The New York Times is putting out its standard fare on Iran’s nuclear program as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) releases its latest report. Under the headline “Atomic Agency is Pressed on Iran Records”, the Times reported last week that the U.S. is “pressing” the IAEA “to make public…
Two examples of U.S. support for democracy abroad: U.S. policy on Iran (outlined by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton), where incumbent candidate President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad apparently legitimately won the election: So, we were doing a lot to really empower the protesters without getting in the way. And we’re continuing to…
A single passage from a New York Times book review: Among such “slights,” of course, none loom larger than America’s, not least the C.I.A.-backed 1953 coup that overthrew Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh and the mistaken 1988 shooting-down of Iran Air Flight 655, in which 290 people perished. If Iran had…
In an exclusive interview with Foreign Policy Journal, retired Lt. Gen. Hamid Gul responds to charges that he supports terrorism, discusses 9/11 and ulterior motives for the war on Afghanistan, claims that the U.S., Israel, and India are behind efforts to destabilize Pakistan, and charges the U.S. and its allies…
Perhaps the most often cited evidence of electoral fraud in Iran’s June 12 presidential election is the Chatham House and Institute of Iranian Studies (University of St. Andrews) report (hereafter CH/IIS), “Preliminary Analysis of the Voting Figures in Iran’s 2009 Presidential Election“. The first indication of possible fraud the report…
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