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Iran's Iraq Airstrikes Could Complicate US Relations

Wired | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

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Iranian aircraft attacked three villages inside Iraq over the weekend. The airstrikes -- Iran's first on Iraqi soil since the U.S. invasion -- could c...

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Obama Should Mail Iran A Letter: Analysis

US News | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

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This February marked the 30th anniversary of the Iranian revolution. In what may yet prove to be an historical milestone of another kind, on February ...

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The Pianist: Polish Political Protest

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

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There is something profoundly venerable about an artist who is not afraid to speak up. Krystian Zimerman spoke out against President Obama intention to press ahead with George W.'s plans to install a missile-defense shield in Poland.

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The Day I Met The Supreme Leader

Telmah Parsa | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

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The immediate experience of seeing such an unearthly omnipresent person as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei walk on earth was bound to disappoint.

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

AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

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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...

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Ahmadinejad at Durban 2: Merkel Should Lead Boycott

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

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It's inconceivable to stand in silent tribute to 6 million dead Jews while simulatenously empowering a man who wants to do away with 6 million live Jews in Israel.

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Obama's Recommended Bedtime Reading: Iranian-Israeli History

Foreign Policy | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

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Last night, after he had made a grocery-store run, helped put his two kids to bed, and answered reporters' phone calls about Washington's decision to ...

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'Nuclear Day': Iran, Ahmadinejad Inaugurate New Nuclear Facility

AP | NASSER KARIMI | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

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ISFAHAN, Iran — Iran's president said Thursday his country is open to talks with the U.S. and other countries over its nuclear program. But he i...

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Obama's Bold Iran Move

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

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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

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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Giuliani: Obama's Iran Message Is Terrorist Bait (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

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Rudy Giuliani charged on Wednesday that Barack Obama's recent outreach to Iran -- specifically, the videotape message he offered to the Iranian people...

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Afghan Meeting: Iran Accepts US Invitation

AP | ARTHUR MAX | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

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THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Iran has accepted an invitation to a conference on Afghanistan next week that also will be attended by the U.S., the co...

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Ali Larijani, Iranian Parliament Speaker, Slams Obama's Nowruz Greeting

New York Times | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

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Ali Larijani, the speaker of Iran's Parliament, on Wednesday criticized the United States in harsher terms than any other leading Iranian figure has d...

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Watching Obama In Tehran

Huffington Post Contributor | Telmah Parsa | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

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The author is an Iranian student who writes under a pseudonym. Inside Iran, it is practically a given that religious people must also be devout sup...

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Iranian Soccer Rivalry To Meet On US Soil

The Guardian | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

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For decades it has been a source of bitter rivalry among Iran's vast army of football fanatics. Now the Persepolis v Esteghlal Tehran derby, often a ...

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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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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

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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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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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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Obama Sends Iran Direct Message On Nowruz: It's Time For A New Beginning

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

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In a major turning point in the United State's approach to Iran, President Barack Obama released a taped message to the Iranian people late Thursday e...

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Obama Renews Iran Sanctions; Ahmadinejad Calls Them "Childish"

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

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Speaking to Congress Thursday, President Obama announced renewed U.S. sanctions on Iran, thus adhering to a precedent that began in 1995. According t...

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Medvedev Sees 'New Page' For U.S.-Russia Ties

AFP | Posted 04.10.2009 | World

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President Dmitry Medvedev Tuesday predicted a "new page" in Russia-US relations under Barack Obama, amid reports Moscow is shelving a missile delivery...

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Understanding Syrian Rapprochement: Optimists Versus Cynics

Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.06.2009 | World

Underlying the prospect for renewed diplomacy with Damascus is the universally accepted possibility that Assad will merely feign peace efforts without ever following through -- for which he, and his father before him, are notorious.

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The Mossad's Plan to Stop Iran

Keith Thomson | Posted 03.30.2009 | World

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I recently asked an intelligence source: what's being done to thwart Iran? His answer: penetration of the Iranian nuclear apparatus at the highest levels. The CIA is trying. The Mossad is more successful.

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