The Obama Administration's attempts to characterize Iran's civilian nuclear program as simultaneously a grave threat and something which officials have well in hand has had the nasty side effect of sending enormously mixed signals to the international community over...
In a speech at the United Nations Security Council, American Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice tying long-term commitments in Iraq to hostilities with the Iranian government, and said that the Obama Administration "will seek an end to Iran's ambition to...
Despite the attention being paid to claims that Iran has enough uranium to hypothetically build a nuclear weapon, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says that Iran is "not there yet" as far as the capability of making weapons is concerned. Iran has enriched...
Much hay was made late last week over the allegation that the Iranian government had underreported the amount of urnaium it had enriched through November. The White House accused Iran of reneging on its international obligations, and called the nation an "urgent...
Fresh off the charge that Iran had understated the amount of uranium it had enriched, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said today that Iran 'continues to renege' on its international obligations and called the nation an "urgent problem that has to be...
Behind schedule and over-budget, the Bush Administration's missile defense shield in Eastern Europe was a source of tension with Russia and a multi-billion dollar black hole. It is unsurprising, then, that President Obama was so non-committal about following through...
It has been 15 months since the release of the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran which determined that the Iranian government had halted all efforts to create a nuclear weapon, and the outgoing chairman of the National Intelligence Council reaffirmed those...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared at today's Tehran rally marking the 30th anniversary of the Iranian revolution that the Iranian government is "ready" to talk to the United States "in a fair atmosphere with mutual respect." The United States and Iran...
In an interview today with Suddeutsche Zeitung, Iranian parliament speaker Larijani said that the Iranian government was "ready to talk without pre-conditions" with the United States, adding that he believes the nuclear issue is not unsolvable. However, Larijani says...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier today, and said that while "President Obama has signaled his intention to support tough and direct diplomacy with Iran," the US intends to punish the Iranian government if it...
