Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Rachel Marsden: Russia re-Putined

2012-03-08 00:00:00

So Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putinhas just been re-presidented for at least another six years, during which we can all watch his newly tucked eyes migrate back to where they used to be. And as surely as a pound dog comes with fleas, this election...

Rove deserves to be heard

2011-11-22 13:09:00

Karl Rove spoke at the Johns Hopkins University last week. Mr. Rove delivered the final lecture for the Milton S. Eisenhower Symposium, which is entirely student run and sponsored by the university. I am a co-chair of this organization. Unsurprisingly,...

Inviting war through weakness?

2012-01-31 00:00:00

One of the memorable slogans from the Reagan administration was "peace through strength." President Ronald Reagan believed a strong defense was a safeguard against enemy attacks and the best hope of victory should America go to war. President Barack...

Keeping Israel-Iran threat in perspective

2012-02-09 12:45:00

When gauging Iran's threat to Israel, its important to remember that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's proclamations about "wiping Israel off the map" have been rebutted by Ayatollah Khamenei, who as Supreme Leader of Iran has more authority than the...

Israel's future hinges on compromise, not attacks

2012-02-09 12:00:00

As we are faced with the imminent threat of Israel'sattacking Iran, pro-Israeli lobbying groups are putting pressure on President Barack Obama and the Congress to support such an attack. Israel would attack in the name of protecting its security, but...

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...

Iran and the bomb

2011-11-10 08:39:00

A report this week on Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program by the International Atomic Energy Agency leaves little doubt that country's ruling clerics remain determined to acquire the means to produce a bomb. That poses a dilemma for the Obama...

Rodricks wrong on McCormick's Iran decision

2011-04-15 12:48:00

In his column ("Not even cake sprinkles for Iran" April 12), Dan Rodricks questions the wisdom of the decision by the spice company, McCormick, to stop doing business in Iran and argues that more good than harm would come from young Iranians being exposed...

UN nuclear chief in Tehran on key mission over allowing watchdog to resume probe of Iran sites

2012-05-21 09:27:00

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The head of the U.N nuclear watchdog met Monday with Iranian leaders in Tehran on a key mission that could lead to the resumption of probes on whether Iran has secretly worked on a nuclear weapon. Yukiya Amano of the...

U.N. nuclear chief headed to Iran, inspection deal in the works

2012-05-18 16:39:40

Iran parliament approves reduced sanction-hit budget

2012-05-17 11:34:03

DUBAI, May 17 (Reuters) - Iran's parliament on Thursday approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's $462 billion annual budget, the official IRNA news agency reported, a drop in real terms from last year as international sanctions took their toll. Iran's...

National, world news briefs for Wednesday, May 16

2012-05-16 04:09:00

�New U.S. plans delay some evacuations, cut practice for major nuclear plant accidents Without fanfare, the nation’s nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, requiring...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, listens to a technician during his visit of the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility some 200 miles south of Tehran on April 8, 2008.

2012-04-27 11:58:00

Syrians and local residents burn a banner bearing pictures of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L-R) during a protest to express solidarity with Syria's anti-government protesters in Tripoli.

2012-04-27 00:00:00

A float featuring Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lighting a stick of dynamite reading "Atomic program" makes its way through the streets of Duesseldorf during the traditional Rose Monday parade on February 20, 2012.

2012-02-20 09:15:17