An Independent Assessment
by Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield, Jr
Auguest 16, 2011
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Mujahedin-e-Khalgh: The Search for Ground Truth about its Activities and Nature
November 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment
EU adopts restrictive measures following the foiled plot to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the US
October 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
EUROPEAN UNION Brussels
21 October 2011
A 422/11
Statement by High Representative Catherine Ashton
on the adoption of restrictive measures following the foiled plot to
assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the US
Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and
Vice-President of the Commission, made today the following statement:
“Gravely concerned by allegations and charges brought [...]
Iraqi Security Forces Attack Camp Ashraf, April 08, 2011
April 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Iranian Dissidents Attacked in Iraq, 35 Killed, Hundreds Wounded – Watch Video
Ros-Lehtinen, Berman Condemn Violence against Camp Ashraf Residents
April 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE NEWS
Friday, April 08, 2011
(WASHINGTON) – U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following joint statement condemning reports of violence against residents of Camp Ashraf in Iraq:
“In light of new [...]
‘Iran talks should last 12 weeks max’
December 18, 2010 By Leave a Comment
By: Herb Keinon
The Jerusalem Post
The US should consider making concessions to Russia on the placement of a missile-defense shield in Europe, in order to get Moscow to back “crippling” concessions against Iran if the time comes, a leading US congressman said Thursday.
Howard Berman, the powerful Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said in [...]
So, Who Won the War in Iraq? Iran
August 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Mohamad Bazzi, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, CFR
August 30, 2010
GlobalPost
BEIRUT, Lebanon — In February 2003, as he marshaled the United States for war, President George W. Bush declared: “A new regime in Iraq would serve as a dramatic and inspiring example of freedom for other nations in the region.”
Now, as the U.S. military [...]
Court orders State Department to review ruling on alleged terror group
July 16, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Washington Post
By Glenn Kessler
A federal appeals court on Friday ordered the State Department to review its designation of the People’s Mujahedin Organization of Iran as a foreign terrorist organization, strongly suggesting the designation should be revoked.
The ruling by the three-judge panel hands yet another foreign-policy hot potato to the Obama administration. The PMOI, also [...]
Tehran’s Strategic Defeat in Iraq
April 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Huffington Post
Alireza Jafarzadeh
Author, The Iran Threat
Posted: April 6, 2010
The March 7 parliamentary elections have heralded a new era for Iraq, pushing aside the incumbent Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki and officials with ties to Iran while opening way for a new slate of politicians hoping to mend serious sectarian divides. But, as a U.S. military official [...]
To only say Iranian nukes are unacceptable is to accept them
March 28, 2010 By 1 Comment
The Washington Post
By William Kristol
Sunday, March 28, 2010; A15
In March 1936, Hitler occupied the Rhineland. The French prime minister, Leon Blum, denounced the act as “unacceptable.” But France, Britain and the rest of the world accepted it. Years later, the French political thinker Raymond Aron commented, “To say that something is unacceptable was to [...]
Enough Is Enough
January 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Why we can no longer remain on the sidelines in the struggle for regime change in Iran.
by Richard N. Haass
January 21, 2010 7:0 PM EST
Two schools of thought have traditionally competed to determine how America should approach the world. Realists believe we should care most about what states do beyond their borders—that influencing their foreign [...]
