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…s not about to make irreversible decisions in exchange for six months of relief. The White House is thus stuck between Tehran and Capitol Hill. And it can't live long with the current stalemate. After all, Obama has said that "containment" is not an option. He is hoping that the...

than Iran. By engaging the regime in Tehran

Tehran or Timbuktu? I doubt any healthy human adult would debate this. What can be debated

Tehran was a rapidly evolving society that deceptively appeared to be crossing

Tehran's notorious red-light district was known as Shahr-e

a telling indication of Tehran's desire for a

for it to swing into Tehran's orbit. And

…and June each ended in failure. Washington went into those talks thinking they were going to succeed on the theory that Tehran desperately wants relief from the supposedly crippling pressure of economic sanctions. Why does the Ayatollah keep saying no? The conventional wisdom is...

…abroad and an operational tempo — nine overseas plots uncovered in nine months — that carries a whiff of desperation. A Tehran government long branded by U.S. officials as the globe’s leading exporter of terrorism may be cornering the market on haplessness. Within Iran’s own bor...

…cides, slavery and other obvious manifestations of racism and discrimination. The final preparatory session was held in Tehran. All Israelis and all Jewish NGO’s were excluded. According to Irwin Cotler, the former Attorney General of Canada, who attended the conference, the air...

… should be. The nuclear bogeyman obsession has been a distraction from the need to try to tease out a relationship with Tehran, see Iran as it is. Only the most flimsy efforts have been made, insufficient to test the waters. Those waters are troubled. The Islamic Republic has no...

… implementation protocols of the Iranian government, how the Iranian people and military would react to an attack, what Tehran would ask its allies and proxies to do, and what in fact they will do. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018104

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… is likely. Yet Iranian bullying and influence-peddling is going on all the time, and if Iraq can't defend its borders, Tehran will have an extra element of coercive leverage. Under these circumstances, leaving Iraq entirely would be an act of folly. We are still in Kosovo, Sout...

but Iran’s efforts to destabilize its neighbors are tireless. As Riyadh fights a cold war with Tehran