LETTER to the NYTimes: The IAEA Report on Iran
Summary: Iran is committed to its obligations under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. In principle, Iran refuses to abide by illegal and coercive pressures or threats that seek to deprive Iran of...
View ArticleBahrain speaks out against war on Iran
Summary: Bahrain's security would be threatened if international tensions over Iran flared into war and the kingdom wanted to be consulted so that could be prevented, a top official said on...
View ArticleLetter: US Terrorism and British Law
Summary: There is a word for "covert activities" including the "authorisation of lethal force" with the aim of "trying to undermine the government" of a sovereign state - it is 'terrorism'. At least...
View ArticleBush could still attack Iran
Summary: This week the US Congress is debating two non-binding resolutions which, if passed, will greatly increase the likelihood of military intervention against Iran. They call on the US president to...
View ArticleSaeed Jalili open letter to Javier Solana
Summary: His Excellency Dr. Solana, High Representative for the Common Foreign And Security Policy/ Secretary General of the European Union and Representative of Six Countries. source: The Frontier...
View ArticleComments overstate Iran threat
Summary: The Foundation for Defense of Democracies has pushed for warrantless domestic surveillance of Americans and war with Iraq, Iran and Syria. The Heritage Foundation is an influential...
View ArticleThe only option for Iran
Summary: Gordon BrownIn his recent speech on disarmament, Prime Minister Gordon Brown missed an opportunity to raise the issue of a Middle East nuclear-free zone and the importance of bringing even a...
View ArticleLetter to Barack Hossein Obama: re. H R 2194 and S 2799
Summary: I urge you to use your veto power to stop these bills from becoming legislation. To embargo gasoline is tantamount to declaration of war against Iran. This is a grave error which will cause...
View ArticleDon't attack Iran (response letters to NYT/IHT)
Summary: Nuclear powers bear most of the responsibility for the failures of the international nonproliferation regime. They can hardly claim the high moral ground or the political legitimacy to use...
View ArticleWhat Richard Cohen got wrong about my Iran views
Summary: BrzezinskiWhat I have said repeatedly is that an Israeli attack on Iran through U.S.-controlled airspace would make the United States complicit, and the United States would then become the...
View ArticleNew Nuclear Posture Review is deeply flawed
Summary: Shying away from a pledge of no first use, it in fact allows for certain contingencies in which nuclear weapons would be used in conventional theater. Second, it uses the threat of nuclear...
View ArticleKrauthammer dismisses alternatives to war with Iran
Summary: Neither facts nor nonmilitary alternatives deter Charles Krauthammer ("Iranian regime starts to feel the heat," Sunday) from pushing war with Iran. For instance, Krauthammer omits that the...
View ArticleWe can’t expect Iran not to defend itself
Summary: The editorial board also ignored the political and military realities in the area. For more than three decades, sanctions made Iran’s modernization of its armed forces exceedingly difficult....
View ArticleAn Open Letter To Congressman Rohrabacher For Praising The Recent ISIS Attack...
Summary: You are a public figure, so tell me how I should explain your words to my teenage daughters? The America and the Americans I know do not celebrate the death of innocent civilians. That sir, is...
View ArticleShutting doors on study in Iran is not the answer
Summary: As an Iranian American academic who has conducted research in Iran since 1992, I completely disagree with Matt Trevithick’s July 21 op-ed, “American colleges should stop sending students to...
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