohammad Khatami, Mehdi Karroubi, Iran Protests, Iran Protest Figures, World News

The attorney prosecuting leading opposition figures in Iran asked a court Tuesday to give them "the maximum punishment," offering the clearest indicat...

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