Iran

While some are already claiming the effectiveness of US and UN imposed sanctions, Iranian officials are whipping up propaganda to use sanctions to crack down on dissidents. The National Iranian [...]

The recent US sanctions on Iran may be causing problems for Iranian students. Last week, the new, tougher sanctions the US  imposed on Iran forced the Educational Testing Service to suspend [...]

It’s a throwback to the Bush style of campaigning, for election or for war. If you repeat a lie enough times, the public will eventually believe you. The ticking time bomb rhetoric that an [...]

Iran’s nuclear swap deal, dismissed by the US just weeks ago, may be coming back on the table. The swap deal involves Iran sending a portion of its uranium stockpile to Turkey in exchange [...]

Last week both the Senate and the House approved of the sanctions “package,” or the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 (H.R.2194), against Iran, and it goes [...]

by Norman Robbins and Kevin Martin The risk of war with Iran has increased. The US rejection of the nuclear swap arranged by Brazil and Turkey, the recent arrival of Israeli and American nuclear [...]

As a prelude to the passage of a new round of sanctions, on Wednesday diplomats from the U.S., Russia and France dismissed the nuclear swap deal negotiated by Iran, Turkey and Brazil. A few hours [...]

This morning, the Iranian, Brazilian and Turkish governments announced that they had negotiated a deal to ship a substantial portion of Iran’s uranium stockpile to Turkey, in exchange for fuel [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-zoPgv_nYg] A lot of the rush to enact sanctions on Iran is based on the idea that the clock is quickly ticking down to nuclear catastrophe.  Reporting on [...]

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