Iran

It’s been truly heartwarming to read your messages of peace to the Iranian people—they are thoughtful, intelligent, and kind. If you haven’t had a chance to listen to and read some of the [...]

President Obama has taken promising steps toward improving US relations with Iran, from agreeing to participate in six party talks to recording a video message to Iranians on Persian New Year. I [...]

Following President Obama’s historic April 5th speech from Prague in which he outlined how taking steps toward a nuclear weapons free world would make America safer and committed the US to [...]

On January 6, 2008 a group of Iranian speedboats aggressively approached US naval ships in the Strait of Hormuz. One US ship was reportedly on the verge of shooting at the speedboats before they [...]

Since taking office in January, President Obama has taken some important steps in reorienting US foreign policy, from agreeing to participate in group talks with Iran to giving a major speech [...]

In a series of unprecedented moves, President Obama and Rep. Michael Honda used the occasion of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, to reach out to the people of Iran and convey that the US is [...]

No War With Iran Call to Action Barrack Obama supports direct talks with Iran and he has made many good overtures toward the country. Support direct talks with Iran and a more peaceful U.S. [...]

I’ve already written about the hyping of the threat from Iran’s nuclear program that has reached a fever pitch again after the release of the latest IAEA report. The messages around Iran’s [...]

Following up on my earlier post, Robert Dreyfuss offers this amusing exchange between reporters and State Department spokesperson Robert Wood about Ross' responsibilities and why they are [...]

The State Department announced late yesterday that Dennis Ross will serve as the “Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for the Gulf and Southwest Asia.”  According to the State Department’s [...]