America's UN Boycott Backfires
Barbara Crossette : United Nations
By choosing to boycott the UN conference on racism, the United States has increased the clout of Iran's Ahmadinejad and undermined global efforts to defeat intolerance.
2009
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US Must Stop Mixed Signals on Iran
Roane Carey : Israel
Anything short of a categorical, even vociferous US refusal to countenance an Israeli attack on Iran might have horrific consequences.
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Dennis Ross's Iran Plan
Robert Dreyfuss : State Department
Is Obama's dialogue with Iran already doomed?
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States of Mind
Negar Azimi : History
On the thirtieth anniversary of the Islamic revolution, four books shed light on the many incarnations of Iran.
2008
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Stolen Kisses
Is sexual promiscuity in Iran a sign of political ferment or of an unmoored generation's dissipated energies?
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Ahmadinejad Sees (Code) Pink
Joseph Huff-Hannon : Peace Activism
The Iranian president encounters members of US peace groups and religious organization.
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Israel, Iran and the Bomb
Jonathan Schell & Martin J. Sherwin : Israel
Israel and the Mideast are approaching a stark choice: nuclear holocaust or a nuclear-free region.
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Letter From Iran
Iranians' attitudes toward Ahmadinejad range from sullen tolerance to bitter hostility.
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Shirin Ebadi: Don't Attack Iran
Robert Dreyfuss : Human Rights
The Nobel Prize-winning activist says US threats, regime-change rhetoric and efforts to promote democracy only give Iran's leaders an excuse to intensify repression.
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Hillary's Iran Insanity
Talking Points Memo : Hillary Clinton
How did Hillary go from being simply hawkish on Iran to becoming completely hellbent on its destruction?
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The Intemperate Candidate
Robert Scheer : Presidential Election 2008
Hillary Clinton's intemperate remarks about "obliterating" Iran cloud her primary win with questions about her judgment.
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The Lessons of Basra
The latest round of Iraq's Shiite vs. Shiite civil war was to have been Bush's defining moment. The result: utter humiliation for the US and the Iraqi government.
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Iraq's Iranian Lovefest
Robert Scheer : Media Analysis
Ahmadinejad's triumphal visit to Baghdad highlights the abject failure of the Bush doctrine. But US media yawned.
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Is Iran Winning the Iraq War?
Maybe. But Iraqis mistrust Iran as much as they do the United States.
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Bush's Iran/Argentina Terror Frame-Up
The Bush Administration cites a 1994 bombing in Argentina to tar Iran as a sponsor of global terror. But a fresh probe finds no evidence of an Iran connection.
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State of the World 2008
The United Nations' chief troubleshooter and mediator, Lakhdar Brahimi, considers what should come next in Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan and how US foreign foreign policy went so far astray.
2007
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Iran's Nukes Fade Away
The revised National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nukes makes a military strike less likely and opens the door to real diplomacy.
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