News and views relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for October 15th, 2010. Foreign Policy: David Rothkopf charges that Roger Cohen’s recent New York Times op-ed totally disregards the threat posed by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Instead, Rothkopf endorses Israeli ambassador to… Continue Reading
The new American Jewish Committee poll of 800 self-identified American Jews shows a marked decline in support for President Barack Obama (Ali Gharib and Jim Lobe have discussed this finding), but the most interesting part of the poll might lie… Continue Reading
Laura Rozen and Reuters are reporting that the P5+1 — the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany — have invited Iran to resume talks over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. The invitation is for talks… Continue Reading
The U.S. State Department issued a new travel warning for Iran last week. While the changes were slight, they included additional warnings about arrests and detentions, with the latter possibly referring to the remaining two of the trio of imprisoned… Continue Reading
News and views relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for October 14th, 2010. The Wall Street Journal: Emanuele Ottolenghi, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, opines that the European Union should do more to sanction Iran’s worst human-rights… Continue Reading