July 30, 2009 The New York Times
	The Making of an Iran Policy -- Normalization with Iran is a heady idea, comparable to the China breakthrough of 1972. It would create a far less dangerous world. The history-making idea captivated Obama, and it lingers still. Engagement remains on the table, and its unsettling effect on Iran’s domestic politics seem likely to endure. But since June 12, prospects of a U.S.-Iranian rapprochement have darkened. The possible explosion that now looms in Iran, were Israel to attack, could assume devastating proportions and expose America to heightened danger. Obama has staked a lot — arguably his whole “smart power” doctrine — on preventing that.
April 01, 2009 Haaretz
	Aluf Benn / Will Netanyahu attack Iran? -- "I promise that if I am elected, Iran will not acquire nuclear arms, and this implies everything necessary to carry this out," Benjamin Netanyahu said before the elections. In other speeches Netanyahu described Iran's nuclear program as "an existential threat for Israel," and warned that it risked a second Holocaust. Does his return as prime minister necessarily bring Israel nearer to war with Iran?
March 15, 2009 The Guardian
	Israelis 'firing live rounds' at West Bank protesters -- Israeli armed forces and border police used the cover of the war against Hamas in Gaza to reintroduce the firing of .22 rifle bullets - as well as the extensive use of a new model of tear-gas canister - against unarmed demonstrators in the Occupied West Bank protesting at the building of Israel's "separation wall".
February 22, 2009 The New York Times
	What Iran’s Jews Say -- At Palestine Square, opposite a mosque called Al-Aqsa, is a synagogue where Jews of this ancient city gather at dawn. Over the entrance is a banner saying: “Congratulations on the 30th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution from the Jewish community of Esfahan.”
February 11, 2009 The New York Times
	Iran's Inner America -- The young Revolutionary Guardsman, in his light tan uniform, was all smiles. “I had longed to see a real American,” he said, extending a hand.
February 03, 2009 New York Times
	On Iran, Obama Plans Talk and Some Toughness -- The Obama administration may take a tough line with Tehran in coming months even as it signals a willingness to move toward direct talks with Iranian officials, according to President Obama’s aides and outside experts who have consulted with the government about Iran.
February 03, 2009 New York Times
	On Iran, Obama Plans Talk and Some Toughness -- The Obama administration may take a tough line with Tehran in coming months even as it signals a willingness to move toward direct talks with Iranian officials, according to President Obama’s aides and outside experts who have consulted with the government about Iran.
January 27, 2009 Inter Press Service
	POLITICS-US: Is Gates Undermining Another Opening to Iran? -- When U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates accused Iran of "subversive activity" in Latin America Tuesday, it raised the question whether he is trying to discourage President Barack Obama from abandoning the hard line policy of coercive diplomacy toward Iran he has favoured for nearly three decades.
January 26, 2009 Associated Press
	Iran: Men vs. women soccer game draws punishment -- The first mixed soccer game—females vs. males—since the 1979 Islamic revolution led to swift punishment Monday, as an Iranian soccer club said it had suspended three officials involved and handed out fines of up to $5,000.
January 26, 2009 The Guardian
	Iran is the key -- President Barack Obama's decision to name accomplished diplomats to deal with the Arab-Israeli and Pakistan-Afghanistan crises is more than welcome. Another appointment, however, will be even more important: special envoy to Iran.
October 14, 2008 VOICES Blog
	Finding Peace in Esfahan -- The ancient fire temple of Zoroastrians sits on a rugged hill west of the city of Esfahan overlooking the valley and the river that cuts the city in half. At sunset the sun paints the temple orange and casts its soft light across the city.
August 23, 2008 Common Dreams
	Mr. Future President: This is Iran -- As the hawkish debate on the “Iran Question” continues to possess Washington, most Americans’ exposure to the country is limited to photos of a bespectacled, bearded Supreme Leader and an unshaven,uncouth firebrand of a President. But one American, Tom Loughlin, is adamant that the next President of America knows that Iran is a vibrant society of millions of people. Loughlin, an American-born lawyer-turned-photographer, has visited Iran three times to capture Iranian life for his installation, “Pictures of you: Images of Iran.”Photos of sepia-eyed young women, downy-haired scholars, and dimpled-cheeked adolescents are part of Loughlin’s innovative effort to humanize “the other,” the Iranian people.
August 13, 2008 Haaretz
	U.S. experts: Military strike on Iran won't derail nuclear program -- A report published last week by the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) states that military strikes are unlikely to destroy Iran's centrifuge program for enriching uranium.
July 30, 2008 IPS
	Air Force Think Tank Advises Against Iran Attack -- Amid rising speculation about the possibility of an Israeli or U.S. bombing attack on Iranian nuclear facilities earlier this month, a major study produced for the U.S. Air Force by a top defence think tank concluded that U.S. military action against Iran was "likely to have negative effects for the United States".
July 21, 2008 The Independent
	Condi's coup: how the neo-cons lost the argument over Iran -- Condoleezza Rice was George Bush's handmaiden for the war in Iraq but she is now emerging as the best hope for avoiding a military conflict between the United States and Iran.
July 18, 2008 IPS
	Seismic Shift or Non-Decision by Bush on Iran? -- The U.S. decision to send the State Department's third-ranking official to sit in on the meeting between European Union foreign affairs chief Javier Solana and Iran's nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili Saturday has been hailed as a major diplomatic breakthrough, but it is too soon to pop the champagne cork.
July 17, 2008 The New York Times
	Policy Shift Seen in U.S. Decision on Iran Talks -- PARIS — The Bush administration’s decision to send a senior American official to participate in international talks with Iran this weekend reflects a double policy shift in the struggle to resolve the impasse over the country’s nuclear program.
July 10, 2008 NIAC
	Burns to Congress: Iran is not 10 feet tall -- Washington DC - “[Iran] is not ten feet tall. It often substitutes assertiveness and self-aggrandizing pronouncements for enduring power, promoting the illusion of Iran as a real counterweight to the United States,” said Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, William Burns at today’s hearings on US foreign policy on Iran at the House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations Committees.
July 10, 2008 The New York Times
	Iran Reports Missile Test, Drawing Sharp U.S. Response -- PARIS — One day after threatening to strike Tel Aviv and United States interests if attacked, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were reported on Wednesday to have test-fired nine missiles, including one which the government in Tehran says has the range to reach Israel.
July 08, 2008 BBC News
	Iran leader plays down war talk -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has played down the threat of an armed conflict between his country and the United States or Israel.
July 07, 2008 The Jordan Times
	The Winds of Diplomacy -- The November presidential election looms as a moment when the United States may seriously review its approach to many issues in the Middle East without any clear indication today as to which policy direction will prevail. Between now and then, however, the Bush administration seems increasingly pressed to decide what to do about Iran’s growing nuclear technological capabilities, especially its uranium enrichment facilities.
July 04, 2008 znet
	An Open Letter to Barack Obama on Iran -- We the undersigned may have different views on U.S. foreign policy with respect to Iran. We all, however, are deeply concerned about the stories in the press in the past few weeks suggesting that the Bush administration might be considering a military strike on Iran, that it might give a green light to such an attack by Israel, or that it might engage in other acts of war, such as imposing a blockade against Iran.
July 02, 2008 Christian Science Monitor
	The alternative to an Israeli attack on Iran -- Washington and Jerusalem - Is war between Israel and Iran inevitable? To listen to Iran's radical President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, or Israel's Iranian-born transportation minister Shaul Mofaz, or even recent reports that Israel carried out a major military training mission over the Mediterranean to rehearse an attack on Iran, you might be left with that impression.
July 02, 2008 IPS
	POLITICS: Official Says Iran Accepts P5+1 Talks Proposal -- A senior Iranian official reportedly told members of the Iranian parliament Monday that Iran has agreed to freeze its enrichment programme for six weeks and begin negotiations with the P5+1 group of states as early as next week, according to reports of that decision by the Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) and by a Farsi-language website in Iran.
July 01, 2008 The Washington Post
	Ex-Agent Says CIA Ignored Iran Facts -- A former CIA operative who says he tried to warn the agency about faulty intelligence on Iraqi weapons programs now contends that CIA officials also ignored evidence that Iran had suspended work on a nuclear bomb.
June 29, 2008 CASMII
	CASMII Exclusive: Interview with Iran's Ambassador to IAEA -- Mohammad Kamaali, board member of CASMII UK speaks to Iran's Ambassador to the IAEA Dr Ali Asghar Soltanieh who was recently in London to attend an international conference on a Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone, organised by the School of Oriental and African Studies, SOAS.
June 28, 2008 Mother Jones
	MoJo Convo: Iran Panic? Talk About It With the Experts -- MoJo writer Laura Rozen asked an Israeli intel correspondent, an Iranian American activist, an arms expert, a former peace negotiator, and an anti-war intellectual: How likely is a scenario in which the US or Israel strikes Iran before Bush leaves office? (Or is the Left falling for the hawks' propaganda?)
June 25, 2008 AlterNet
	U.S. Mayors Mobilizing Against a War with Iran -- Recently, recognizing the increase in war rhetoric against Iran, U.S. localities have once again decided to try to insert common sense and prudence into our runaway foreign policy. So far, 13 towns and cities have passed resolutions saying no to a military strike on Iran.
June 25, 2008 International Transport Workers Federation
	International Transport Workers' Federation -- The ITF has expressed acute concern following the arrest yesterday of Gholamreza Gholamhosseini, another member of its Iranian bus affiliate.
June 20, 2008 The New York Times
	U.S. Says Exercise by Israel Seemed Directed at Iran -- Israel carried out a major military exercise earlier this month that American officials say appeared to be a rehearsal for a potential bombing attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.