Archive for the ‘Russia’ Category

What to do with Iran?

It seems that no one in the West knows what to with Iran. The Obama administration and its allies are grasping for any solution, even if the solution would lead to other problems. Pundits and self-described experts on Iran are proposing everything from sanctions, military attacks and unconditional engagement to ignoring Iran.
The Obama administration’s Iran [...]

The fundamental problem with the United States policy towards Iran

In the video above, Congressman Rob Andrews expresses the fundamental problem with the United States policy towards Iran, the Fox News anchor makes a couple of important points, but it is strange that the U.S. still doesn’t understand that:
1. Sanctions will not cause a change in the Islamic Republics behavior.
2. The U.S. will not [...]

Iran’s nuclear trigger controversy

Read – Iran’s secret nuclear trigger: translation of full document
Read – US investigates nuclear trigger as Tehran damns bomb ’scenario’
Read – US House passes Iran sanctions bill amid nuclear row
Read – Iran’s Mottaki defiant on UN nuclear sanctions threat
Read – Iran will not bow to sanctions
Watch – Iran’s Smoking Gun:

New Iran sanctions?

Mohamed El-Baradei said that Iran has not yet given the IAEA any written response in which Iran rejected the 5+1 proposal, and Hillary Clinton said that the U.S. doesn’t consider Mottaki’s rejection as Iran’s “final word”.
It is quite absurd to expect anything else from Iran, they will prolong this Cat and Mouse game as long [...]

Public opinion poll about Iran’s nuclear program

It is always interesting to read public opinion polls; Pew Research Centre has released a 14-nation survey about people’s perception on Iran’s nuclear program. The results are quite expected, but at the same time worrisome, especially when it comes to the opinions amongst people in Eastern countries like Russia, Ukraine and Hungary.
The poll shows that:
worries [...]