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Iran: The leading state sponsor of int'l terrorism
There is increasing – and compelling – evidence of Iranian footprints in a series of recent aborted terrorist attacks in India, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Thailand.
Opinion
How to Make Iran Change its Mind
The West needs to persuade Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to give up his nuclear ambitions voluntarily. A military strike won’t do that.
United against Iran
The sectarian gulf between the Sunni Arabs and Shia Iranians runs deep. Recent reports suggest that Arabs, while being motivated by their abhorrence of the Shias, appear willing to support Israel in her not-so-covert plans to attack Iran.
Iran's Censors Tighten Grip
Iran hasn't been shy about its bids to monitor, filter and block content on the Internet. Now it has taken the next leap, turning online censorship into an institution.
In Vain Have We Sanctioned
Prior to the First Gulf War, Iraq was, compared to the rest of the Middle East, a developed nation. Inflation was low, and so was unemployment, even with a large number of foreign workers.
Real democracies can roll with the punches
THIS weekend offered a rogues’ gallery of phoney democracy in action. In Russia, it was announced that Vladimir Putin had been swept back to the Kremlin, after a suspiciously smashing first-round victory in the presidential election. Iran…
Starving Iran Won’t Free It
THERE’S an old saying, attributed to the British Foreign Office in colonial days: “Keep the Persians hungry, and the Arabs fat.” For the British — then the stewards of Persian destiny — that was the formula for maintaining calm; it still is…
Is Iran another North Korea?
Last week the U.S. point man for talks on North Korea, Glyn Davies, met with his North Korean counterparts for the first time since the death of Korean leader Kim Jong Il and the subsequent transfer of power to his son Kim Jong Un.
Only Crippling Sanctions Will Stop Iran
IMAGINE two men planning for years to escape from a high-security mental institution that is surrounded by 100 walls. On the night of their escape, they reach the 99th wall, and one asks the other, “Are you tired yet?”
Khamenei: The Nuclear Decision-maker
The fate of Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program—which now threatens yet another Middle East conflagration—rests in the hands of a single man: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.