Iran

This week, I’ll be writing a series on Groundswell covering some of the many reasons why we must ramp up our efforts to oppose sanctions. Click here to read Reason #1: They won’t work. Yesterday [...]

Since the disputed Iranian presidential election, the idea of passing sanctions to stop gas imports to Iran has been gaining momentum. The Obama administration has not yet had the opportunity to [...]

Once again, a US intelligence agency has offered a measured assessment of Iran’s nuclear capability, in direct contradiction to the fear mongers who want us to think Iran will launch a nuclear [...]

Here is another update on the situation in Tehran from my contact there, whom I quoted earlier this week: It’s 1:00 am I am just coming from outside. The streets was full of people. (only [...]

Since I returned from Iran, I have done a number of media appearances talking about my trip, the Iranian election, and the need for diplomacy with Iran as opposed to sanctions and other harsh [...]

As the unrest in Iran has continued, I have been in regular communication with friends and acquaintances there about the election’s outcome and the ensuing protests. I have asked them if I could [...]

Peace Action, the nation’s largest peace organization, made the following statement at a pro-democracy rally in front of the Iranian interests section in Washington, DC attended by nearly 1,000 [...]

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By now you surely have heard about the controversial results of Friday’s election in Iran. While polls in Iran are notoriously unreliable and the election results were considered hard to predict, [...]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t07d8QLIDK0&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fmy_videos_edit&feature=player_embedded] As you read this, Iranians have just finished voting in one [...]