EU and Iran Find Their Roles Reversed

Scheduled talks between Javier Solana, high representative for the European Union's Common Foreign and Security Policy, and Iran's National Security Adviser Ali Larijani were postponed Wednesday over disagreements on the nature of the exchange – would the parties...

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Israel Fears High Price for US Strike on Iran

Israel has seldom been as quiet on Iran as in the last three months. Though Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has pursued a policy of reducing Israel's visible involvement in the Western campaign to rein in Iran's nuclear ambitions – "work hard and say less,"...

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Gulf States Rethink US-Led Security Alliance

Amid increasing tensions between Tehran and Washington over Iran's nuclear program, the George W. Bush administration is courting the Persian/Arab Gulf monarchies with the same proposal it offered them 15 years ago after the first Gulf War – purchase U.S. armory...

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