William Hague: Stop Iran’s nuclear weapons while we still canThe Iran government is in trouble and the threat of violence looms further than just its own citizens if their nuclear programme is pursued. Time for sanctions and diplomacy, writes UK shadow foreign secretary William Hague.
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The second Iranian revolution?
Iran is moving from election protests into a full scale civil disobedience campaign, and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameni to blame, says Meir Javedanfar. Can Khameni save his regime or is its demise inevitable?
From the revolution to election rebellion: a history of student protests in Iran
An Iranian student looks back the vibrant history of student protests in Iran. Although today’s pulsating Iranian youth movement faces a unique set of challenges, it has the potential to change the country’s politics.
Why the West should stop worrying about Iran’s nukes
The West’s obsession with Iran’s nuclear ambitions is playing right into Ahmadinejad’s hands, says a former UN official. If we really want to help Iranians’ struggle for democracy, we need to forget about sanctions and get creative.
Montazeri: Iran’s bravest cleric
The New Republic pays tribute to the recently deceased Ayatollah Hosseinali Montazeri, Iran’s highest-ranking Shiite cleric and one of the Ayatollah Khomeini’s most vocal critics.
Nuclear weapons, war and China: the biggest problems of the year ahead
2010 is already shaping up to be a troublesome year in world politics, writes Daniel Flitton. Think the threat of nuclear weapons in Iran, the US military messes of Iraq and Afghanistan and the burgeoning power of China.
leaked Iran has its finger on the nuclear trigger
Secret documents obtained by the Times reveal Iran is working on a “a neutron initiator” — the final key component of a nuclear bomb that triggers an explosion.
Iran’s radical street revolution is back
Iranian students are back out on the streets demonstrating, in the biggest wave of protests since the disputed June elections. But the movement is shifting from against Ahmadinejad to wider Iranian political complaints.
Meet Pakistan’s other insurgents
A day in the life of the Baloch guerrillas, a rebel group from the former Balochistan, an area now divided between Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan — and rich in uranium, gold, oil, and gas — which they’re fighting to reclaim. Good luck with that.
Ahmadinejad hates press freedom… but loves blogging
Online journalists in Iran are regularly jailed and shut down for speaking out against the government, even though the country’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is himself a prolific blogger. But the English an Farsi versions of his site tell two very different stories.
The case for a nuclear Iran
Gasp! Iran could be building “The Bomb”. Yep: just like Pakistan has bombs, Israel has bombs and North Korea has bombs. Does another one really matter? asks Aetius Romulous
revealed UN secretly negotiating with Iran to lift nuclear sanctions
Documents leaked to the Times reveal the United Nations has been negotiating with Iranian officials to lift the country’s nuclear sanctions, allowing it to retain most of its nuclear program, in return for co-operation with UN inspectors.
Iran: stay and fight or leave and live?
With the protests surrounding the Iranian elections, it raises a difficult question for young Iranians, writes Gabby Haynes, fight or flee? With an estimated 150,000 Iranians leaving every year, how can change come about if no one fights for it?
Is the UN helping Iran launder money?
Iran may be using a UN agency, intended to facilitate financial payments between Asian countries, to route billions of dollars offshore and circumvent American sanctions, a former US Treasury official alleges.
Why is Iran secretly shipping 500 tons of arms to Hezbollah?
Israel has intercepted an Iranian ship headed to Syria with a 500-ton haul of weapons for Hezbollah. It’s not good luck for a country already in deep water over its covert nuclear plans.
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Iran steps up uranium production
Satellite images obtained by Bloomberg show Iran has increased its production of uranium, according to nuclear analysts. The country now has enough to build two atomic bombs a year. It this further evidence of a covert nuclear weapons program?
Iran’s opposition protests return: a live blog
Iranian opposition protesters are again taking to the streets, as officials mark the 30th anniversary of the US embassy in Tehran being taken hostage. Protesters are being reportedly beaten, injured and arrested. The Guardian live blogs the uprising.
False praise for that lunatic and bastard Bob Plasto
Filmmakers Leonard Lee and David Millikan recall what it was like working with the late Bob Plasto. Perhaps not as glowing as other reviews of the filmmaker.
Iran and Israel’s secret nuclear meeting
Are Israel and Iran finally restoring diplomatic relations? The Israel Atomic Energy Commission says the two countries have met to discuss nuclear non-proliferation in the Middle East, but Iran says it never happened.
Founder of Human Rights Watch slams its Middle East strategy
Human Rights Watch founder Robert L. Bernstein has come out with a surprise attack against his former NGO, accusing them of completely ignoring other oppressed Middle East countries in favour of blasting Israel continuously.
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Obama’s secret deal with Iran
Iranian nuclear experts and world powers met today to negotiate the future of the country’s uranium stockpiles. But Barack Obama has been personally wheeling and dealing secretly with Iran for four months now, TIME reveals.
Interview with Iranian blogger: stuff nuclear weapons, what about people’s lives?
Prolific Iranian blogger Mojtaba Saminejad updates the NY Times on the anger still bubbling inside Iran and why sanctions for nuclear weapons misses the human rights issues.
Journalists flee Iran — and they’re the lucky ones
Iranian journalists who reported on the country’s post-election riots are now fleeing the country en masse after being “intimidated and terrorized” by the government — and they’re the lucky ones: some are still being held prisoner.
What if Israel just bombed Iran’s nuclear program into oblivion?
Well, here’s one way to end Iran’s nuclear ambitions: send Israel in to bomb the sh*t out of the country’s nuclear sites. Would it actually work? Or is it all more trouble than its worth? CSM explores an interesting proposition.
America and Israel take a leak on Russia and Iran
