Tagged with "iran"

A stalemate: The least bad option in Iraq

Perhaps the best option available to the U.S. in the ongoing Iraq debacle is one straight out of the Kissinger playbook: playing the role of a balancer
by Fabio Rafael Fiallo - 20 June 2014
Where is the Cavalry?

A world without the US as global policeman will collapse into chaos. Many do not like talking about it like that, but it's true
by Emanuele Ottolenghi - 19 June 2014
Not-so-revolutionary Rouhani

Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s president, and his new administration want to save the Islamic Revolution, not reform it
by Emanuele Ottolenghi - 2 April 2014
Where is the Iranian anti-nuclear "fatwa" that Obama is so fond of quoting? asks Iranian analyst

Barack Obama is fond of referring to a "fatwa" against nuclear weapons issued by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to justify his trust in the nuclear deal. Trouble is, no-one has ever seen it and Iranian mullahs quote Obama as the source!
by the commentator - 28 March 2014
Russia fights back, Western rights groups weaken

The Russian government, along with China, Iran and other major violators of human rights, has adopted an aggressive defense strategy. Post-modernism has simultaneously weakened the human rights community in the West
by Aaron Rhodes - 27 January 2014
Iranian supreme leader's Holocaust denial not a mistranslation

Iran's smiling, moderate, foreign minister, who just charmed the world at Davos, exposed as a liar about the lies of his Holocaust denying supreme leader. Would you trust these people?
by the commentator - 26 January 2014
More holes than Swiss cheese: Policy on Iran and Syria

In Geneva and Montreux, Switzerland played host to major conferences featuring Iran and Syria. Nothing was resolved. Our leaders either kick the can down the road or miss all the important points entirely
by Robin Mitchinson - 26 January 2014
BBC smothers reports of Iran's "moderate" president rubbishing Geneva nuclear deal

In yet another example that a piece of news that does not fit politically correct narratives does not get covered by the BBC, Iran's declaration that the West "surrendered" over nuclear talks is smothered
by Robin Shepherd, Owner / Publisher - 15 January 2014
The Rouhani delusion

Thanks to sanctions, the West was winning the race against a nuclear Iran. There is a good chance now that Iran will be the victor due to our own incompetence and naivety
by Emanuele Ottolenghi - 29 December 2013
Twilight zone between international law and morality

In the case of Iran -- where the country has consistently lied -- the question of infringing sovereignty versus ignoring basic morality can't be divorced from stated political aims of the regime as proclaimed by President Ahmedinejad when in office: the destruction of a member state of the UN, Israel. The lesson applies widely; the dilemma is real
by Shlomo Avineri - 21 December 2013
No deal with Iran

The United States and other powers appear resigned to conceding, in the final stage of a future agreement with Iran, that Tehran has a right to enrich uranium. They're wrong to be
by Emanuele Ottolenghi - 9 December 2013
Cheering crowds in Tehran, and Obama's delusions

If Obama does have a coherent foreign policy it is one of non-intervention, and fear of military entanglements. Certainly the US, as Saudi Arabia has made clear, is no longer a leader in Middle Eastern affairs
by Michael Curtis - 26 November 2013
Obama's Iran deal and a pattern of incompetence

Obama's limited experience and lack of serious interest in anything other than getting the US out of foreign wars was always going to create some serious shortcomings in US foreign policy
by Taylor Dibbert - 25 November 2013
An Iran deal brokered by EU's Catherine Ashton, former apologist for communism, has to be suspect

UPDATED: The lavish praise over the Iran nuclear deal being heaped on EU foreign policy supremo Catherine Ashton, who failed to back the West during the Cold War, is itself a signal we should be deeply worried
by Yorker - 24 November 2013
Obama's four point, blundering plan on Iran

1. Sideline Israel; 2. Advance US/Muslim relations; 3. Establish formal US/Iran relations as part of his legacy; 4. Divert attention from the meltdown that is Obamacare
by Robin Mitchinson - 21 November 2013