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Why Bush folded on Iran - Salon
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili,
left, at a meeting with US undersecretary of state William
Burns, far right, in Geneva July 19, 2008.
Iran urges US over nuclear crisis -Aljazeera
The Iranian president has said he
is willing to seek "common ground" with the US if Washington takes
a new approach over the country's nuclear programme.
Bush Dissenter: 'Don't Start a War With Iran' -
Washington Independent
In a roundtable Tuesday, Adm. William "Fox" Fallon, the former commander
of U.S. forces in the Middle East ousted for dissenting from the
Bush administration's bellicose posture toward Iran, gave a rare
public elaboration of his view of multilateral cooperation for
security in the region.
Iran seeks entry to the lion's den -
Asia Times
Iran has started its global lobbying for inclusion as a non-permanent
member of the United Nations Security Council, and in light of its
enhanced role in the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), Tehran has a
decent chance at grabbing a seat for a two-year period.
What 's Motivating Shift in US-Iran Policy? -
VOA
Iran and the United States have been going through what might be
described as diplomatic mood swings. One minute, it seems as if
the two countries are on the brink of war. The next, there seem to
be small but perceptible policy shifts towards each other.
Iran Human
Rights Violations Continue - New Cases of Stoning and Arrests
New developments in Iran's foreign policy have yet again
allowed its human rights violations to go widely unreported. As of
July 15, the BBC had reported Iran plans to stone "at least" eight
women and one man for various sex crimes, ranging from adultery to
incest and prostitution.
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Iran Analysis
By
Khashayar Hooshiyar |
Iran, Iraq and U.S. interests in the Middle East:
Washington's dilemmas
Condoleezza Rice, U.S. secretary of State, is partially
right when she says "Iran is the single greatest challenge
for American Security interests in the Middle East and possibly
around the world." In fact, Iran could be singled out as a
major obstacle to the U.S. vision of a Middle East if we accept
that Washington's drive for absolute power and hegemony in the
region has encountered several formidable barriers from the Iraqi
resistance against occupation to Iran's growing influence in the
region.
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The Anti-semitism of Iran's
President:
Stupidity or Deliberate Strategy?
After the death of Ayatollah Khomeini in 1989, Western governments
become somewhat accustomed to the conciliatory gestures of both the
Rafsanjani and Khatami administrations. The overtly hostile message and
aggressive tone coming from Tehran these days therefore seems a bit
surprising. Iran's president Mahmood Ahmadinejad's remarks describing
the Holocaust as 'a myth' and calling for the relocation of Israel to
Europe has been met with international disbelief and condemnation. Most
analysts agree that if the U.S. needed any further reason to tighten
screws on Iran, Ahmadinejad has provided it. Ahamdinejad is a Basiji and
veteran of Iran's hardline Revolutionary Guards. His hardline approach to
the West and Israel, far from his lack of experience or stupidity,
reflects the regime's deliberate strategy of survival in light of the
changing circumstances in the Middle East and the U.S. drive for empire.
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The meaning of Larijani's resignation: The mullahs want direct dialogue with
the United States.
The recent resignation of Ali Larigani, Iran's chief nulcear negoatiator, more
than anything is a strong indication of Tehran's determination to force the bush
administration to engage in one-on-one negotiations with Iran. More
Elections
in Iran: the crisis of survival & legitimacy
The current
presidential elections in Iran is neither about the continuation of reform
nor democracy. It is only and only about
the survival of a
crisis-ridden and unpopular theocratic regime. This is manifested today in showing to the outside world that it has
political legitimacy by bringing people to the polling stations through any
means possible. No wonder that , Ayatollah Khamenei, the highest authority
in Iran, has indirectly declared this election as a referendum on the
legitimacy of the regime, or at least that's what the clerical
establishment is trying to
portray.
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The suspicious death of Zahra
Kazemi
On July 11th, 2003,
the Canadian-Iranian photojournalist, Dr. Zahra Kazemi, died in a Tehran
hospital as a result of sever injuries incurred under systematic torture
by the Mullahs regime officials. She
died almost 17 days after
being arrested while photographing pro-democracy protesters in front of
the infamous Evin Prison in Tehran. Her body was buried on July 23, 2003
in Iran, contrary to the wishes of her family and formal requests from the
Canadian government. More
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Political Islam in the Service of Imperialism
By Samir Amin
What I contend is that political Islam as a whole is quite simply
not anti-imperialist but is altogether lined up behind the
dominant powers on the world scale.
The Secret
History of the Impending War with Iran That the White House
Doesn't Want You to Know - Esquire
Two former high-ranking policy experts from the Bush
administration say the U.S. has been gearing up for a war with
Iran for years, despite claiming otherwise. It'll be Iraq all over
again.
The sun sets early on the American Century - By Philip S
Golub
The 'American Century' only began 60 years ago. But it
seems already to be over, ....
The
imperial nuclear order - Aijaz Ahmad
In the event that the U.S. does decide to go nuclear, there is no
power to stop it
Iran:
What's at stake - Aijaz ahmad
EVEN a cursory look at a map of
the region should clarify the geopolitical centrality of Iran in
West Asian politics and in the epochal struggles for control of
oil and gas resources, the most important strategic raw materials
of our time.
The
Anti-Imperialist Left Confronted with Islam -
Tariq
Ali
According to Tariq Ali,
"For socialists the task is clear: the Muslim communities
must be defended against being made scapegoats, against
repression, against the very widespread representation that
terrorism is proper to Islam. ...
Why
we still need to be anti-imperialists?
It seems evident, from the attitude of the capitalist world to Soviet Russia, of the Entente to the Central Empires, and of England to Ireland and India, that there is no depth of cruelty, perfidy or brutality from which the present holders of power will shrink when they feel themselves threatened.
The
Changing Landscape of Party Politics in Iran -- A Case Study
Iran went from being a
single-party state under the monarchy to having close to 100
political parties in the months immediately following the
country's 1979 Islamic revolution.
The
political issues behind the Iranian nuclear confrontation
No one should mistake
Ahmadinejad's bravado for a genuine struggle against imperialism.
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