On Tuesday Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khameni, rejected the United States offer to continue negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program. Khamenei stated that:
negotiating with the U.S. would be “naive and perverted”.
Today Obama responded by repeating
earlier statements that the United States wants to move forward and seek a diplomatic relationship with Iran “based upon mutual interests and [...]
Several intellectuals, journalists, and activists linked to Iran’s Green Movement have in different open letters urged the Kurdish people of Iranian Kurdistan to take part in the demonstrations that the Green Movement plans to carry out on November 4th (13 of Aban in the Iranian calendar), which marks the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy [...]
Reports of Iran rejecting the P5+1 proposal to ship much of Iran’s uranium to France and Russia for further enrichment surprised no one, expect some people that are preoccupied with wishful thinking. The Iranians are all of the sudden, paradoxically, expressing doubt that the West would give Iran the promised enriched Uranium if agreeing to [...]
Tehran delays decision on nuclear deal
I receive different questions about a vide range of issues related to the situation in the Middle East on a daily basis via emails, phone calls and in discussion with people in different meetings. I will from now on answer some of those questions here on the blog. If you have any questions you would [...]
My Secret Plan to Overthrow the Mullahs
It was late February 2003, a few weeks before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and President George W. Bush’s administration still lacked a real strategy for the would-be regional hegemon next door. As the Iran desk officer in the office of the secretary of defense, I felt desperate. [...]
Not surprisingly, Iran has built a secret nuclear site in the holy city of Qom:
Video of the statements by the Presidents Obama, Sarkozy and Prime Minister Brown at the G 20 summit in Pittsburgh:
Time Magazine questioning Ahmedinejad about the nuclear site:
Russia and China urges Iran to cooperate with the IAEA
Official U.S. Government Statements Regarding the [...]
Telegraph:
Has President Obama inadvertently given Iran the green light to develop an atom bomb? I only ask because it appears to be the logical conclusion to be drawn from his announcement this week that he is giving Iran until the end of the year to decide [...]
Obama said Monday that he expected to know by the end of the year whether Iran was making “a good-faith effort to resolve differences” in talks aimed at ending its nuclear program…
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Successful denuclearization of hostile states is most likely to occur as a result of regime change, coercive diplomacy or military action, not U.S. pledges of mutual respect.
