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Hoping Sanctions Work but Readying Gas Masks
After President Obama’s failed attempt to engage in talks with Iran last year, the United States and Israel have begun to work more...
Mar 5, 20101 min read


Iranian Authorities Close Two Major Publications Linked to Karroubi
The daily newspaper for the opposition in Iran, Etemad, and the weekly magazine, Iran Dokht, were shut down by Iranian authorities on...
Mar 2, 20101 min read
New IAEA Chief Takes Hardline Towards Iranian Nuclear Program
In his first board meeting as the new chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mr. Yukiya Amano made clear that he does not...
Mar 1, 20101 min read
U.S. Gestures to Syria Too Little Too Late?
This week, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad derided what they termed U.S. colonialism and...
Feb 27, 20101 min read
New Israeli Drone Can Reach Iran
The Israeli Air Force has unveiled a new fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles that have the capacity to fly missions for over twenty...
Feb 22, 20101 min read
Iran Reiterates That It "Does Not Believe in Nuclear Weapons" After IAEA Report
After the IAEA released a report on Thursday “expressing concern that the Islamic Republic may be aiming to develop a nuclear-armed...
Feb 19, 20101 min read
Iran Tops List of Countries Financing Terrorism
The Financial Action Task Force, an international watchdog group, issued a report on Thursday listing countries that have failed to stop...
Feb 19, 20101 min read
Clinton Fears Revolutionary Guard Has Supplanted Iranian Government
In a recent talk with university students in Qatar, Secretary Clinton stated that she fears the Revolutionary Guard has gained enough...
Feb 15, 20102 min read
Iran Declares It Is a Nuclear State, US Voices Doubts
On the 31st anniversary of the revolution that created the Islamic Republic of Iran, President Ahmadinejad announced that Iran had the...
Feb 11, 20101 min read
Iran: What is to come…
Tomorrow marks the anniversary of the birth of the Islamic Republic. While many within the government of Iran would like the world to...
Feb 10, 20103 min read
Iran Announces Increased Uranium Enrichment — U.S. Suggests New Sanctions
Iran’s nuclear chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, announced on Monday the country’s plan to increase uranium enrichment levels to 30%. The country...
Feb 8, 20101 min read
Anti-Government Protesters Arrested in Iran
Seven people were arrested in Tehran on Saturday for their ties to anti-government protests in Iran. The director of Radio Farda referred...
Feb 8, 20101 min read
U.S. Urges China to Support Iran Sanctions
In an effort to gain wide-spread support for upcoming sanctions against Iran, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has appealed directly to...
Jan 31, 20101 min read
US to Increase Missle Defense in Persian Gulf
The Obama administration announced that it plans to accelerate the deployment of weapons systems in the Persian Gulf to defend against...
Jan 31, 20101 min read
Arms Export Big Business For Russia, Still on Hold for Iranian Air Defense Contract
Rosoboronexport, the monopoly exporter for Russian finished military hardware, set a new sales record—$34 bn—for 2009, despite the global...
Jan 29, 20101 min read
Senators Urge Increased Iran Sanctions, With or Without UN Support
Senators from both sides of the aisle have sent a letter to President Obama urging him to increase the pressure on Iran to slow down its...
Jan 28, 20101 min read
Sanctions on Iran supported by Clinton
Hillary Clinton is in London this week supporting new sanctions on Iran in reaction to its noncompliance with its nuclear program....
Jan 27, 20101 min read
Ahmadinejad to Announce "Good News Regarding 20 Percent Uranium Enrichment"
Iranian technicians remove a container of radioactive uranium from the Isfahan nuclear facility. AFP (2009) President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
Jan 26, 20101 min read
Iran Announces Opening of First Nuclear Power Plant
After more than thirty years of intermittent development, Iran’s first nuclear power plant, located in the southwestern Bushehr province,...
Jan 22, 20101 min read
Iranian Opposition Plans Another Mass Protest
The Iranian Green movement has called for mass protests on the anniversary of the inception of the Islamic Repbulic. Depsite the mass...
Jan 18, 20101 min read
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