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Israel’s Quiet War with Iran

by Derek Bolton | Nov 22, 2011

The release of November’s IAEA report sighting “credible” evidence of Iranian efforts to develop nuclear weapons has largely played into the hands of the Israeli Ministry of Defense. As Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has sought to muster support for unilateral military strikes against Iran, many have surmised that Israeli military intervention may be imminent. However, this fails to account for the fact that Israel, through its intelligence wing the Mossad, has already been engaged in a covert war against Iran’s nuclear program for almost a decade. The only change in recent months is that this ongoing campaign has slowly become more overt.

M.O.P. vs. Qom: Irresistible Force Meets Immoveable Object

by Russ Wellen | Nov 21, 2011

While Iran digs deeper to protect its uranium enrichment facilities, the United States develops ever larger bombs to destroy them.

Is Iran Iraq All Over Again?

by Peter Hart | Nov 21, 2011

For at least the past two decades, political leaders in the United States and Israel have warned that Iran was on the threshold of building a nuclear weapon. From what we’ve been hearing lately from the media, ‘Iran is once again…still on that threshold.

Israel’s Pickle: Iran (Part 2)

by Ibrahim Kazerooni , Rob Prince | Nov 16, 2011

If Iran builds nuclear weapons, Israel might have to project a new image of itself as a careful and composed actor as opposed to the “crazy when furious” reputation that the Israel Defense Forces have cultivated.

The Iranian Dilemma: Israel (Part 1)

by Ibrahim Kazerooni , Rob Prince | Nov 15, 2011

The alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi consul and the recent IAEA report on its nuclear program are the first two acts in the latest campaign to soften the West up for an attack on Iran.

U.S. Sends a Message to Iran With Arms Sales to Gulf States

by Paul Mutter | Nov 14, 2011

In 2010, the U.S. made its largest single arms sale ever: $60 billion worth to Saudi Arabia.

Do Iran’s Objections to the IAEA Report Deserve Consideration?

by V. Noah Gimbel | Nov 13, 2011

The mainstream media fails to provide the public with the evidence used to support the IAEA’s latest report about Iran’s nuclear program.

Iran Threat Reduction Act Actually Enhances Threat of War

by Stephen Zunes | Nov 12, 2011

The march to war with Iran appears to have the support of more than 40 members of the Progressive Caucus who are co-sponsoring the bill.

This Is Not What Containment Looks Like

by Paul Mutter | Nov 9, 2011

“To strengthen Iran sanctions laws for the purpose of compelling Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities, and for other purposes,” begins HR1905, the so-called “Iran Threat Reduction Act” advanced by the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee this week. The resolution, put forward by the chairwoman of the committee, Florida Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, has 349 co-signers, more than enough to pass a House vote. It will increase sanctions on Iran and limit U.S. contact with Iranian officials, and pressure to enact it will be strengthened by the release of a November IAEA report asserting that Iran has been secretly developing nuclear weapons (and a delivery system for them) since 2003.

Iran: Here We Go . . .

by Peter Certo | Nov 9, 2011

While neoconservative commentators were declaring that diplomacy doesn’t work with Iran, members of Congress were setting about ensuring that it wouldn’t.