Posts Tagged ‘Iran’
By Dylan Matthews - Oct 14th, 2008 at 10:51 am
It looks like the 2009 Iranian presidential race could get very, very interesting:
TEHRAN — Former President Mohammad Khatami, a moderate under pressure by political…
Tags: foreign policy, international, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Middle East, Mohammad Khatami, politics
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By Jesse Singal - Oct 8th, 2008 at 10:56 am
This was one of the dumbest questions I’ve ever heard asked during a debate:
If, despite your best diplomatic efforts, Iran attacks Israel, would you…
Tags: Barack Obama, debate, foreign policy, international, Iran, Israel, John McCain
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By Ned Resnikoff - Oct 3rd, 2008 at 2:20 pm
When I first heard someone say that we needed to stop Iran from being responsible for a “second Holocaust,” I thought it was an error…
Tags: foreign policy, Iran, John McCain, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, national security, right-wing punditry, Sarah Palin, war on terror
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By Dylan Matthews - Oct 1st, 2008 at 10:59 am
Los Angeles Times media critic Tim Rutten wants you to know that he’s very, very disappointed in your lack of moral seriousness:
[Islamist radicals] mean…
Tags: Ayatollah Khamenei, foreign policy, international, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Middle East, nonproliferation, terrorism
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By Masoud Shafaee - Jul 10th, 2008 at 8:41 am
After singing “Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran” to the tune of “Barbara Ann,” joking about “beating [his] wife,” and stating that he “hates Gooks”…
Tags: 2008 presidential election, foreign policy, Iran, John McCain, Middle East, national security
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By Masoud Shafaee - Jul 2nd, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Following yesterday’s statement of a top adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that Iran should be careful to not make “provocative remarks” over…
Tags: breaking news, foreign policy, Iran, Israel, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Middle East, national security
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By Masoud Shafaee - Jul 1st, 2008 at 10:08 am
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The United Kingdom is setting a dangerous and irresponsible precedent by lifting a “terrorist” ban on the exiled Iranian opposition group Mujahedin-e…
Tags: Al Qaeda, Britain, international, Iran, Iraq, MEK, national security, Seymour Hersh, terrorism, war in Iraq
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By Bradley Portnoy - Jun 27th, 2008 at 10:00 am
When one considers the differences in gay rights between the United States and the United Kingdom, a country I’ve come to know well over the…
Tags: Britain, human rights, international, Iran, Jacqui Smith, LGBT
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By Masoud Shafaee - Jun 16th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
With the price of oil having risen by 40 percent to $139 a barrel since the start of the year (an all-time high), any talk…
Tags: economy, energy, foreign policy, international, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, national security, neoconservatism, politics, war in Iraq
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By Matt Zeitlin - Jun 3rd, 2008 at 10:00 am
John McCain gave a big speech to AIPAC yesterday in which he mostly talked about how great a threat Iran poses to Israel and the…
Tags: 2008 presidential election, foreign policy, international, Iran, Israel, John McCain, national security, politics
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