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US Gen.: Iran’s Role In Iraq’s Fight Against Islamic State Might be Positive

By Frud Bezhan | (RFE/RL) The Iraqi government has launched an offensive against Islamic State militants (IS) in the northern city of Tikrit, but Iran appears to be leading the charge. The…

Iranian Reformers: Talks will Succeed b/c Netanyahu ‘not Influential,’ Just like Iran Hardliners

Iran Reformers – Talks will Succeed: Netanyahu ‘not Influential,’ like Iran Hardliners

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - How did Iranian politicians react to Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's anti-Iran speech to the US Congress? Iran's first woman vice president, who has the…

4 Things more Dangerous to Israel than Iran’s civilian Nuclear Enrichment

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's strident and continual harping on the alleged dangers of Iran to Israel's security has become like an old song. Netanyahu…

What does Iran think of Netanyahu’s Interference in Talks?

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - As Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu makes a bid to thwart President Barack Obama's foreign policy toward Iran, the Iranian press is reacting to the…

180 Frmr Israeli Security Officials to PM Netanyahu: Cancel US Speech, which pushes Iran toward Bomb

RT | - More than 180 former leaders from Israel’s security apparatus urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel his planned speech to Congress on Tuesday, fearing it may bring Iran closer…

5 Things Benjamin Netanyahu Won’t Tell Congress

AJ+ | - "He's back. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu – questing to win hearts, minds and votes back home during election season – will be speaking to the U.S. Congress on Tuesday,…

Iranian Cleric Says ‘Final Steps’ Being Taken In Nuclear Talks

By Golnaz Esfandiari | (RFE/RL) Tehran's provisional Friday Prayers leader says the "final steps" are being taken in Iran's talks with six global powers aimed at reaching an agreement curbing Tehran's disputed…

Former Israeli Intel Head: Netanyahu’s Clash with Obama ‘Intolerable’, Risks end of US UN Veto

Frmr Israeli Intel Head: Netanyahu’s Clash w/ Obama ‘Intolerable’, Risks end of US UN Veto

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - Meir Dagan, the former head of Israeli intelligence, has long been on the outs with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. Now he is actively campaigning for…

5 Surprising Ways Iran is better than Israel

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) I think I'm one of the few Americans who has been to both Iran and Israel. I like both countries and have a lot in common…

Why Netanyahu’s Congress Speech will Fail: Iran Can’t be Stopped, only Monitored

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - The conspiracy hatched by Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to undermine President Obama's negotiations with Iran over its…

Leak: Netanyahu’s 2012 Iran Bomb Warning refuted by Israeli Intel

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) - "Benjamin Netanyahu’s dramatic declaration to world leaders in 2012 that Iran was about a year away from making a nuclear bomb was contradicted by his…

Iran Nuclear Talks: They said it Couldn’t be Done

By Carlyn Meyer | (Informed Comment) - According to sources familiar with negotiations between the international P5+1 group and Iran, the Obama Administration is optimistic that a deal can be reached over…

2nd Iranian Commander killed in Iraq defending Samarra Golden Dome

By RFE/RL | - A commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has been killed in Iraq, Iranian media reported. The Tasnim news agency, said to be affiliated with IRGC, says…

Iran’s Khamenei throws support to a Practical Nuclear Deal with West

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's clerical leader, gave a speech on Sunday in which he said he supports an agreement with the West on Iran's nuclear…

Iran and the West on Revolution Anniversary: 36 Years of Futile Estrangement

By Farhang Jahanpour | (Informed Comment) - Anniversary of Iranian Revolution February 2nd marks the 36th anniversary of the return of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to Iran after 14 years of exile. After…

GOP Pres. Candidates warn Iran Nukes can hit NYC (despite No Nukes, ICBMs)

Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) - ""Three likely presidential candidates shared the stage Sunday night before a roomful of wealthy donors, engaging in a rapid-fire policy discussion that underscored sharp disagreement…

Why the Israeli-Hizbullah Tit for Tat Probably won’t turn to War

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) - Last week an Israeli helicopter gunship targeted Hizbullah outposts in Syria southwest of Damascus, near the front with the rebel Support Front (Syria al-Qaeda), which…

Netanyahu & Boehner: How Israel went from being a Democratic to a Republican Project

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) -- The audacity of Speaker of the House John Boehner colluding with the prime minister of a foreign country to undermine a sitting president is, I…

Obama Win: Dem Senators Flip-Flop, Delay Iran Sanctions Bill

By Golnaz Esfandiari and Luke Johnson | (RFE/RL) WASHINGTON -- A key U.S. senator says he and nine other senators are holding their support for a bill imposing new sanctions on Iran…

Photo-Bombing Obama’s Iran Talks (Cartoon)

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