Renowned torture enthusiast and perennial Israel apologist Alan Dershowitz was in Tel Aviv this month attending an annual business conference sponsored by Globes and, as usual, took the opportunity to equivocate…
A few days ago, I revisited a lecture given by Fred Halliday, FBA, an intellectual giant among scholars of Middle East and Cold War history, at the London School of…
With the war drums on Iran sounding again and the Arab Revolts following an arduous path, the question of a sustainable perspective for a conflict-ridden region remains to be dealt…
I felt quite uneasy when our man in Tehran, Dominick Chilcott, said the attack on the British Embassy was state-supported. What doesn’t he understand about people power? Surely, he should…
I did not catch as much of this forum as I would have liked, but if what I saw was indicative of the whole affair, then it was mainly a…
You may fool some people some of the time, counseled Abraham Lincoln, but not all the people all the time. The earthy wisdom of the US president credited with uniting…
Unbelievable ignorant warmongering from the Republican presidential candidates. Calls for war with Iran, encouraging murdering Iranian scientists, calling for torturing prisoners, openly lauding taxpayer subsidies to the military industrial complex,…
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) released its latest periodic report on Iran’s nuclear program last Tuesday after weeks of mainstream Western media fanfare around it. Wide debates have been…
How many times have we heard in recent weeks either outright threats to attack Iran, mainly emanating from Israel, or the more muted posture adopted by the United States that…
In the wake of the much-heralded FBI sting that supposedly foiled a dastardly plot by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard elite Qods Force – involving a bumbling, failed used-car salesman’s botched attempt…
“Throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.” — Barack Obama, 44th President of USA THE year 1979 holds special importance.…
The U.S. has alleged that Iran plotted to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Iran has denied the allegation and stated that the assassination attempt is a “propaganda” generated…
A great deal of time in my adolescent years was spent with my father’s books. I was introduced to some of the finest names in Urdu and Western literature in my…
In June 2009, the Saban Center for Middle East Policy published “Which Path to Persia?—Options for a New American Strategy toward Iran.” Writing in a tone strikingly reminiscent of the…
Despite its evidently make-believe facade, the cooked-up story of the Saudi envoy assassination plot does not seem to be something which can be easily banished from the minds of the…
The war is not over yet in Libya after the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, and the Obama administration has turned its attention to Iran. Attorney General Eric Holder’s announcement of…
News wires are abuzz with the extraordinary allegation of an Iranian “plot to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the US”. In yet another bizarre twist, according to Haaretz, a few months…
The Guinness Book of World Records is being challenged with the efforts of a determined Iranian journalist. A new rival is slated to take the place of Guinness World Records…
BEIRUT — For westerners, and particularly Americans, who have watched Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad up fairly close as he delivers speeches in the US and elsewhere, including during last year’s…
On 12 September Iran brought its first nuclear power plant in Bushehr online, connecting it to the country’s electrical grid. Iranian officials at the opening ceremony said that the 1,000…