Global IssuesNews headlines for “Iran”, page 18
Iran Laptop Papers Showed the Wrong Missile Warhead
- Inter Press Service
The most important intelligence documents used to argue that Iran had a covert nuclear weapons research and development programme in 2003 - a set of technical drawings of efforts to fit what appears to be a nuclear payload into the reentry vehicle of Iran's medium-range ballistic missile, the Shahab-3 — turn out to have a fatal flaw: the drawings depict a reentry vehicle that had already been abandoned by the Iranian missile programme in favour of an improved model.
U.S.: START Supporters Play Iran Card in Lame-Duck Congress
- Inter Press Service
Of all the arguments the Barack Obama administration is marshalling in support of a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia, the one that may have the greatest resonance with Republicans is over Iran.
US-IRAN: Study Group Urges 'Strategic Engagement'
- Inter Press Service
The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama should pursue a policy of 'strategic engagement' with Iran that would offer Tehran more attractive incentives to curb its nuclear programme, according to a study group convened by two centrist Washington think tanks.
IRAQ: Formation of New Govt Hailed (Tentatively) by U.S.
- Inter Press Service
After an agonising eight-month delay, the first concrete steps toward the formation of a new coalition Iraqi government were greeted by senior U.S. officials here Thursday as a major advance in stabilising the long-suffering nation.
Q&A: 'There Is No War on Terrorism'
- Inter Press Service
'The U.S. intentionally confuses al Qaeda with other groups around the world fighting for their independence or liberation, but it's [just] a convenient way to whip up support and get people very afraid,' says author and journalist and Reese Erlich.
US-IRAN: Netanyahu Pounds War Drums
- Inter Press Service
Less than a week after Republicans made major gains in the U.S. midterm elections, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has called on President Barack Obama to 'create a credible threat of military action' against Iran.
Obama Foreign Policy Likely to Face Republican Challenges
- Inter Press Service
While foreign policy issues played almost no role in Tuesday's election results, the historic Republican landslide will almost certainly make Barack Obama's vision of a more positive U.S. role in international affairs more difficult to pursue.
/CORRECTED REPEAT*/: U.S. Jews Increasingly Hawkish on Iran, Sceptical of Obama
- Inter Press Service
U.S. Jews, who, next to African Americans, have constituted the minority most supportive of Barack Obama, are growing more sceptical of his performance and increasingly hawkish on Iran, according to a new poll released Tuesday by the American Jewish Committee (AJC).
U.S. Jews Increasingly Hawkish on Iran, Sceptical of Obama
- Inter Press Service
U.S. Jews, who, next to African Americans, have constituted the minority most supportive of Barack Obama, are growing more sceptical of his performance and increasingly hawkish on Iran, according to a new poll released Tuesday by the American Jewish Committee (AJC).
Obama Imposes New Iran Sanctions as War Chorus Rises
- Inter Press Service
Amid new calls for Washington to attack Iran's nuclear facilities if its diplomatic efforts at curbing Tehran's uranium-enrichment programme fail, the United States Wednesday imposed unilateral sanctions against eight senior Iranian officials whom it accused of committing 'sustained and severe violations of human rights'.
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