As president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been nothing if not controversial. Internationally, he has goaded the Israelis and their American allies with his views about the Jewish holocaust, while …
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After months of denial that this year’s new United States and European Union sanctions were having any effect, Iran’s leaders have changed their tune and are acknowledging that moves to …
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Talks between Iran and the leading world powers, including the United States, in mid-April have revived hopes of compromise on Tehran’s nuclear program. Essentially the two sides agreed that the …
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Tensions between Iran and the world powers should prompt reconsideration of Iran’s 2003 letter to the United States proposing a ‘grand bargain’. Drafted by Sadegh Kharrazi, then ambassador to France, …
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The failure of Iran and the United States to negotiate risks all out conflict. Western advocates of sanctions against Tehran argue they will pressure the Iranian people to lean on …
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Nearly three years ago, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s rahbar (leader), announced a five-year plan for 2010-15 with a target of 8 percent annual economic growth. But while the International Monetary …
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The historical parallels are dismal. Iran’s display of a captured United States Sentinel drone sparked painful memories, both of the shooting down of Gary Powers’ U2 spy plane over the …
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Iran’s rulers, since Pahlavi times, have been attracted by the ‘Big Plan’, and in modern days this is as true as ever. The Islamic Republic’s five-year plans guide its governments, …
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Admiral Michael G. Mullen, outgoing chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, in September warned of a lack of communication with Tehran. “We are not talking… so we …
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In the fall of 2004 I went twice to the Supreme Council for National Security in Tehran for long interviews with Hossein Mousavian, a senior negotiator in talks with Britain, …