Tag Archives: Iranian Mullahs

Dan Friedman

Israel, the USA and Iran: Reading The Tea Leaves

Lots of firecrackers going off simultaneously right now hinting at greater pyrotechnics to come. On Sunday, I sent around a link to a story in which Israel’s president, uber dove Shimon Peres, warns that “A military strike on Iran is growing more likely than the diplomatic option.” Today comes news that Israel’s #2 man, Defense Minister Ehud [...]
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Peter R. Huessy

Iranian Mullahs: Can We Talk? (Part 2)

That then is our dilemma. Though we rhetorically see Iran as a state sponsor of terror, and even officially say so in our annual State Department reports on the same subject, our actions to date, and from every administration since 1979, have revealed a general unwillingness to face an ugly reality. [...]
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Peter R. Huessy

Iranian Mullahs: Can We Talk? (Part 1)

The Iranian Mullahs want to talk. So does the United States. Tehran wants to negotiate because the economic sanctions are hurting. The US wants to negotiate because it wants to be sure Iran is not building nuclear weapons. But can such talks work? The historical record is not promising. The US administration has apparently decided we [...]
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