Global IssuesIran's Relations With Latin America Less Than Meets The Eye
Friday, January 13, 2012
Its economy hurting from sanctions imposed by the United States and Europe, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been making a show of bolstering its ties to Latin America, with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad this past week making his sixth official visit to the region since taking office in 2005.
Price Hikes, Sliding Currency Rattle Iranian Consumers
Friday, January 13, 2012
Massive uncertainty, severe sanctions on its economy and a diminishing supply of hard currency have sent the Iranian currency, the rial, into a tailspin that appears unlikely to stabilise anytime soon.
Clinton Revives Dubious Charge Of 'covert' Iranian Nuclear Site
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's charge Tuesday that Iran had intended to keep the Fordow site secret until it was revealed by Western intelligence revived a claim the Barack Obama administration made in September 2009.
Iran: Elections Playbook Starts With Crackdown on Critics
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Less than two months before Iran's parliamentary elections, as much of the opposition mounts a boycott of the polls, a new wave of arrests and lengthy prison sentences for political activists and journalists appears to herald a renewed crackdown in the Iranian capital.
U.S.: Anti-Neo-Con Candidate Getting Serious Look
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who 24 years ago performed dismally as the standard-bearer of the Libertarian Party, has begun making waves in the 2012 presidential campaign, to the extreme discomfort of neo-conservatives and aggressive nationalists who dominate the foreign policy rosters of most of his Republican rivals.
US-Iran: War of Words Calculated to Avoid Actual Conflict
Wednesday, January 04, 2012
The recent escalation in Iranian threats to blockade oil shipments and attack U.S. Navy vessels are meant to push up the price of oil and divert domestic opinion from an economic crisis but are not likely to lead to a war in the Persian Gulf, in the view of Iran experts.
Iran: Obama Seeks to Distance U.S. from Israeli Attack
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are engaged in intense maneuvering over Netanyahu's aim of entangling the United States in an Israeli war against Iran.
Books: U.S., Iran Both Squandered Opportunities for Détente
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Veteran observers of U.S.-Iran relations know better than to be optimistic about the chances for reconciliation between the two countries. It has long been the pattern - indeed the curse - that when one side was ready to engage, the other was not.
Mass Tragedy Feared As Closure Of Mek Camp Looms
Monday, December 19, 2011
The Barack Obama administration and the United Nations are struggling to convince the leadership of the Mujaheddin-e Khalq (MEK), an Iranian opposition group with cult-like characteristics, to vacate a camp in Iraq and allow residents to move to another location in the country or risk the lives of as many as 3,200 people.
How Maliki And Iran Outsmarted The U.S. On Troop Withdrawal
Friday, December 16, 2011
Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's suggestion that the end of the U.S. troop presence in Iraq is part of a U.S. military success story ignores the fact that the George W. Bush administration and the U.S. military had planned to maintain a semi-permanent military presence in Iraq.
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