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Iran Debates Direct Talks with the US

From On December 12, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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As the Iranian leadership prepares to engage in negotiations with the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council plus Germany (P5+1), the conversation inside Iran has moved beyond the nuclear issue to include a debate about the utility of or need for engaging in direct talks, even relations, with [...]

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Iran and the United States: Ready, set, go?

From On November 16, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Former Iran-desk State Department staffer Reza Marashi and journalist Sahar Namazikhah remind us that Iran’s influnetial Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) has publicly recognized the benefits of negotiating with the US to avert a military conflict through a report that’s available on their website. “To that end, the Intelligence Ministry [...]

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Resolution to Iran Nuclear Standoff Appears Possible but Requires Flexibility from both Sides

From On November 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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A new report from Iran’s hawkish Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) suggests the Iranians may be more open to achieving a peaceful resolution to the dispute over their controversial nuclear program than ever before. ”With Obama’s reelection Tuesday, there is guarded hope in Tehran and Washington that a solution agreeable to [...]

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Does Tehran want Obama or Romney?

From On November 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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The answer to this question is simple: there is no such thing as one Tehran. Opinions vary and arguments to back up the case for either Barak Obama or Mitt Romney are sometimes unexpected. The way it looks now, the hardliners prefer Romney. Just listen to the argument made by [...]

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Khamenei Likely to Hold Onto Weakened Ahmadinejad

From On October 26, 2012 · Leave a Comment

By Yasaman Baji

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Amid growing and increasingly harsh criticism of his handling of the economy, talk of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s removal has regained momentum in Iran in recent weeks.

But, according to most observers, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is unlikely to back any move to shorten Ahmadinejad’s term, [...]

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Yet Another Neocon call to arms by Playing Victim and Avoiding Responsibility

From On October 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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The neoconservative hawk and deputy editorial page editor of the Wall Street Journal, Bret Stephens, has once again figured it all out. The Islamic Republic of Iran has been at war with the United States since 1979, and no US president since then, including Ronald Reagan and George [...]

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