The West must not rely on Khamenei's shaky fatwas
The questions, at heart, remain open - if and when will Iran build a nuclear bomb?
- 13 May 2012
An Iran with nuclear weapons would be an Iran unleashed
A nuclear Iran would be a potential catastrophe. We must bear that in mind when we debate how to deal with the brewing crisis
- 25 April 2012
Obama’s weakness has made the Middle East much more dangerous
Whatever President Obama felt compelled to promise on Iran at his speech to AIPAC in Washington the reality is that his overall stance makes an Israeli attack on Iran more, not less, likely
- 4 April 2012
Why de-nuking Iran won’t mean WWIII – or an oil crisis
De-nuking Iran would only cause a short-term blip in the global oil market and it would actually elicit a collective sigh of relief in the corridors of power from Riyadh to Amman to Cairo – not just in Tel Aviv
- 29 March 2012
Burying the Bomb: Is the only way to disarm Iran through regime change?
Mehdi Hasan has a point: attacking Iran's nuclear programme could force it underground. But he has no argument as regime change may consequently be the only way to stop catastrophe
- 22 March 2012
Ahmadinejad and Khamenei on Israel... and the US... and the UK
Ahmadinejad's infamous "wiped off the map" statement is claimed by some to be an inaccurate translation. Whether it was or not, Ahmadinejad and the Islamic Republic are banged to rights
- 21 March 2012
Hitler or not, the Nazi comparison is real
When the Hitler analogy is lodged against Jew-hating dictatorships, publicly hanging gays and stoning women to death, commentators denounce not the regime, but the comparison
- 9 March 2012
Will we have the guts to back a military strike on Iran?
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic revolution that, "In the coming days the world will witness Iran's announcement of its very important and very major nuclear achievements."
- 12 February 2012
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