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Cooke: Obama’s New Iran Sanctions: An Act of War
Znet Article, July, 04 2010
Shamus Cooke
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When the UN refused to agree to the severe sanctions that the U.S. wanted, Obama responded with typical Bush flair and went solo. The new U.S. sanctions against Iran — signed into law by Obama on July 1st — are an unmistakable act of war.
Kinzer: BP in the Gulf -- The Persian Gulf
Znet Article, July, 02 2010
Stephen Kinzer
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How an Oil Company Helped Destroy Democracy in Iran
Chomsky: The Iranian Threat
Commentary, June, 28 2010
Noam Chomsky
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The dire threat of Iran is widely recognized to be the most serious foreign policy crisis facing the Obama administration. Congress has just strengthened the sanctions against Iran, with even more severe penalties against foreign companies.
Khanlarzadeh: The Historical Context of The Green Movement
Znet Article, June, 26 2010
Mina Khanlarzadeh
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In order to comprehend Iran's current political situation, for instance the business of reformists or principalists, IRG and people's methods of struggle, we have to put the Green Movement into the context of Iran's history of the last 100 years. ...
Wittner: BP's Other Gifts to America—and to the World
Znet Article, June, 23 2010
Lawrence S. Wittner
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The offshore oil drilling catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico brought to us by BP has overshadowed its central role over the past century in fostering some other disastrous events.
Snider: Hypocrisy and History. What Does Iran Have to Do?
Znet Article, June, 21 2010
Ted Snider
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Last week, The Supreme National Security Council of Iran complained that the latest UN sanctions are the product of a double standard. Double standard? Which one?
Savran: The Other Fateful Triangle: Israel, Iran and Turkey
Znet Article, June, 15 2010
Sungur Savran
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Israel, Iran and Turkey...
Cole: Iran's Green Movement: One Year Later
Znet Article, June, 12 2010
Juan Cole
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How Israel's Gaza Blockade and Washington's Sanctions Policy Helped Keep the Hardliners in Power
Wallerstein: Iran and North Korea Again: The Perils of Brinkmanship
Commentary, June, 04 2010
Immanuel Wallerstein
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The United States has been clamoring for almost two decades that it is determined to prevent Iran and North Korea from becoming nuclear powers. In-between more urgent issues, the U.S. government regularly reasserts the importance of this objective...
Falk: Rebalancing The World
Znet Article, May, 31 2010
Richard Falk
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It may turn out that May 17, 2010 will be remembered as an important milestone on the road to a real new world order. Remember that the phrase ‘new world order’ came to prominence in 1990 after Iraq’s invasion and annexation of Kuwait. It was used...
Porter: Fuel Swap Shakes Sanctions Draft, Prods U.S. on New Iran Talks
Znet Article, May, 31 2010
Gareth Porter
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Although the Barack Obama administration continued to dismiss the May 17 Iranian fuel swap agreement Friday, there are indications that Iran's move has shaken the agreement among U.N. Security Council members on sanctions, and is bringing Russian ...
Cole: Ahmadinejad Blasts Medvedev Over UNSC Sanctions
Znet Article, May, 30 2010
Juan Cole
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The Iranian newspaper Tabnak reports that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in a speech on Wednesday, took a hard line with Russia and also pressured the US to accept the deal brokered by Turkey and Brazil on Iranian low enriched uranium.
Bennis: Can a Security Council 'Coalition of the Unwilling'
Znet Article, May, 23 2010
Phyllis Bennis
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Sanctions that don’t work vs. diplomacy that does
Porter: US Says Only Reason for Talks With Iran Is Enrichment Halt
Znet Article, May, 22 2010
Gareth Porter
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The agreement on draft Security Council resolution sanctions against Iran has grabbed the headlines on the Barack Obama administration's response to Iran's nuclear swap proposal brokered by Turkey and Brazil. But the more consequential response is...
Campbell: Why you should care about the Americans held in Iran
Znet Article, April, 28 2010
Scott Campbell
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Why you should care about the Americans held in Iran
Porter: US Nuclear Option on Iran Linked to Israeli Attack Threat
Znet Article, April, 25 2010
Gareth Porter
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The Barack Obama administration's declaration in its Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) that it is reserving the right to use nuclear weapons against Iran represents a new element in a strategy of persuading Tehran that an Israeli attack on Iranian nucl...
Wallerstein: Ahmadinejad says Thanks to America
Commentary, April, 16 2010
Immanuel Wallerstein
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Relations between Iran and the United States have been turbulent for almost 60 years now. Before the Second World War, the Shah of Iran, Reza Shah Pahlavi, sought to maneuver between the outside demands and pressures of Great Britain, the U.S.S.R....
Mercille: The devil's in Iran's nuclear details
Znet Article, April, 11 2010
Julien Mercille
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The latest chapter in the Iranian nuclear crisis revolves around a possible "nuclear fuel swap" through which Iran would send most of its low-enriched uranium stocks (LEU at 3.5%) abroad, possibly to Russia and France, which would further enrich i...
Snider: Accusing Iran; Ignoring History
Znet Article, February, 26 2010
Ted Snider
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Did Hillary Clinton seriously just accuse Iran of heading toward becoming a dictatorship? This accusation is one of two made in the past couple of weeks against Iran that totally defy history.
Sakhi: Iran and Cultural Imperialism
Znet Article, February, 24 2010
Shokoufeh Sakhi
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Last night Britain executed two men arrested during the period of widespread unrest that erupted after January 29th’s disputed Chilcot inquiry into the Labour government and Tony Blair’s role in the invasion of Iraq.
