CASMII considers the recent post-election developments in Iran very significant. In the View Point section (also repeated in the right column of the front page), we are publishing articles expressing sharply different views on the election results in Iran. ››read more

The Barack Obama administration has given new prominence to a Bush administration charge that Iran is providing military training and assistance to the Taliban in Afghanistan, for which no evidence has ever been produced, and which has been discredited by data obtained by IPS from the Pentagon itself. ››read more

Yukia AmanoAn initial session in March ended inconclusively and Thursday's meeting went down to the wire, with Amano winning only in the fourth round. That and the fact that Amano barely eked out his victory, just clearing the two-thirds majority needed, reflected a continuing divide between the two camps. The divisions have served as an obstacle in one of its key tasks _ probing nations suspected of secret, possibly weapons-related, nuclear activities. ››read more

America’s past involvement in Iran has too often produced fiascoes, or worse. In fact, Iran has become something of a curse for the United States. This is one political-historical continuum we need to remember. ››read more

During his official video-conference today, top US commander in Iraq General Ray Odierno again blamed the Iranian government for the continuing insurgency in Iraq, claiming that training was going on inside Iran and that the Iranians have been providing weapons and ammunition to Iraqi militants. ››read more

President Barack Obama’s fiscal year 2010 budget request for $2.775 billion in military aid to Israel is proceeding smoothly through the Congress. On June 17 the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs held a “markup” session on the budget. The subcommittee came under pressure from an antiwar group that sought to suspend or condition foreign aid over Israel’s use of U.S. weapons that left 3,000 Palestinians dead during the Bush administration. ››read more

Iran's popular uprising, which began after the June 12 election, may be heading for a premature ending. In many ways, the Ahmadinejad government has succeeded in transforming what was a mass movement into dispersed pockets of unrest. Whatever is now left of this mass movement is now leaderless, unorganized -- and under the risk of being hijacked by groups outside Iran in pursuit of their own political agendas. ››read more

THE MAINSTREAM media narrative of events unfolding in Iran has been set out for us as clear as a fairytale.
At present our opinion-formers are blithely simplifying and demonising a complex culture, allowing illusions and half-truths to become shining certainties in our minds. ››read more

Dubai, United Arab Emirates — Iranian authorities arrested eight local employees of the British embassy in Tehran, accusing them of "playing major parts" in the recent unrest over a presidential election, the semi-official Fars news agency reported today. ››read more

Despite Claims of Not Meddling, US to Send $20 Million to Opposition ››read more

President Barack Obama is again denouncing the Iranian government's actions, describing as "outrageous" the violence that's been used against protesters.
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A group of senior British politicians claims the Iranian Mujahideen are Iran's best hope of reform. Are they right? ››read more

The ousted Shah of Iran Mohammad-Reza Pahlavi's son urges Israel to support post-election riots in Iran to bring down the government of Tehran. ››read more

In March 1997, FBI Director Louis Freeh got what he calls in his memoirs "the first truly big break in the case": the arrest in Canada of one of the Saudi Hezbollah members the Saudis accused of being the driver of the getaway car at Khobar Towers. ››read more

As the mass protests of the past week in Iran gave way to the comparatively tame question of legal challenges to the vote, Iran’s key rivals are ratcheting up their rhetoric, condemning the Iranian government and, in the case of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling for regime change. ››read more

There was no comment from the White House today, and the president, in his last remarks on Iran on Saturday, adopted an only marginally more critical tone than he had earlier in the week, in spite of Saturday's crackdown in which protesters were reportedly killed. "We call on the Iranian government to stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people" he said. But he again refused to publicly support the protesters or to call the election illegal.
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The British government says it has frozen an unprecedented total of one billion pounds (1.64 billion US dollars) worth of Iranian assets. ››read more

Bushehr Nuclear PlantIf U.S. policymakers are truly interested in seeing Iran "unclench its fist," they should start by ceasing to pursue policies average Americans would rightly see as acts of war if perpetrated against them. Despite the fearmongering, there is plenty of time for sincere negotiations with the Iranian government over the nuclear issue to succeed. Here’s hoping the Obama administration extends its hand. ››read more

As U.S. President Barack Obama attempts to navigate the treacherous currents of the ongoing political crisis in Iran, he faces a heated attack on his right flank from neoconservatives and other right-wing hawks, who are urging him both to offer unequivocal support to the protesters supporting moderate presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi and to scuttle his planned diplomatic engagement with Tehran. ››read more

Dennis RossWASHINGTON (AFP) — Veteran diplomat Dennis Ross will soon leave his job at the State Department for a more active role in shaping Iran policy at the White House, a US official said Tuesday. ››read more