Robert Dreyfuss, Tomdispatch.com. December 3, 2008. Think an attack is unlikely now? Ask key Obama cabinet figures why they're still palling around with neocon hardliners on Iran.
Laura Secor, The Nation. December 2, 2008. Many young Iranians risk run-ins with the morality police in the name of partying and sex. Is their revolt against sexual restrictions political?
Linda Milazzo, AlterNet. November 23, 2008. Citizen diplomats push hard to establish peaceful diplomacy with Iran. Let's hope Obama takes the same approach.
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. November 17, 2008. Obama's presidential victory softened Iran's opposition to the security deal -- an important sign that Tehran may be willing to work with the U.S.
Jonathan Steele, The Guardian. November 10, 2008. If Obama truly believes in diplomacy, he will use it to forge new, individual relationships with Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation AlterNet: War on Iraq. November 9, 2008. Everyone has an opinion on how Obama should respond to Ahmadinejad's post-election overture.
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. October 30, 2008. If standard U.S. military doctrine claims any country can be declared "criminal" and lose its sovereignty, the answer is yes.
Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. October 6, 2008. "We use phrases like 'victory.' We should be using phrases like 'justice for the people of the Middle East.'"
William O. Beeman, Foreign Policy in Focus. September 8, 2008. The United States may not have the international support it needs for an act of aggression against the theocratic state.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. August 21, 2008. You can assume that NBA teams won't be calling in Condoleezza Rice to help with negotiations.
Omid Memarian, IPS News. August 14, 2008. As the U.S keeps accusing Iran of arming Shiite militias, Iraqi officials are ignoring its claims in favor of diplomacy with neighboring governments.
Ahmed Ali, Dahr Jamail, IPS News. August 12, 2008. With temperatures sky-high and drought on its way, Iraqis in need of electricity are looking to Iran for relief.
Jim Lobe, IPS News. August 11, 2008. A major study produced for the U.S. Air Force by a top defense think tank concludes attacking Iran would be a disaster for the U.S.
Booman, Booman Tribune AlterNet: PEEK. August 8, 2008. Political change is afoot in Pakistan, but what does it mean for the U.S. and the War in Afghanistan?
Spencer Ackerman, Attackerman AlterNet: PEEK. July 30, 2008. "[It would be] good for the Jews, good for America, good for Israel, good for the Arabs, good for peace, good for the world."
Scott Ritter, Truthdig. July 30, 2008. Our taxpayer dollars are funding activities that result in Iranians being killed and wounded and Iranian property destroyed -- acts of war.
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. July 28, 2008. With Iraq's internal politics a ticking time bomb -- and Iran wielding its influence -- neither John McCain nor Barack Obama have a realistic plan.
Jan McGirk, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. July 25, 2008. "The rally organized by the local 'Israel for Obama' supporters was brief. There was no time to tell if Obama was charismatic or jet-lagged."
Emily Wilson, AlterNet. July 25, 2008. Veteran journalist Robert Scheer on the media's complicity in war, the rise of the neocons and how even Nixon got some things right.