Stories tagged "iran"

It views America as an aggressive adversary that wants regime change, no matter what Washington says. Dialogue is worth a try, but Obama and his advisers should start thinking about what they will do if negotiations fail.

THE DEVIL WE KNOW Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower By Robert Baer. A review of Baer's new book and Baer's thesis that Iran will be the inevitable new superpower in the Middle East. Baer recommends that the US accept Iran's super power status.

Young Iranians drawn to Western culture are sporting the chafiyeh, usually worn by the country's leaders

The head of Iran's nuclear power agency said Sunday the country is willing to help neighboring Arab countries build joint light-water nuclear power plants if they are interested.

Parliament fires interior minister who claimed he had an honorary doctorate from Oxford

U.S. policy since the days of Franklin Delano Roosevelt has been support for Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States, providing protection of the sea lanes that transport oil and, in the case of Iraq, protecting the Saudi kingdom against attack.

Russia will complete Iran's first nuclear power plant in 2009, Itar-Tass news agency quoted the head of Russia's state nuclear corporation as saying on Thursday. The launch of the Bushehr plant's nuclear reactor has frequently been delayed.

"Un Iranien qui avait rendu sa victime aveugle en lui jetant du vitriol au visage a été condamné à la cécité par une cour de Téhéran. Les cas d’agression de femmes à l’acide se succèdent. 15 écolières ont été aspergées de vitriol en

Obama has his work cut out on tougher Iran sanctions. As Europe's largest exporter to Iran, Germany has unique leverage over the regime. But Berlin refuses to use it. German exports to Iran are up 14.1% in the first seven months of this year. The Islamic

As Americans celebrate Thanksgiving today, federal, state and local officials are on high alert in the New York-Washington corridor for the possibility of catastrophic al Qaeda attacks.