Double Standards for Iran’s Nuclear Program
Tension between Iran and the United States and its allies has been rising, following Iran's rejection of the preliminary agreement that was reached between the two sides on Oct. 1, 2009, in Geneva. Under the deal, Iran was supposed to send 75 percent of its stockpile...
The Israel Lobby, the Neocons, and the Iranian-American Community
Ever since Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected Iran's president in June 2005 and began using strong rhetoric against Israel, the neoconservatives and the Israel lobby have been trying to provoke a war against Iran, or at the very least persuade the United States and the...
Can Iran Trust Russia and France With Its Uranium?
Iran's formal response to a preliminary nuclear agreement whereby 1,200 kg of its low-enriched uranium (LEU) would be shipped to Russia and then France for enrichment from 3.8 to 19.75 percent and conversion to fuel rods has angered the European Union (EU). The...
Jundallah and the Geopolitics of Energy
Will Tough Sanctions Against Iran Be Effective?
Negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group – the five permanent members of the United Nations (UN) Security Council plus Germany – began on Oct. 1. Iran's negotiating team was led by Saeed Jalili, the hard-line secretary-general of its Supreme National Security...
Countering the Conniptions Over Qom
Iran's nuclear program is once again center stage, the dominant subject of discussions at the national and international levels. On Sept. 21, Iran sent a letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) informing it of the construction of a uranium enrichment...
Role of US Militarism in Ahmadinejad’s Rise
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's widely disputed second term as Iran's president began on Wednesday August 5. Many of his compatriots – a great majority in the author's opinion - consider his second term as illegitimate. He and his supporters in the military are continuing their...
