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Iran

With Iran coming ever closer to nuclear capability, the need for diplomacy - and the saber rattling on all sides - intensifies

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June 2008
- Bush, Sarkozy Warn Iran Over Spurned Nuke Offer
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jun 14, 08 8:09 PM CDT
  
  Iran said no to an incentive offer today to stop making uranium, sparking a warning from President Bush and Nicolas Sarkozy not to build nuclear weapons, the AP reports. "Our allies understand that a nuclear-armed Iran is incredibly destabilizing," Bush said. Even before an EU official delivered the six-nation offer of economic, educational, and other rewards, Tehran had rejected it. More »
- Top Vacations Off-Limits to Americans
  
  newser | Foreign Policy | Jun 14, 08 4:53 PM CDT
  
  Here are top spots for an exotic foreign trip—except that Washington has labeled them off-limits or far too dangerous. Foreign Policy lists five: Mt. Kumgang is North Korea's "unspoiled spiritual retreat," but Americans will be quarantined by Pyongyang if they can even get in. More »
- US-EU Summit Eyes New Iran Sanctions
  
  newser | Washington Post | Jun 10, 08 9:12 AM CDT
  
  President Bush arrived today in Slovenia, which currently holds the EU's rotating presidency, on his last presidential visit to Europe. He met for 2 hours with European leaders at a US-EU summit, which then issued a statement that member nations would impose new financial sanctions against Iran unless it ends its uranium enrichment program. Bush will travel later to Berlin, followed by Rome, Paris, and London, reports the Washington Post . More »
- Russian Alliance Crucial to Disarming Iran
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Jun 3, 08 3:23 PM CDT
  
  The way to pressure Iran into halting its nuclear program is through economic sanctions, Sen. Chuck Schumer argues in the Wall Street Journal . And the key to giving them teeth is to enlist Russia's cooperation. "To bring Putin's Russia on board we must make it an offer it cannot refuse," the New York Democrat writes. More »
- Ayatollah: Iran Will Not Build Nukes
  
  newser | BBC | Jun 3, 08 7:32 AM CDT
  
  Iran isn’t interested in nuclear weapons, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei proclaimed in a speech today, but will pursue its nuclear energy program despite international pressure. “No wise nation would be interested in making a nuclear weapon today,” said Iran’s supreme leader. “They are against rational thought.” Just days ago the UN’s atomic watchdog group expressed “serious concern” about Iran’s nuclear programs including work in warheads, and urged “full disclosure.” More »
- McCain and Obama Joust on Iran Threat, Divestment
  
  newser | Chicago Tribune | Jun 2, 08 3:54 PM CDT
  
  John McCain smacked Barack Obama on Iran today, telling a pro-Israel lobbying group the Democrat wanted to meet with “the world’s chief sponsor of terrorism … as if it were some sudden inspiration.” As the Republican proposed to lead a world divestment campaign echoing that against South African apartheid, he said a President Obama, meanwhile, would get “an earful of anti-Semitic rants.” More »
May 2008
- Preconditions or Not, Iran Doesn't Want to Talk to Us
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | May 28, 08 2:42 PM CDT
  
  Barack Obama can berate President Bush for refusing to "sit down with" Iran, and John McCain can beat up Obama for proposing to do just that, but the fact is that every administration in the past 30 years has tried talking to Iran—without preconditions—and been rejected. Including Condoleezza Rice, who worked in the White House at the time and has written a book about Iran, writes Amer Taheri in the Wall Street Journal . More »
- Iran's New Speaker May Pose Challenge to Ahmadinejad
  
  newser | Los Angeles Times | May 28, 08 1:02 PM CDT
  
  Iranian lawmakers seemingly made their displeasure with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad known today, selecting rival Ali Larijani as speaker of parliament. Larijani ran against Ahmadinejad in 2005, and the two have often clashed since, the Los Angeles Times reports. As Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, Larijani was often frustrated by the president’s inflammatory rhetoric, underlining what analysts see as a clash in style rather than substance. More »
- UN Nuke Watchdog Accuses Iran of Hiding Data
  
  newser | BBC | May 26, 08 8:04 PM CDT
  
  The UN's nuclear watchdog blasted Tehran today for hiding data on its nuclear weapons program, BBC reports. The UN said Iran had blocked access to documents and experts while running 3,500 centrifuges, which can enrich uranium for nuclear weapons. Iran quickly vowed to keep enriching uranium and said it had "left no question unanswered." More »
- Dems Furious Over Bush 'Appeasement' Zinger
  
  newser | Reuters | May 16, 08 6:20 AM CDT
  
  Democrats stood shoulder-to-shoulder in fury yesterday to lash President Bush for indicating that Barack Obama is like a Nazi appeaser because he supports outreach to countries like Iran. Even Hillary Clinton leaped to her rival's defense, Reuters reports. "President Bush's comparison of any Democrat to Nazi appeasers is both offensive and outrageous," Clinton said. More »
- Bush: Obama Would 'Appease' Terrorists
  
  newser | CNN | May 15, 08 10:57 AM CDT
  
  He didn't name names, but he didn't need to. President Bush used an appearance before Israel’s Knesset today to accuse Barack Obama of the “foolish delusion” that “we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals.” In comments aimed at Obama’s support among American Jews, CNN notes, the president compared the Democrat to Hitler appeasers, saying, "We have an obligation to call this what it is—the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history." More »
- Iran Outsmarting US in New Cold War in Mideast
  
  newser | New York Times | May 14, 08 12:02 PM CDT
  
  The new cold war is being waged between America and Iran, and Iran is winning hands down, Thomas L Friedman writes in the New York Times . Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's nation has built up influence from Iraq to Lebanon, with power over Iraq's prime minister, Hezbollah, Hamas, and other militias—and a complicated set of safeguards against attack. More »
- US Victims of Attacks in Israel Sue Swiss Bank
  
  newser | Reuters | May 13, 08 8:47 AM CDT
  
  American victims of attacks in Israel are suing Switzerland's biggest bank for helping fund militants by providing money to Iran, Reuters reports. The lawsuit says UBS AG gave loans to Iran even though it supports Hezbollah, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad. The plaintiffs seek $500 million in damages for some 50 US citizens who were hurt or whose relatives were killed in attacks between 1997 and 2006. More »
- Iran Rejects Nuclear Incentives
  
  newser | Reuters | May 5, 08 12:27 PM CDT
  
  Iran has rejected an international package of incentives to stop its nuclear enrichment program, and Tehran won’t accept any proposal of that kind, the foreign ministry said today. “Those incentives that violate the Iranian nation's right in any form will not be reviewed,” a spokesman said, referring to the pursuit of nuclear technology. But foreign diplomats are skeptical, Reuters reports. More »
- Let's Not Push War With Iran: Top Admiral
  
  newser | Reuters | May 5, 08 10:15 AM CDT
  
  With wars still raging in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US would be hard-pressed to start a new one with Iran, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Michael Mullen said today. “I actually am very hopeful that we don't have to get into a conflict,” Mullen told Israeli TV, though he reiterated he would “keep all the military options on the table.” More »
- Iraq Leaders to Visit Iran to Discuss Militia Role
  
  newser | New York Times | May 1, 08 2:06 PM CDT
  
  A delegation of Shiite Iraqi officials is heading to Iran to discuss its role in supporting anti-government activity in Iraq, the New York Times reports. The trip marks the first time Iraqi leaders have visited Tehran over the issue. The officials, selected by PM al-Maliki, all have links to Iran, whose support of Shiite militias has long drawn US criticism. More »
April 2008
- New Ship a 'Reminder' to Iran: Gates
  
  newser | Reuters | Apr 30, 08 6:36 AM CDT
  
  A second US aircraft carrier steamed into the Persian Gulf yesterday, which Robert Gates says Iran should see as a "reminder." The defense secretary denied that the deployment of another ship in the Gulf amounted to an escalation of American forces in the area, Reuters reports, but hoped to get Tehran's attention with the extra vessel's presence. More »
- Iranian Lawman Blasts Barbie
  
  newser | BBC | Apr 29, 08 7:42 AM CDT
  
  Barbie, Batman, and Harry Potter have no place in the Islamic Republic of Iran, says the nation's top prosecutor. He warned of the "social danger" that toys and other Western cultural imports pose to his country and has called for a ban, the BBC reports. Barbie is a big seller in Iran, and the country's little girls haven't been as keen on the more modestly dressed, Iranian-made alternative. More »
- US Preparing Iran War Plans
  
  newser | Washington Post | Apr 25, 08 2:40 PM CDT
  
  The US is preparing for a potential military action against Iran, the nation’s top military official said today. Such an attack would be “extremely stressing” on the military, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said, but it is on the table if a diplomatic solution can’t stop Iran’s alleged hunt for nuclear weapons and involvement in Iraq, the Washington Post reports. More »
- Osama Deputy Says Iran Lying About 9/11
  
  newser | BBC | Apr 22, 08 4:00 PM CDT
  
  Al-Qaeda's No. 2 leader says Iran is denying the terrorist group credit for 9/11 by spreading the rumor that Israel masterminded the 2001 attacks on the US. A new audiotape from Ayman al-Zawahiri highlights the growing tension between al-Qaeda and Tehran, the BBC reports, evidence of a sectarian struggle for power in the region. More »

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks in a ceremony before the burning of 70,000 kg (154,300 lbs) of narcotic drugs seized in Iran, Tuesday, June 26, 2007. A photo of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah... (Associated Press)

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, waves as he attends the 18th anniversary of the death of Iran's late leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic revolution in Tehran,... (Associated Press)

Under a picture of the Iranian late supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini, a top Iranian nuclear negotiator, Javad Vaeedi, left, and deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)... (Associated Press)

A top Iranian nuclear negotiator, Javad Vaeidi, right, and deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Olli Heinonen, attend a press conference after their official talks... (Associated Press)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, waves to the media as he arrives prior to an official welcoming ceremony for his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, July 1, 2007. (AP Photo/Vahid... (Associated Press)

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Background

Catalyst for Iranian Resistance
ZNet

The Iranian question is on everyone%u2019s lips at the moment, and judging by the ongoing discussions in both the mainstream and alternative (progressive) media, it is apparent that, one way or the other, the US (and its coalition of willing cronies) has its sights firmly set on bringing regime change...

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Islamic Revolution of Iran
MSN

"Islamic Revolution of Iran, widespread uprising in 1978 and 1979 in which Islamic fundamentalists and their supporters overthrew Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlavi of Iran. The revolutionaries, led by an exiled religious leader, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, dismantled the shah%u2019s secular (nonreligious)...

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Iran's Growing Regional Influence
BBC

"Iran is now a regional superpower, and ever since the Islamic revolution in 1978-9, we in the West have consistently misunderstood it."

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BBC Guide to Power Structure in Iran
BBC

"Iran's complex and unusual political system combines elements of a modern Islamic theocracy with democracy. A network of unelected institutions controlled by the highly powerful conservative Supreme Leader is countered by a president and parliament elected by the people..."

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Ali Khamenei
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Ali Khamenei (Mohammad Ali Hoseyn Khamenei) , 1939-, Iranian religious and political leader, b. Mashhad. A Shiite Islamic cleric who was the son of an ayatollah, Khamenei began his religious studies at a young age, and was briefly at Najaf, Iraq (1957), before he settled in Qom (1958). As an ...

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , 1956-, Iranian politician. From a humble background, he supported the Islamic revolution (1979) while working toward his civil engineering doctorate and was a founder of the student union that occupied the U.S. embassy. He joined (1980) the Revolutionary Guards and served ...

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Iran
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Iran , officially Islamic Republic of Iran, republic (2005 est. pop. 68,018,000), 636,290 sq mi (1,648,000 sq km), SW Asia. The country's name was changed from Persia to Iran in 1935. Iran is bordered on the north by Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and the Caspian Sea; on the east by ...

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