LAST SUNDAY, Iran hanged five Kurdish dissidents, including a 28-year-old woman, who said they had been tortured into confessing to charges of terrorism. On Monday

THE OBAMA administration has chosen to support international negotiations with Iran next month in spite of Tehran’s that it will not discuss its nuclear program.

DEBATES IN Washington about Hugo Chávez often end with the dismissive conclusion that the Venezuelan strongman poses no threat to the United States. If that’s

SEPTEMBER WILL be a crucial month for the Obama administration’s efforts to rein in Iran’s nuclear program. President Obama has said that Iran must respond