Iran

Israel and Iran: Nuclear Double-Standards »

By Howard Morland, February 8, 2012

The U.S and the Israelis want to maintain their nuclear monopoly in the region.read more

U.S. Must Tell Israel Not to Bomb Iran

February 3, 2012

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Bombing Iran Is not the Answer »

By Amitabh Pal, February 3, 2012

The best approach is to offer a grand bargain to Iran that includes a nuclear-free Middle East.read more

Striking Iran would be a mistake »

By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz, November 14, 2011

An attack on Iran would be a reckless attempt at solving a complex problem.read more

We Need a Different Approach Toward Iran »

By Amitabh Pal, November 9, 2011

Military strikes on Iran would not have the desired effect.read more

Who Benefits from the Far-Fetched Plot?

October 12, 2011

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Arming Saudi Arabia against Iran is off target »

By Ghassan Michel Rubeiz, September 24, 2010

The United States should not be sending $60 billion of sophisticated weaponry to Saudi Arabia’s air force.read more

Risks to “New Journalists”: Americans Held in Iran »

By Kari Lydersen, July 31, 2010

Still in prison in Iran after one year, two of the three “hikers” had also been doing pathbreaking freelance journalism.read more

Resistance Has a Woman’s Face  »

By Shirin Ebadi in the August 2010 issue.

Women activists are at the forefront of the struggle for human rights in Iran.read more

One year later, women at forefront of Iranian democracy movement »

By Shirin Ebadi, June 7, 2010

The struggle for human rights and gender equality continues in Iran as we mark the one-year anniversary of the protests against the rigged elections.read more

Hillary’s Ironic Championing of Democracy »

By Amitabh Pal, February 17, 2010

Her criticism of Iran went over well in Saudi Arabia, which is actually a monarchy with no civil society and a global disseminator of Wahhabi Islam, the ideological fountainhead of Al Qaeda.read more

Let’s Think Rationally About Iran »

By Amitabh Pal, October 9, 2009

The latest moves of the regime—no matter how distressing—should not be mistakenly portrayed as a threat to the United States.read more

Iran Protests Spotlight Nonviolent Action in Muslim Societies »

By Amitabh Pal, June 26, 2009

Iran is hardly the first Muslim country even in the recent past to have seen the use of peaceful protests against an authoritarian regime.read more

Why the Clerics Ultimately Will Lose

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Iranians Flex the Power of Nonviolence »

By Matthew Rothschild, June 17, 2009

The democratic longing, and the democratic thronging, shows no signs of letting up.read more

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