The latest news Posted 9/3/2007 @ 18:48:30 GMT

Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to IranOn March 15, 1995, by Executive Order 12957, the President declared a national emergency with respect to Iran pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by the actions and policies of the Government of Iran. On May 6, 1995, the President issued Executive Order 12959 imposing more comprehensive sanctions to further respond to this threat, and on August 19, 1997, the President issued Executive Order 13059 consolidating and clarifying the previous orders. more By The White House

Posted 9/3/2007 @ 17:58:51 GMTIran: It's Not About EnergyNoam Chomsky argues that saber-rattling with Iran is all about oil. But such arguments are nothing more than useful idiocy for the warmongers. more By The Guardian

Posted 9/3/2007 @ 17:51:40 GMTDon't Trust Promises From Iranian LeadersIranian officials have announced that they will attend an international conference aimed at helping to bring peace to Iraq. Pardon us for not cheering. more By The Intelligencer

Posted 9/3/2007 @ 17:43:30 GMTAn Iranian PuzzleA former deputy defence minister has apparently defected from Iran. What might he know? more By Economist

Posted 9/3/2007 @ 17:31:20 GMTAre Farsi-language Broadcasts Helping?Today, as Washington grapples with the threats posed by Iranian support for terrorism and efforts to develop nuclear weapons, it appears that American policy-makers are being forced to choose between very bad options: 1) taking military action against Iranian nuclear sites and other regime targets, or 2) continuing to push for passage of largely unenforceable U.N. resolutions and hoping that if the regime develops nuclear weapons, we would somehow be able to use some form of "containment" to deal with the problem. more By The Washington Times

Posted 9/3/2007 @ 13:12:53 GMTMinefields Await Bush in His Latin American Tour - Laid Lointly by Iran, Venezuela and HamasThe three-way conspiracy to darken the US president’s tour was put together in Tehran Tuesday, March 6, by Iranian leaders, visiting Venezuelan foreign minister Nicolas Maduro Moros and Hamas hard-line leader Khaled Meshaal, who arrived in Iran for the second time in a month. more By DEBKAfile

Posted 9/3/2007 @ 12:57:47 GMTWinning with IranAt the invitation of the Iraqi regime, the United States recently agreed to multi-lateral talks with Iran and Syria aimed at breaking the diplomatic impasse between Iran and the United Nations over Tehran’s nuclear program. more By FrontPageMagazine.com