Archive - 2008

Will Obama continue Iran-Iraq Dual Containment?

Richard Haass and Martin Indyk's article of Dec 3, 2008 on this site scares me! >>>

Can you help?

Anything you can do to help would be appreciated. >>>

pictory:(FOR REFERENDUM BASHERS) Women Punched in Face by Revolutionaries

Old Iranian Woman deemed anti Revolutionary punched in the face by revolutionaries and dragged into the street. (Photo by Abbas, Tehran 1979)  >>>

pictory: Reza Pahlavi and Jimmy Carter (1977)

Crown Prince of Iran Reza Pahlavi and US President Jimmy Carter, Oval Office Washington D.C. (circa 1977) >>>

Video: Ash-e Reshteh in cold mountains

Eating Ash-e Reshteh in cold mountains of Mazandaran Province >>>

Give and take

Change often occurs at a faster pace than people can comprehend. That is certainly the case with the quickly shifting political realities in Washington on Iran. In less than 50 days, America will be led by a president who made dialogue with Tehran a campaign promise--and yet he won. Perhaps even more surprising, one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington failed--in the middle of an election year--to convince the US Congress to pass a resolution calling for a naval blockade of Iran, even though the resolution had more than 250 co-sponsors. The debate in Washington is no longer whether to negotiate with Iran, but how, when and in what sequence such negotiations should take place. This, however, does not mean that talks will occur or that they will succeed>>>