Sanctions Against Iran

Giggling in Fallujah

Fatemeh Keshavarz | Posted 01.28.2012

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Perfectly respectable American politicians proposing crippling sanctions to hurt ordinary Iranians so they rise up against their regime. It sounds like a confused dream. But it isn't.

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Abduction or Defection: The Case of Iran's Nuclear Scientist

Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich | Posted 05.25.2011

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Perhaps the warmongers camp would be more persuasive if they facilitated a meeting between Amiri and the Iranian authorities to reassure them that Amiri had not been kidnapped and held against his will.

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Why Sanctions Against Iran Will (Almost Surely) Fail

Daniel Ammann | Posted 05.25.2011

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There will always be the need for hard currency. There will always be national interests. There will always be traders like Marc Rich.

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Iran: The Limits to Sanctions

Richard N. Haass | Posted 05.25.2011

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Absent a change of heart in Iran -- or better yet a change of government in Tehran -- the world will soon reach the long-predicted fork in the road: military action or accepting to live with a nuclear Iran.

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Congress Decides Against Aiding Ahmadinejad's Campaign (Ahmadinejad's Little Helpers)

Trita Parsi | Posted 05.25.2011

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If the House passes Iran Sanctions Enabling Act on Tuesday, Congress may give Ahmadinejad's campaign the crucial vitamin injection that the Iranian electorate thus far has denied him.

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LinkedIn Alienates Syrian Users: Why Now?

Jillian York | Posted 05.25.2011

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LinkedIn is making a political point against Syria - and when people in other countries start boycotting this site, they'll realize they've shot themselves in the foot.

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Obama Renews Iran Sanctions; Ahmadinejad Calls Them "Childish"

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Pressuring Iran: Self Fulfilling Paranoia and the Law of Opposites

Diane Perlman | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the "mirror image of the enemy" each side sees itself as noble, just and true, while the enemy is hostile, evil and aggressive.

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Want Lower Gas Prices? Lift AIPAC's Sanctions on Iran

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Would lifting sanctions on Iran be more likely if Americans realized that the likely effect of such a deal would include an increase in world oil production?

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Americans Say No to War with Iran: Will Washington Listen?

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011

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Congressional Democrats are sponsoring Resolution 362, which amounts to an act of war against Iran. The good news is that growing outcry from Americans is causing some to have second thoughts.

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Republican Hypocrisy, a Tenfold Increase in Exports to Iran

Aaron Keyak | Posted 05.25.2011

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Republicans play a shameless political game to dupe the American people -- they cannot explain the hundreds of millions of dollars that they've allowed to be exported to Iran since Bush took office.

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Bush To Unveil "Unprecedented" Unilateral Sanctions Against Iran

MSNBC | Robin Wright | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Bush administration plans to roll out an unprecedented package of unilateral sanctions against Iran today, including the long-awaited designations...

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