Date

OBAMA

Break the silence

U.S. needs to swiftly reinvigorate its human rights approach to Iran

by Dokhi Fassihian & Trita Parsi
07-Dec-2009 (38 comments)
Frustration is growing among the Iranian people over the Obama administration's silence on human rights abuses in Iran. Condemnations of Tehran's abhorrent treatment of its people have been few and far between. But before nuclear diplomacy moves towards a premature ending, the Obama administration must act quickly to reinvigorate its human rights agenda. Failure to do so may cause any future focus on Iran's human rights violations to be viewed solely as a means to punish Tehran, rather than a strategic imperative worthy of pursuit in its own right>>>

16 AZAR

LOUD and CLEAR

Iranians are simply following their aspirations, nearly 150 years in the making

by Pirouz Azadi
07-Dec-2009 (4 comments)
This year’s massive demonstrations of university students are not only the capital but also in a dozen major cities, are being joined by the populace, including families, parents, grandparents as well as siblings, and have taken a new direction. The demonstrators are primarily chanting slogans against their own government and its figureheads including the “supreme leader”, and multitude of failing or ill conceived polices>>>

APPEASEMENT

Dangerous game

Obama’s noble vision blinds him towards the dangers of terrorist regimes

by Behshad Hastibakhsh
07-Dec-2009 (25 comments)
The United States needs to learn from the mistakes of its recent past and find pragmatic solutions to foreign policy challenges of our time. The ‘war against terror’ is an asymmetric struggle that requires new innovative strategies. This is nothing like the Vietnam, first and second Persian Gulf wars, or in fact any other conventional battlefield-based conflict. Hence, the Obama administration bears the moral responsibility to take existing and emerging threats from rogue regimes and organizations seriously.>>>