After reading the article titled ‘’ by NIAC’s Reza Marashi who identifies himself as a former Iran desk officer at the U.S. State Department, I

What is occurring in the streets of Tehran is greatly misinterpreted by many in the West some of whom still recall similar images of unrest

An article titled ‘Iran’s missiles not an existential threat, study says’ published in Haaretz yesterday is a Cliffs Notes guide for anyone trying to understand

Ambassador Chas Freeman who announced earlier today that he is no longer considering the offer to chair the National Intelligence Council, in a statement published

Below was author’s response to a mailing received from National Iranian American Council to all its members on successful initiatives taken in 2008: Dear friends

I was encouraged by the title of Trita Parsi’s latest commentary ‘Why diplomacy and sanctions don’t mix’ only to be disappointed by the narrative which

Following article written by with phone calls, faxes and emails. Do it before it is too late. Remember the Government Motto: If you think the

Let’s face it; Iran has a major public relations problem when it comes to its perceived image around the world particularly here in the west.

Earlier today, American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart [1] for stationing a Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system in Poland. The so-called

On a report aired on NPR yesterday, Ivan Watson asked a Russian officer in charge of the soldiers guarding the entrance to the town of

واژه نامه فرهنگ، تحريم را ” تحميل محدوديتهاى تجارى و مالى يک کشور بر روى کشورى ديگر به دلايل سياسى” معرفى ميکند. عملى که استفاده

The dictionary defines ‘sanctions’ as “restrictions upon trade and financial dealings that a country imposes upon another for political reasons”– A practice that in recent

That was the question posed in the latest Pew Research Center national public opinion survey and the results were dubbed as the most pessimistic assessment

In a Haaretz interview published today and titled “?” Patrick Clawson seems to weigh the possible outcome scenarios of a hostile attack on Iran in

These are the words that appear at the top of a web page by an individual who has been writing under the assumed name of

President Bush marked the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq with a speech at the Pentagon [1] claiming that “The world is better,

Trita Parsi begins his 2/27/08 opinion piece in the Inquirer titled ‘Negotiating with Iran without Betraying Human Rights’ by slapping the wrist of the current

Online petitions are fine for venting frustrations but in practice, even a million notes on a computer screen do not amount to anything for the

Reuel Marc Gerecht’s opinion piece in the New York Times yesterday titled ‘Attack Iran, With Words’ advocating diplomacy with Iran may have taken some readers

Hollywood’s cinematic assault on Persian history in the movie ‘300’ offended many Iranians even before the movie had officially opened in theaters. But as in

Iran’s release of the video taken on the morning of Sunday January 6th in the Strait of Hormuz, clearly debunks Pentagon’s hype of depicting a

Many have been quick to characterize Monday’s National Intelligence Estimate report on Iran’s nuclear program as a long overdue “Honest Intel” that will suck the

One can not argue with [1] that nuclear energy is the absolute right of every nation and that all nations including Iran and the US

Some people still don’t believe that all the implied threats to use force against Iran is anything more than political saber rattling. Perhaps the same

United States decision to impose another round of unilateral sanctions for what Secretary Rice described as “threatening behavior by Iran” is yet another example of