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Khamenei cold to Obama overture

Mar 22nd, 2010

Iran’s supreme leader accuses US of plotting to overthrow clerical regime.
Iran’s supreme leader sharply denounced the United States on Sunday, accusing it of plotting to overthrow its clerical leadership, in a chilly response to an overture by President Barack Obama for better cultural ties with Iran.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei did not outright reject Obama’s offer, saying […]



G-8 gives Iran 3 months to stop uranium enrichment

Sep 24th, 2009

Pressure deepened against Iran on Thursday when the world’s eight top economic powers gave Teheran until year’s end to cease enriching uranium or face new sanctions, but resistance from China could undermine the effort.
Washington has been pushing for heavier sanctions if Iran does not agree to end enrichment, which many nations believe is part of […]



Obama Pushing Israel to War

Sep 22nd, 2009

 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been given a privileged U.S. visa legitimizing his fraudulent election in spite of the fact that innocent Iranians who overtly opposed the outcome are languishing in prison. Their only sin against Ahmadinejad was the demand that their vote count. The only world stage for Ahmadinejad that would put him back […]



Ayalon: Attack on Iran is still an option

Sep 22nd, 2009

Deputy Foreign Minster Danny Ayalon insisted on Monday that the military option against Teheran was still on the table, rejecting comments made by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev last week and published on Sunday.
Ayalon told Reuters that Medvedev’s statement did not guarantee Israel would not attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, should the international diplomatic push to […]



Iran welcomes nixing of Europe defense shield

Sep 21st, 2009

Iran on Monday welcomed Washington’s decision to cancel plans to deploy an anti-ballistic missile system in Eastern Europe.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes any act that causes a reduction in the conventional arms race,” Hassan Qashqavi, spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, was quoted as saying by Iranian PressTV news agency.
According to the report, Qahqavi […]



Lieberman in Italy pushes Iran issue

May 4th, 2009

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, on his maiden journey as foreign minister to a Europe that is very skeptical of him and his policies, placed Iran at the top of his agenda during talks with his Italian counterpart, Franco Frattini.
“For us it is important to underline that the greatest problem at the moment in the […]



Camp David Redux

Apr 22nd, 2009

In June 1976, during the only major address on the Middle East of his entire presidential campaign, Jimmy Carter stressed that a pre-condition to peace in the region must be a change in Arab attitude toward Israel. Carter emphasized that such a change must be reflected by tangible and concrete actions, and […]



Carter takes shots at Begin and Netanyahu

Apr 20th, 2009

In the words of Ronald Reagan during the second Reagan-Carter debate in 1980, “There you go again!” Jimmy Carter was not content to skew the facts in Palestine Peace not Apartheid; he is at it again in his latest book, We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land.
A recent opinion piece in […]