Global IssuesNews headlines for “Iran”, page 8
U.S.: Anti-Neo-Con Candidate Getting Serious Look
- Inter Press Service
Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who 24 years ago performed dismally as the standard-bearer of the Libertarian Party, has begun making waves in the 2012 presidential campaign, to the extreme discomfort of neo-conservatives and aggressive nationalists who dominate the foreign policy rosters of most of his Republican rivals.
US-IRAN: War of Words Calculated to Avoid Actual Conflict
- Inter Press Service
The recent escalation in Iranian threats to blockade oil shipments and attack U.S. Navy vessels are meant to push up the price of oil and divert domestic opinion from an economic crisis but are not likely to lead to a war in the Persian Gulf, in the view of Iran experts.
IRAN: Obama Seeks to Distance U.S. from Israeli Attack
- Inter Press Service
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are engaged in intense maneuvering over Netanyahu's aim of entangling the United States in an Israeli war against Iran.
BOOKS: U.S., Iran Both Squandered Opportunities for Détente
- Inter Press Service
Veteran observers of U.S.-Iran relations know better than to be optimistic about the chances for reconciliation between the two countries. It has long been the pattern - indeed the curse - that when one side was ready to engage, the other was not.
Mass Tragedy Feared as Closure of MEK Camp Looms
- Inter Press Service
The Barack Obama administration and the United Nations are struggling to convince the leadership of the Mujaheddin-e Khalq (MEK), an Iranian opposition group with cult-like characteristics, to vacate a camp in Iraq and allow residents to move to another location in the country or risk the lives of as many as 3,200 people.
How Maliki and Iran Outsmarted the U.S. on Troop Withdrawal
- Inter Press Service
Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's suggestion that the end of the U.S. troop presence in Iraq is part of a U.S. military success story ignores the fact that the George W. Bush administration and the U.S. military had planned to maintain a semi-permanent military presence in Iraq.
Iran Hedges Its Bets on Syria
- Inter Press Service
Iran is courting the opposition to Syrian President Bashar al- Assad, seeking to maintain a crucial alliance in the event that Assad falls.
U.S.: Former Top Aide Offers Insight on Mideast and Iran
- Inter Press Service
In his first public address since departing from the White House, Dennis Ross, former top Middle East aide to U.S. President Barack Obama, called for increased sanctions on Iran, a careful approach to new Arab regimes and a low-key approach to Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
U.S.: New Republican Front-runner Roils Mideast Waters
- Inter Press Service
Newt Gingrich has a well-documented reputation for bomb throwing, but his latest assertions about Palestinians threaten to blow at least two decades of U.S. Middle East diplomacy to pieces.
U.S.: Military Option Recedes Amid Tug-of-War Over Iran Policy
- Inter Press Service
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, said Friday that he believes that sanctions and diplomacy are the right strategy to deal with Iran's nuclear programme and that the United States 'is doing everything we can to accomplish the stated objective without resorting to military force'.
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