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Weisbrot: How Wars Are Made
Commentary, February, 20 2010
Mark Weisbrot
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In a visit to Qatar and Saudi Arabia this week, Hillary Clinton said that Iran "is moving toward a military dictatorship," and continued the Administration's campaign for tougher sanctions against that country.
Nasser: U.S. – Iran Power Struggle over Iraq
Znet Article, February, 19 2010
Nicola Nasser
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U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill’s warning on February 18 that it could take months to form a new government in Baghdad after the Iraqi elections, scheduled for March 7, and that in turn could mean considerable political turmoil in Iraq, and the w...
Farda: The Need for Consistent Politics in the Wake of 22 Bahman
Znet Article, February, 12 2010
Bahare Farda
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February 11, or 22 Bahman, marks the 31st anniversary of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.
Milne: The lessons of Iraq have been ignored. The target is now Iran
Znet Article, February, 04 2010
Seumas Milne
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The US military buildup in the Gulf and Blair's promotion of war against Tehran are a warning of yet another catastrophe
Ireland: No Executions in Iran: A New Campaign
Znet Article, January, 31 2010
Doug Ireland
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A new human rights campaign has been launched to stop executions in Iran
Baroud: Iran and Latin America: The Media States Its Case
Znet Article, January, 22 2010
Ramzy Baroud
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Should the United States be concerned about Iran’s determined efforts to reach out to Latin America? Or, as was suggestively described in the Economist, by the Ayatollahs’ strategy of cozying up to Latin America?
Edwards: Nuclear Deceit - The Times And Iran
Znet Article, January, 15 2010
David Edwards
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On December 14, The Times announced that it had obtained documents about Iran’s nuclear program that revealed “a four-year plan to test a neutron initiator. This is the component of a nuclear weapon that triggers the explosionâ€. (Leading art...
Morrison: Against the status quo: An Interview with Iranian trade unionist Homayoun Pourzad
Znet Article, January, 11 2010
Ian Morrison
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An assessment of the Iranian regime and its opposition
Porter: New Revelations Tear Holes in Nuclear Trigger Story
Znet Article, January, 06 2010
Gareth Porter
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New revelations about two documents leaked to The Times of London to show that Iran is working on a "nuclear trigger" mechanism have further undermined the credibility of the document the newspaper had presented as evidence of a continuing Iranian...
Porter: US Intelligence Found Iran Nuke Document Was Forged
Znet Article, December, 30 2009
Gareth Porter
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U.S. intelligence has concluded that the document published recently by the Times of London, which purportedly describes an Iranian plan to do experiments on what the newspaper described as a "neutron initiator" for an atomic weapon, is a fabricat...
Porter: The Week the IAEA Applied a Nuclear Double Standard
Znet Article, December, 20 2009
Gareth Porter
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In 2004, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) revealed that a member state had violated its Safeguards Agreement by carrying out covert uranium conversion and enrichment activities and plutonium experiments for more than two decades. The ...
Porter: US-Iran Talks: The Road to Diplomatic Failure
Znet Article, December, 12 2009
Gareth Porter
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The talks between the G5 plus 1 and Iran are careening toward a premature breakdown. If they do fall apart, it will be due in large part to a serious diplomatic miscalculation by the Obama administration. Along with its European allies, the Obama ...
Porter: New Light on the Qom Facility
Znet Article, November, 22 2009
Gareth Porter
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published new evidence Monday that Iran had been building "contingency centers" in the event of a U.S. bombing attack as early as 2002, years before it began building the second enrichment facility at ...
Bennis: Can Talks with Iran Lead to Obama's 'World without Nuclear Weapons'?
Znet Article, November, 12 2009
Phyllis Bennis
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In one key conflict area-Iran-President Barack Obama appears to be keeping, at least for the moment, his campaign commitment to engage rather than threaten, to use diplomacy rather than force. As talks with Iran go forward, hope continues to rise ...
Hiro: Why Obama's Iran Policy Will Fail
Znet Article, October, 29 2009
Dilip Hiro
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Stuck in Bush Mode in a Changed World
Porter: NIE 2007 Report Suggests Construction was a Response to Bush Threats Against Iran's Nuclear Facilities
Znet Article, October, 24 2009
Gareth Porter
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The Obama administration claims that construction of a second Iranian uranium enrichment facility at Qom began before Tehran's decision to withdraw from a previous agreement to inform the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in advance of suc...
Pilger: Media Lies And The War Drive Against Iran
Commentary, October, 15 2009
John Pilger
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In 2001, the London Observer published a series of reports claiming an “Iraqi connection†to al-Qaeda, even describing the base in Iraq where the training of terrorists took place and a facility where anthrax was being made as a weapon of mass...
Rai: Iran Backs Down
Commentary, October, 14 2009
Milan Rai
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On 1 October, Iran startled the world by making two dramatic concessions in the long-standing crisis over its uranium enrichment programme, 'agreeing to admit inspectors to a newly revealed nuclear plant and to surrender some of its enriched ur...
Cole: Iran and Nuclear Latency
Znet Article, October, 09 2009
Juan Cole
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When you tool around the blogosphere and the news sites, the discourse about Iran's nuclear program is maddeningly contradictory. But I think a single hypothesis can account for all the known facts...
Naiman: Obama Begins Meaningful Engagement With Iran
Znet Article, October, 09 2009
Robert Naiman
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The relationship between the United States and Iran with respect to Iran's nuclear file is playing out at two levels. One level revolves around formal obligations and agreements and diplomacy. The second level is the long-running contest between t...
