Wash Times Soft Pedals Gates’s Antiwar Message

The Washington Times story on Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’s talk on Tuesday is missing a little something. Specifically, the Times omits any mention of his assessment of the unsavory outcomes of a U.S. military attack on Iran. Here’s the Times report,… Continue Reading →

Iran RSVPs to Nuke Talks, adds caveats

The European Union told reporters on Friday that Iran responded to it’s offer for P5+1 talks on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear stand-off with the West. The New York Times reports: In a two-paragraph letter answering an invitation offered more than… Continue Reading →

Crooke: End the ‘Nonsense’ about Ahmadinejad in Lebanon

Alastair Crooke, the founder of the Conflicts Forum in Lebanon, has a Iran-occupied-Lebanon-scare rebuttal on Race For Iran that is well worth the read. His thesis is one of a grand awakening in the world’s non-elites, but am not sure… Continue Reading →

Harrop: Sanctions and Threats are not “Mutual Respect”

W. Scott Harrop has an interesting piece on the Iranian Review of Foreign Affairs. In “Obama’s Iran Policy: Mutual Respect Matters,” (pdf), he traces President Barack Obama’s rhetoric about mutual respect with Iran, starting from the campaign, through the famous Norouz message, and… Continue Reading →

Majd: Peaceful Resolution of Nuclear Issue Helps Greens

Author Hooman Majd did a web chat with scholar Reza Aslan on the latter’s website. They’re discussing Majd’s lastest book, The Ayatollah’s Democracy: An Iranian Challenge. I’m reading it right now. You should be, too. Incredibly well connected in Iran,… Continue Reading →