Tehran (Iran)

No good options for Iran

2012-08-02 09:01:00

Speculation in Israel about the possibility of a strike on Iran's nuclear program in the coming weeks has intensified, and not just because of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's tough talk in Jerusalem. Mr. Romney called for the U.S. and Israel...

The secret wars

2012-06-13 09:06:18

Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger and the other leaders of Congress' intelligence committees this week issued a strong, bi-partisan statement of condemnation for recent leaks of classified information about America's clandestine operations abroad, including...

Hamas will never accede to peace with Israel

2012-02-14 12:00:00

The Sun editorial "Mr. Abbas' mission" (Feb. 13) is a triumph of wishful thinking over analysis. Its self-contradictions and omissions include: •Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas "would have to exercise the kind of statesmanship that has...

Quiet the war drums

2012-03-07 10:27:00

The drumbeat for war only helps Iran by driving up oil prices, undermining the effect of sanctions on its economy and stifling domestic opponents of the regime. President Barack Obama conveyed that message clearly and emphatically to the American Israel...

The sabotage strategy for containing Iran

2012-04-03 10:27:00

Not long ago, an astute reader noted that it has been nearly two years since I wrote in a column that "most experts now estimate that Iran needs about 18 months to complete a nuclear device and a missile to carry it." His point — that those...

Iran's nuclear genie is out of the bottle

2012-04-16 00:00:00

After a yearlong round of escalating international economic sanctions and rhetoric, the regime in Iran has finally come around to raising expectations that it will take some constructive steps in reining in its nuclear weapons ambitions. But this cycle of...

War between Israel and Iran would be an unspeakable catastrophe

2012-02-08 04:30:00

We should expect a horrific human toll from any exchange of hostilities between Iran and Israel ("Nuclear saber-rattling," Jan. 6). Steps toward avoiding that, such as your editorial call for an intricate U.S.-Tehran agreement, are morally well-...

Can sanity return from exile when it comes to Iran?

2011-12-25 00:00:00

Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran ... Or as Mitt Romney put it, playing the irresponsible-lunatic game convincingly enough to become the leading Republican presidential candidate: "If we re-elect Barack Obama, Iran will have a nuclear weapon." The...

Five steps to isolate Iran without dooming the economy

2011-12-05 09:01:00

With economies around the world teetering, we must solve our security threats with an eye not only on reducing danger but also on how our actions affect job creation and retention. This applies especially to Iran. A war with Tehran — or an Iran with...

Alleged Iran bomb plot: An intolerable provocation

2011-10-12 13:46:00

The bizarre plot federal law enforcement officials described Tuesday in which elements of the Iranian government are accused of trying to blow up Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S. with explosives planted in a Washington restaurant sounds like...

Back the Iranian opposition

2011-11-15 10:03:00

The International Atomic Energy Agency's latest report about Iran lays bare the true nature of Tehran's nuclear agenda: an advanced, sophisticated and highly secretive program run by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps to build the bomb. Overwhelming...

Shiite pilgrims see promise of new Iraq on Islam's path

2003-05-01 00:00:00

NAJAF, Iraq - Barefoot on pavement heated like coals, the young man carrying a big red flag under a red-hot sun was limping from the blisters, but a rest, or even shoes, was not an option, never mind that his destination was still a 22-mile walk ahead...

Iran's top nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, at a February meeting in Almaty, Kazakhstan, has demanded that the international community respect Tehran's claimed right to enrich uranium for nuclear energy production.

2013-04-04 16:26:15

Here women looking at jewelery at a shop window in a bazaar in northern Tehran.

2013-02-20 08:49:59

Iranian students show their palms which read in Persian, "Crazy of martyrdom" (bottom, L) and "Nuclear scientist" (bottom R) outside the former US embassy in Tehran, during a rally to mark the 33rd anniversary of seizure of the US embassy which saw Islamist students hold 52 diplomats hostage for

2012-11-02 00:00:00