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.
June 19, 2008 Salon.com
	McCain on Iran: Bush all over again -- In the race for the White House, John McCain has trumpeted Iran as a paramount threat to the United States (and its close ally Israel), and has asserted that Iran will be the No. 1 foreign policy problem facing the next administration. McCain uses Iran as a prime example of what he depicts as his opponent Barack Obama's naive and guileless approach to U.S. foreign policy. Just like the president he hopes to succeed, McCain has sought to deploy Iran as a political weapon of mass destruction.
June 09, 2008 BBC News
	Doubts on Maliki Pledge to Iran -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has reassured Iran about a proposed security pact being negotiated between Iraq and the US. He told Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran that Iran would not be the victim of any security deal between Iraq and the US.
June 05, 2008 The Los Angeles Times
	IRAN: Writer says war won't stop nuclear program -- IRAN: Writer says war won't stop nuclear program The possibility of a United States or Israeli war to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions has been an obsession among foreign policy wonks, diplomats and journalists for some time. Many Iran experts believe such a war would be a disaster that would fail to halt Iran's nuclear program. Michael Axworthy is one of them.
June 04, 2008 The New York Times
	Rice Calls Dialogue With Iran Pointless -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice escalated the Bush administration’s anti-Iran rhetoric on Tuesday, accusing its government of pursuing nuclear weapons and calling any dialogue with its leaders pointless until they suspend the country’s enrichment of uranium.
June 01, 2008 Foreign Policy
	Mismarriage of Convenience -- Although Iran and Israel will not be signing any mutual defense pacts anytime soon, the two countries aren’t destined to be implacable foes. If anything, Israel could be a prime beneficiary of a rapprochement between Washington and Tehran.
May 30, 2008 The Huffington Post
	Mr. Kinzer Goes to Washington, Seeking Real Diplomacy with Iran -- No-one outside of Iran, and few inside Iran, can state with certainty what the long-term intentions are of the Iranian leadership are with respect to the development of nuclear weapons. The question is inherently speculative, and it's no accident that those who seek confrontation want to centralize attention on an allegation that can't be proved or disproved.
May 29, 2008 The New York Times
	Rival to Iran’s President Is Elected Speaker -- TEHRAN — A rival to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was elected by an overwhelming majority as speaker of the Iranian Parliament on Wednesday, a strong signal of growing impatience with the president’s economic policies and a possible sign of a political shift in the country.
May 28, 2008 abc News
	U.S. Commander: Iran War Would Be 'Disastrous' -- The top U.S. Navy official in the Persian Gulf warned in an interview with ABC News that war with Iran would be "pretty disastrous," with "echoes and aftershocks" reverberating throughout the region.
May 20, 2008 Mother Jones
	Iran's Proposal for "Constructive Negotiations" -- Last week, Iran delivered a letter to UN officials accompanied by an offer for "constructive negotiations." According to nonproliferation expert Jacqueline Shire of the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) who obtained the letter today, Iranian diplomats delivered the letter and offer to the UN director general and the UK Permanent Representative, and requested that it be shared with other UN Security Council permanent members and Germany.
May 20, 2008 San Francisco Chronicle
	Hyping the threat from Iran -- War talk against Iran is rising again in Washington as the Bush administration enters its final months with little to show for its labors in the Middle East. Yet the consequences of attacking a third Muslim country in seven years could be far worse than an already precarious status quo.
May 15, 2008 The Washington Post
	Gates: U.S. Should Engage Iran With Incentives, P -- The United States should construct a combination of incentives and pressure to engage Iran, and may have missed earlier opportunities to begin a useful dialogue with Tehran, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday.