The Truth vs. Think Tankers Maloney & Takeyh
An op-ed published this week in The New York Times repeats a number of well-worn claims about...
Read MoreNima Shirazi is a political commentator from New York City and co-editor of the Iran, Iraq and Turkey pages for the online magazine Muftah. His analysis of United States policy and Middle East issues, particularly with reference to current events in Iran, Israel, and Palestine, can be found in numerous online and print publications, as well as his website, WideAsleepInAmerica.com.
Posted by Nima Shirazi | Jun 18, 2011 | Middle East, News & Analysis, US |
An op-ed published this week in The New York Times repeats a number of well-worn claims about...
Read MorePosted by Nima Shirazi | Jun 6, 2011 | Middle East, News & Analysis, US |
Iran Nuclear Scare Timeline Update XL: “Facts do not cease to exist because they are...
Read MorePosted by Nima Shirazi | May 28, 2011 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, US |
“Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits but according to who does them, and there is almost no kind of outrage — torture, the use of hostages, forced labour, mass deportations, imprisonment...
Read MorePosted by Nima Shirazi | Feb 4, 2011 | Middle East, Viewpoints |
Former British Prime Minister and current unpunished war criminal Tony Blair has been on a roll...
Read MorePosted by Nima Shirazi | Jan 28, 2011 | Middle East, US, Viewpoints |
I’ve been beating up on State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley lately, first over his disingenuous support for freedom of the press as the U.S. cracked down on WikiLeaks and more recently over his amazing ability to say...
Read MorePosted by Nima Shirazi | Jan 25, 2011 | Palestine, US, Viewpoints |
“It is true that How not to do it was the great study and object of all public departments and professional politicians all round the Circumlocution Office.” – Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit On Wednesday...
Read MorePosted by Nima Shirazi | Jan 23, 2011 | Europe, Palestine, Viewpoints |
In recent months, seven South American nations have recognized Palestine “as a free,...
Read MorePosted by Nima Shirazi | Jan 1, 2011 | Europe, Middle East, News & Analysis, Palestine, US |
“To tell deliberate lies while genuinely believing in them, to forget any fact that has...
Read MorePosted by Nima Shirazi | Dec 17, 2010 | US, Viewpoints |
“I want people to see the truth…regardless of who they are…because without...
Read MorePosted by Nima Shirazi | Dec 14, 2010 | News & Analysis, US |
RT — 62 years ago, the United Nations adopted its Universal Declaration of Human Rights, making today, International Human Rights Day. America’s first lady at the time, Eleanor Roosevelt, helped inspire the 1948...
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