The Daily Talking Points

News and views on U.S.-Iran relations for November 23, 2010: The Wall Street Journal: The WSJ‘s Jay Solomon writes on North Korea’s reported upgrades to its nuclear-fuel production capabilities and the increasing fears among lawmakers that Pyongyang may provide Iran… Continue Reading

“Funnier, Please!” — A Ledeen Takedown

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies fellow Michael Ledeen has been unhinged for years now. Decades, really. He facilitated the introductions between Israelis and an Iranian arms dealer that made the Iran-Contra deal possible by creating a conduit for arms;… Continue Reading

START for Israel; START against Iran

Earlier today on National Review‘s The Corner blog, Foundation for Defense of Democracies head honcho Cliff May wrote: I’m now hearing from more than one source on the Hill that the Obama administration has just added a new argument in favor… Continue Reading

The Daily Talking Points

News and views relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for November 18, 2010. The Wall Street Journal: Soner Cagaptay, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP), writes that Turkey’s governing Justice and Development Party (AKP), due to… Continue Reading

The Daily Talking Points

News and views relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for November 16, 2010. The Wall Street Journal: Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) fellow Benjamin Weinthal categorized a trip by five German parliament members to Iran last month to meet with their Iranian… Continue Reading