ipsnews.net - 11/11/2008
—
WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (IPS) - It wasn't U.S. relations with an Arab country
on the tips of many tongues at this year's National Council
on U.S.-Arab Relations meeting in the last week of October.
Rather, much of the focus was on the Arab Middle East's
ethnic Persian neighbour to the east: Iran.
rawstory.com - 11/10/2008
—
rawstory.com —
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has obtained
evidence suggesting that documents which have been described as...
technical studies for a secret Iranian nuclear weapons-related research program may have been fabricated. The documents in ...
(more)
Documents linking Iran to nuclear weapons push may have ...
ynetnews.com - 11/13/2008
—
ynetnews.com —
Western military officials who examined images from recent
Iranian missile test believe it is famous Shahab-3 missile...
with new logo Ynet Iran declared Wednesday that it had test-fired a new generation of surface-to-surface missiles, named Sejil, with ...
(more)
Experts: 'New' Iranian missile an old one - Israel ...
Comments
Blog Reactions
IAEA Head Would Welcome Direct US/Iran Dialogue
Newshoggers.com —
... and Western policymakers' hostility to Iran, including Obama's rhetoric, have their roots in the decades old US Embassy fiasco and the campaign of demonization that following it rather than in any actual evidence about Iran's current nuclear plans. While that means that, sans a nuclear "smoking gun" there's little chance now of an attack, the race to sanction Iran for what it isn't doing (while rewarding Pakistan, India and Israel for what they are) will continue and will continue with the threat of war ever present. ...
IAEA Head Would Welcome Direct US/Iran Dialogue
Crooks and Liars —
... policymakers' hostility to Iran, including Obama's rhetoric, have their roots in the decades old US Embassy fiasco and the campaign of demonization that following it rather than in any actual evidence about Iran's current nuclear plans. While that means that, sans a nuclear "smoking gun" there's little chance now of an attack, the race to sanction Iran for what it isn't doing (while rewarding Pakistan, India and Israel for what they are) will continue and will continue with the threat of war ever present. ...
That Iran NIE? Oh, We All Just Ignore It
Newshoggers.com —
... , as rumors indicate then it's simply more of the same pretence at engagement while actually being as obstructive as possible - playing the negotiation game as part of a campaign to pressure Iran alongside constant threat of attack. ...
Clinton Exposes Negotiation Pretense
Newshoggers.com —
... Even Brent Scowcroft doesn't share Clinton's prejudgemental negativity. He told this year's National Council on US-Arab Relations conference that "What [the U.S.] can do and can't do with Iran is...pretty much a mystery because we have not been prepared to explore with them what the possibilities are," even as he noted that Iran has been the instigator of the last three attempts at negotiations, all rejected by US hawks. To me, it looks like Scowfield, National Security Adviser to two Republican presidents, would make a better SecState than Madame AIPAC, who obviously ...
Related Content
IAEA Head Would Welcome Direct US/Iran Dialogue
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 ...
Iran News Round Up
corner.nationalreview.com 10/21/2008 — [(E) signifies English link]
Diplomacy
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 ...
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' ...
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 ...
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.
Today Iran's parliamentary Speaker ...
N/A
ynetnews.com 10/23/2008 — Larijani: Iran prefers Obama Iranian parliament speaker says his country is leaning towards Democratic candidate in US presidential election 'because he is more flexible and rational' AFP Iranian parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Wednesday that ...
Iran test-fires new missile near Iraq: state media
reuters.com 11/11/2008 — TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has test-fired a new type of missile during war games near the Iraqi border, state television said Tuesday, after warning the United States it would respond to any violation of Iranian airspace. The English-language Press TV ...
Today in The Nation: Exit Strategy
thenation.com 11/17/2008 — Robert Dreyfuss By remaining neutral on the newly approved security pact, is Iran offering Obama a truce in Iraq?
Iran News Round Up: Anniversary of Embassy Takeover
corner.nationalreview.com 11/4/2008 — [Thanks to Ali Alfoneh and Ahmad Majidyar for their compilation; (E) signifies English link]
Diplomacy: Embassy Seizure Anniversary (Nov. 4, 1979)
Alef News Agency publishes memoirs of some of the members of the Students of the Line of the ...
Follow BeltwayBlips on Twitter
