reuters.com - 11/26/2008
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has successfully launched a rocket called "Kavosh 2," Iran's state media reported on Wednesday, displaying the Islamic state's advances in ballistics at a time when the West is worried about its nuclear ambitions. The launch follows an announcement earlier this month that ...
codepinkdc.blogspot.com - 11/23/2008
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Medea Benjamin November 22, 2008 DAY ONE in
Tehran What an extraordinary day! After arriving at our...
hotel in the middle of the night, I woke up early raring to go. Our hotel is in a great location downtown, and I took some time before our meetings ...
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Medea's Blog Day #1 Iran Citizen Diplomacy
washingtonpost.com - 11/29/2008
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washingtonpost.com —
Absent some last-minute fireworks, President Bush will leave
office with a kind of double failure on Iran:...
Administration hard-liners haven't checked Tehran's drive to acquire nuclear-weapons technology, and moderates haven't engaged Iran in ...
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Bush's Iran Policy Has Failed
telegraph.co.uk - 11/23/2008
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Can Anyone Actually Confirm Iran's Latest Rocket Launch?
A Blog For All —
Reuters is reporting that Iran announced the successful test launch of a new rocket. It's said to be a necessary step in moving towards launching an Iranian satellite into orbit. Iran has successfully launched a rocket called "Kavosh 2," Iran's state media reported on Wednesday, displaying the Islamic state's advances in ballistics at a time when the West is worried about its nuclear ambitions. The launch follows an announcement earlier this month that Iran had test-fired a new generation of surface-to-surface missile, saying the Islamic Republic was ready to defend itself ...
Iran Nuclear Watch: What is Iran Planning for Obama?
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
Map of Iran’s nuclear facilities
What is Iran planning for the incoming Obama Administration?
Let’s see:
Iran says it now runs more than 5,000 uranium enrichment centrifuges
Iran has more than 5,000 centrifuges to process uranium at its enrichment plant, its nuclear chief said Wednesday, in the country’s latest defiance ...
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newshoggers.com 11/15/2008 — By Cernig
Add Mohammed el-Baradei to the list of those welcoming Obama's statements that he'd talk to Iran . "If there is a direct dialogue between the United States and Iran, I think Iran will be more forthcoming with the agency," IAEA Director ...
Obama on a Nuclear Iran: Yes They Can?
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American Foreign Policy Project
americanforeignpolicy.org 11/17/2008 — Among the many challenges that will greet President-elect Obama when he takes office, there are few, if any, more urgent and complex than the question of Iran. There are also few issues more clouded by myths and misconceptions. In this Joint Experts' ...
D.C. Establishment Pressuring Obama on Iran?
newshoggers.com 12/5/2008 — By Cernig
There's a rapidly developing consensus among Washington's Very Serious person set that Obama's plans to negotiate with Iran should get only one try, and if that fails then the bombing should begin.
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Iran Presidential Election: Key Issues Will Be Economy, Ties With West
huffingtonpost.com 12/13/2008 — TEHRAN, Dec 12 (IPS) - The main issue in Iran's June 2009 presidential election is certain to be the country's economic woes, but both candidates will be linking the economy to the issue of relations between Iran and the West, according to Iranian ...
Iran: Will talks happen under Obama?
csmonitor.com 11/20/2008 — A period of reestablishing relations with Iran's partners seems likely. Also expect contacts with lower-tier Iranian officials.
Obama and Iran
juancole.com 11/8/2008 — President-elect Barack Obama said Friday that "Iran's development of a nuclear weapon, I believe is unacceptable. . . Iran's support of terrorist organizations, I think is something that has to cease." What I cannot understand is why American ...
Iran News Round Up
corner.nationalreview.com 10/21/2008 — [(E) signifies English link]
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Former Islamic Republic foreign minister Ebrahim Yazdi: "One of my grandchildren is active in the [U.S. presidential candidate] Obama campaign and asked me to meet Obama, but since I did not consider a ...
We must talk Iran out of the bomb
theglobeandmail.com 12/24/2008 — When Barack Obama takes office in January, he will be greeted by many difficult challenges, beginning with the acute economic crisis. But he will not have the luxury of focusing on this exclusively. He will also have to contend with an array of ...
Cuba's Raul Castro open to meet Obama: report —
Reuters: Politics 11/26/2008
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban President Raul Castro is open to meeting U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on neutral ground to try to resolve the island's four-decade-old feud with Washington, according to an interview with a U.S. magazine.
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