notesfromagrumpyoldman.blogspot.com - 14 days ago
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Naveed Ali Shah Sallem Ali, Parag Khanna "Neither a "surge" of troops and aid in Afghanistan, nor negotiations over Iran's nuclear program without addressing its regional isolation, will bring Central Asia much closer to stability" - Ali & Khanna When Iran celebrated Great ...
Haggling With the Iranians
outsidethebeltway.com 17 days ago — In her address yesterday to a joint session of Congress German Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated her country’s insistence that Iran suspend its uranium enrichment program in compliance with multiple United Nations Security Council ...
Marking the Anniversary of the Embassy Seizure
outsidethebeltway.com 16 days ago — Today marks the 30th anniversary of the seizing of the U. S. embassy in Tehran by factions of the revolution that overthrew the shah. President Obama has issued a statement on the occasion which I will reproduce in full here:
Thirty years ago ...
Corker Amendment Shall Not Be Introduced
weeklystandard.com 22 days ago — Earlier today the Senate Finance Committee debated amendments to the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act of 2009, a piece of legislation that is built around the Bayh-Kyl-Lieberman Iran sanctions bill that has garnered ...
Iran Double-Crosses Obama
powerlineblog.com 10/20/2009 — This morning, I noted that Iran's government is telling the Iranian people that the Obama administration has consented to Iranian enrichment of uranium, thereby dismaying our European allies. I linked to, but did not discuss in detail, a Time article ...
US and Iran Close To Nuclear Deal
tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com 14 days ago — Roger Cohen is, in my opinion, the best New York Times columnist because he (along with Krugman) are the only ones who thinks outside the box. (Friedman designed the box).
He was in the streets in Iran during the post-election uprising whose cause ...
U.S. says can give Iran time to okay nuclear deal
reuters.com 11 days ago — Mark Heinrich VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States is willing to give Iran time to decide whether to accept a U.N.-brokered deal meant to allay suspicions it is after atomic bombs but which has drawn Iranian objections, a U.S. diplomat said on Monday. ...
Iran's Choice
whitehouse.gov 17 days ago — The White House releases the following statement from President Obama:
Thirty years ago today, the American Embassy in Tehran was seized. The 444 days that began on November 4, 1979 deeply affected the lives of courageous Americans who were ...
Iran Said to Reject Key Element of Nuclear Deal
nytimes.com 22 days ago — WASHINGTON Iran told the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Thursday that it would not accept a plan its negotiators agreed to last week to send its stockpile of uranium out of the country, according to diplomats in Europe and American officials ...
Things Are Going Well for Iran, Unfortunately
commonsensewonder.blogspot.com 14 days ago — Caroline Glick is sounding some alarm bells. It also sounds like Obama threatened Israel recently and made them publicly back his efforts to appease the Iranians: ALL IN all then, on the surface, this past week seemed like a horrible week for the mullahs. But appearances can be deceiving. ...
Iran says nuclear 'enemies' defeated
breitbart.com 5 days ago — Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday the "enemies" of his country's nuclear programme had been defeated ahead of the release of the latest UN report on the atomic drive. International attention focused on the report as US President ...