Tag: Iran
How BP helped to destroy democracy in Iran
To frustrated Americans who have begun boycotting BP: Welcome to the club. It's great not to be the only member any more!
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Iran had a democracy before we took it away
Iranians do not need or want us to teach them about liberty and representative government. They have long embodied this struggle. It is we who need to be taught. It was Washington that orchestrated the 1953 coup to topple Iran’s democratically elected government, the first in the Middle East, and install the compliant shah in power.
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US denied military aid for proposed Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear site
President Bush deflected a secret request by Israel last year for specialized bunker-busting bombs it wanted for an attack on Iran’s main nuclear complex and told the Israelis that he had authorized new covert action intended to sabotage Iran’s suspected effort to develop nuclear weapons...
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Iran blocks UN investigation of alleged bomb work
Iran has stymied a UN inquiry into whether it researched ways to make a nuclear bomb, the International Atomic Energy Agency said yesterday...
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Study cautions against strike on Iran's nuclear facilities
A military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities would probably only delay the country's progress toward nuclear-weapons capability, according to a study that concludes that such an attack could backfire by strengthening Tehran's resolve to acquire the bomb.
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Iran: a war of self-destruction
An attack on Iran, which Israeli and Bush administration officials appear set to carry out if Iranian uranium enrichment is not halted, would ignite a regional war in the Middle East and lead to economic collapse and political upheaval in the United States.
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Ex-advisers warn against threatening to attack Iran
The Bush administration should stop talking about a military attack as an option if negotiations do not immediately halt Iran's uranium reprocessing program, two former national security advisers said yesterday.
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US escalating covert operations against Iran: report
U.S. congressional leaders agreed late last year to President George W. Bush's funding request for a major escalation of covert operations against Iran aimed at destabilizing its leadership, according to a report in The New Yorker magazine published online on Sunday.
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Strike on Iran nuclear sites under discussion again
Six months ago, after American intelligence agencies declared that Iran had shelved its nuclear-weapons program, the chances of a U.S. or Israeli military strike on Iran before President Bush left office seemed remote.
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Obama's foreign policy on Iran looks like Bush's
Barack Obama, under attack from President Bush and John McCain for pledges to meet with Iran's leadership, has started to qualify his prior bold stance, setting new preconditions and qualifications.
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Shut Guantanamo, ex-diplomats say
Five former U.S. secretaries of State on Thursday urged the next presidential administration to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and open a dialogue with Iran.
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Iran: a new partner in the Mideast
If the next American president wisely applies time-honored techniques of diplomacy, the United States may within a few years have a new long-term strategic partner in the Middle East: Iran.
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6 signs the US may be headed for war in Iran
Is the United States moving toward military action with Iran? The resignation of the top U.S. military commander for the Middle East is setting off alarms that the Bush administration is intent on using military force to stop Iran's moves toward gaining nuclear weapons.
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Iran sanctions vote signals a global rift
For countries like Indonesia, South Africa, and Libya, which questioned the timing of the new resolution, Iran's claim of victimhood at the hands of arrogant world powers seeking to control access to vital and lucrative technologies may be starting to resonate.
UN imposes new sanctions on Iran over uranium enrichment
The U.N. Security Council on Monday imposed a third round of sanctions on Iran for its refusal to halt uranium enrichment, even though some members acknowledged that more penalties were unlikely to change Tehran's mind.
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Bush faces wall of Arab ire
As President Bush tours the Middle East on his first official visit, he will encounter an Arab public deeply critical of his policies in the region and skeptical that the U.S. means what it says.
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Tensions rise as US navy claims clash with Iran vessels
Tensions between the US and Iran resurfaced yesterday when Pentagon officials alleged that Iranian warships had threatened three US navy vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Defense Secretary says Iran is still a major threat
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates argued forcefully at a Persian Gulf security conference Saturday that U.S. intelligence indicates Iran could restart its secret nuclear weapons program "at any time" and remains a major threat to the region.
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U.S. finds Iran halted its nuclear arms effort in 2003
A new assessment by American intelligence agencies concludes that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that the program remains frozen.
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Our Next Bombing Adventure: Iran
In a series of public statements in recent months, President Bush and members of his Administration have redefined the war in Iraq, to an increasing degree, as a strategic battle between the United States and Iran.
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"I Hate All Iranians," Says Top US Defense Staffer
Britsh MPs visiting the Pentagon to discuss America's stance on Iran and Iraq were shocked to be told by one of President Bush's senior women officials: "I hate all Iranians."
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Senate Urges Bush to Attack Iran
Kyl-Lieberman is the first step in providing Congressional legitimacy for military action against Iran.
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Pentagon Has List of 2000 Targets to Bomb in Iran
Pentagon planners have developed a list of up to 2,000 bombing targets in Iran, amid growing fears among serving officers that diplomatic efforts to slow Iran's nuclear weapons programme are doomed to fail.
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Top UN Nuclear Inspector Criticizes Harsh US Rhetoric on Iran
The chief U.N. nuclear inspector warned Friday against rhetoric in the Iranian nuclear standoff that he called "a reminder of pre-war Iraq," and said he sees no reason to go beyond diplomacy, apparent criticisms of the U.S. position.
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Pentagon ‘three-day blitz’ plan for Iran
The Pentagon has drawn up plans for massive airstrikes against 1,200 targets in Iran, designed to annihilate the Iranians’ military capability in three days, according to a national security expert.
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US Prepares to Confront Iran More Directly
The Bush administration is preparing to declare that Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps is a foreign terrorist organization, senior administration officials said Tuesday.
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Cheney Wants to Bomb Iran
President Bush charged Thursday that Iran continues to arm and train insurgents who are killing U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and he threatened action if that continues.
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