Sanctions are Counterproductive, Hurt Ordinary Iranians

At the Middle Eastern affairs journal Muftah, Hani Mansourian takes a well warranted critical look into the human cost of sanctions against Iran. With Iran seemingly recalcitrant on its nuclear program and the United States unwilling to put up “robust… Continue Reading

Woolsey: Engaging Iran “Worse than Worthless”

Former assistant policy director of the National Iranian American Council Patrick Disney left his Washington digs to go to grad school at Yale. From New Haven, he’s been continuing his good work on Iran by maintaining a blog called Talking Warheads. In… Continue Reading

The Daily Talking Points

News and Views Relevant to U.S.-Iran relations for August 25th, 2010: Washington Times: In an editorial, the hawkish daily chronicles what it calls, “Iran’s emergence as a regional hegemon,” based on its slowly advancing nuclear program and its unveiling of… Continue Reading