On March 24, Obama administration officials briefed reporters on what was described as a very positive development in the U.S. effort to keep Iran from getting a nuclear weapon: China had agreed to participate in a conference call to discuss sanctions.
The Islamic regime in Iran has a pool of defenders among the American “elite” media, political analysts, activists, and academia.
The Obama administration should continue to endorse and rally international support for Iranians’ human rights. And if the government continues to stonewall on its nuclear program, intensified sanctions targeting the country’s military and rulers will exacerbate its economic woes.
The unnamed people who captured on video and made public the shooting death of an Iranian protester have been chosen as winners of a George Polk Award
The Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would let President Barack Obama impose sanctions on Iran’s gasoline suppliers and penalize some of Tehran’s elites, a move aimed at pressuring Tehran to give up its nuclear program.
Why we can no longer remain on the sidelines in the struggle for regime change in Iran. It’s at the core of what is likely to be the most compelling international story of 2010: Iran.
Despite NIAC’s assertion that dialogue and diplomacy is the best approach, thirty years of dialogue by various US administrations has shown that the regime is interested in dialogue only to buy itself enough time in order to develop its weapon’s program.
For the past twelve years, Trita Parsi has unremittingly lobbied the U.S. Congress to lift pressure off the Iranian regime. A short while ago, he advised the U.S. government to share the Middle East with the ruling mullahs. Now, supported by some influential circles in the U.S. and benefiting from his new PR agency, Parsi strives to present himself as a voice for the Iranian people and the green movement.
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The former president of a foundation that federal investigators allege is a front for the Iranian government pleaded guilty to obstructing a grand jury probe.