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…dministration must clarify internally when it would take military steps, and these intentions must be made clear to the Iranians. In the same vein, the military option requires a credible negotiating complement, as seen in the early 1990s with Iraq. To legitimize military action...

…aid. Fashi was executed in May 2012. About the same time, Iran’s intelligence minister announced the arrest of 14 more Iranians, eight men and six women dubbed members of the “Terror Club” in the subsequent_prime- time broadcast of that name. Filmed in shadow, and rich in atmosp...

…ing”. Fordow is estimated to be 80-90 meters below grade, and is suspected of being ready for uranium enrichment. The Iranians reportedly have ~80 kg of 20% enriched uranium (UF6), and need 25 kg more to convert it into enough uranium metal (UF4) for a nuclear bomb. The most p...

…bors has the confidence to replace state security with a smart card. Not Saudi Arabia, not Iran, not Israel. Saudis and Iranians, especially, find a refreshing dignity in Dubai, a respect for their ability to make the right choice. "Friday you can pray, but Thursday night you mig...

… alternately as a tool of suppression, inducement, and incitement. In the summer of 2009, when hundreds of thousands of Iranians took to the streets to protest Ahmadinejad's reelection, many protesters were brutally beaten by the Basij militia, gangs of young regime thugs on moto...

…ng concern about Hagel’s previous comments. “Time really is running out. For diplomacy to have a chance of success, the Iranians need to understand that if diplomacy fails, force is going to be the result. We still have a HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029820

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…s. "For Islamic Republic officials, the hijab has vast symbolic importance; it is what holds up the dam, keeping all of Iranians’ other demands for social freedoms at bay," says Azadeh Moaveni, an Iranian-American author. "Relax on the hijab, they think, and all hell will break l...

…spices of Barazani, and to date they have made no contacts with any of the Arab countries neighboring Iraq, or with the Iranians. Last October, Barazani's name graced a deal, known as the Irbil Agreement, where all parties agreed to form a national partnership government. Under t...

but it needs to redefine the conflict. The Iranians and Hezbollah are among those most concerned with the fall of the Syrian regime. Syria has been Iran's one significant ally

…ors has the confidence to replace state security with a smart card. Not Saudi Arabia, not Iran, not Israel. Saudis and Iranians, especially, find a refreshing dignity in Dubai, a respect for their ability to make the right choice. "Friday you can pray, but Thursday night you mig...

…ons, skepticism is more than justified. But the arrests appear to be solid. One intelligence official said the captured Iranians provided “support and logistics” to the Mossad operatives who carried out the assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists. At least four scientists w...

…ypotheticals at the intersection of Islamic law and sexuality. One of his most outlandish scenarios -- still mocked by Iranians three decades later -- went like this: Imagine you are a young man sleeping in your bedroom. In the bedroom directly below, your aunt lies asleep. Now...

…There is little tradition of private philanthropic funding for NGOs, and even if there were, few wealthy Rus- sians or Iranians would risk reprisal from the authori- ties by donating to regime critics. Consequently, orga- nizations that lose access to foreign funding typically h...

…for this will be a nearly fatal political cost. Do you really want to rely on French computers? Wear Indian bikinis? Do Iranians want to rely on Iranian cyber-security tools alone? It is ever-easier for citizens of nations sliced free from vital networks to feel what they don’t h...