Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress Republicans in Congress want to defund the United Nations. And at the same time, they also want to get tough with Iran. A senior State Department official advised them today that the former would… Continue Reading
It’s an honor to feature a contribution today by occasional IPS contributor and a leading expert in Iranian politics, Farideh Farhi, who teaches at the University of Hawaii. U.S. Officials Scrambling to offer Motives for the Assassination Plot Mimic Their… Continue Reading
The Atlantic Council’s resident Iran specialist and regular IPS contributor Barbara Slavin has an excellent piece today on the skepticism on the part of Iran specialists and intelligence veterans surrounding the Justice Department’s version of the alleged Iran assassination plot.… Continue Reading
Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress Details of the alleged plot by an Iranian-American to hire Mexican drug cartels to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador in Washington remain few and far between. But that hasn’t stopped analysts at the American… Continue Reading
Reposted by arrangement with Think Progress Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL), one of Washington’s most reliably hawkish politicos on Iran, made clear yesterday that he wants to go over the heads of the Iranian regime and appeal to the Iranian people’s… Continue Reading