Maryland: Iran

October 25, 2009 - 11:34 pm
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IRAN CONS HILLARY ON NUKES

By Dick Morris
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has fallen for Iran’s line that it is not developing nuclear weapons, but only wants the ability to develop one to achieve its place in the sun among the great nations of the earth.
In an interview on a Sunday show and in a leak in The New [...]

October 25, 2009 - 11:32 pm
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Iranian Negotiations: Ploy of the Week or Deal of the Century?

By Barry Rubin
There are widespread reports about an imminent deal with Iran regarding its nuclear program. Here’s how the New York Times optimistically presents the proposal:
“Iranian negotiators have agreed to a draft deal that would delay the country’s ability to build a nuclear weapon for about a year, buying more time for President Obama to [...]

October 5, 2009 - 12:01 am
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Iranian Regime’s Charm Plus Western Credulity Equals “Diplomatic Success” in Geneva

By Barry Rubin
The United States–along with Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany–met with Iran in Geneva and officials, media, and experts proclaim it a success. Was its nuclear program what Iran defused or merely Western pressure?
It is widely claimed that the meeting in Geneva obtained three great achievements toward ending the long-running Iran nuclear arms’ [...]

September 29, 2009 - 10:53 pm
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Obama Doesn’t Understand: The Alternative to Victory is Defeat

By Barry Rubin
The problem with President Barack Obama is not that he makes gaffes or factual errors when he speaks but because he expresses an ideological framework so shocking and dangerous.
Take the latest such remark, made in the G-20 press conference, referring to Iran’s nuclear program:
“I’m not interested in victory. I’m interested in resolving the [...]

September 25, 2009 - 10:07 pm
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Obama Knew Iranians Lied About Nuclear Facility & Still Wanted To Help Them

Another major debacle on the way.
The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization confirmed for the first time on Friday that Iran was building a “semi-industrial enrichment fuel facility,” designed to produce nuclear fuel that it had not previously announced to international authorities, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.
The announcement came hours after President Obama and [...]

September 25, 2009 - 09:49 pm
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Obama Knew Iranians Lied About Nuclear Facility & Still Wanted To Help Them

Another major debacle on the way.
The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization confirmed for the first time on Friday that Iran was building a “semi-industrial enrichment fuel facility,” designed to produce nuclear fuel that it had not previously announced to international authorities, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.
The announcement came hours after President Obama and [...]

September 14, 2009 - 09:58 pm
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U.S Government Jumps Voluntarily into Iran’s Trap, Pulls in Europeans, Too

By Barry Rubin
The great French diplomatist Talleyrand put it best: “That’s worse than a crime, it’s a mistake.”
By accepting the Iranian proposal for negotiations, the Obama Administration has just made the most important foreign policy decision of its term so far. And it is a very bad mistake, a very bad one indeed.
True, the [...]

July 20, 2009 - 09:47 pm
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Report: Iranian Militias Marry, Rape Virgin Prisoners Before Executions

FILE: Members of Iran’s Basij paramilitary force on parade in Tehran. A reputed militia member said prison guards in Iran marry and rape female virgins the night before their executions.
TEHRAN, Iran — Members of Iran’s feared Basij militia forcibly marry female virgin prisoners the night before scheduled executions, raping their new “wives” and making [...]

July 19, 2009 - 10:27 pm
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Day 34 Iran Revolution: Friday Surprise in Iran? Nightly riots continue UPDATE: Head of Iran’s nuclear program resigns, MORE PROTESTS TODAY

By Atlas Shrugs
Yesterday’s TIA Daily mentioned the possibility of another showdown in the conflict in Iran today, and that’s what we got. Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani—a powerful regime insider who has quietly backed the protests against Iran’s rigged elections—gave the sermon for the Friday prayers at Tehran University. This is a major platform—the sermon is [...]

July 16, 2009 - 12:24 am
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Urgent Memo to BHO (as if he’d care)

Stern (Germany), July 15, 2009
German Foreign Intelligence Service “Iran can set off a bomb within six months”
It is one of the central questions for Western governments dealing with Iran: How close is the regime to a nuclear bomb? According to stern magazine they have nearly reached their aim. Experts from the Bundesnachrichtendienst, the German Foreign [...]