Iran

Veteran Washington Post writer David Broder is generally thought to be a decent guy, one of the “deans” of Washington journalism and punditry. I’m not a huge fan of his, I think [...]

One reason arguing for smart diplomatic engagement with Iran is challenging in this country is the excessive hyperventilating about the threat from Iran. I saw the epitome of this in a meeting [...]

Not satisfied with the latest round of harsh sanctions signed into law this July, Rep. Brad Sherman is circulating new legislation to ramp up economic restrictions on Iran, this time taking aim [...]

Long-time scholar, author, professor and peace activist Larry Wittner, a member of the national Peace Action board of directors, has a new article on the state of public opinion and activism for [...]

Yesterday The San Francisco Chronicle ran “S.F. shop closes after Iran sanctions ban rugs.” Rebecca Griffin of Peace Action West contributed to the OpEd, which relates how sanctions [...]

My overall impression is there is little question the president is spinning this “end of combat operations” in Iraq because the Afghanistan war is going badly. A few other thoughts and reactions [...]

The LA Times has the latest evidence that Iran sanctions are not working: well-connected businesses and government operations are dodging the sanctions. Even more shocking, some profit directly [...]

See more photos of my 2009 trip to Iran here. Amidst the constant political posturing on Iran, most people at least acknowledge that measures should be taken to minimize the impact of sanctions [...]

Conservative politicians and pundits have been working to normalize the idea of military strikes on Iran. The newest ploy is to help open the way for an Israeli strike. If Israel did attack Iran, [...]

Last week, Republicans introduced H.R. 1553, a resolution that would provide support for Israel to use “all means necessary” against Iran “including the use of military force.” Almost a third of [...]