In a sharp reversal of its longstanding accusations against Iran arming militants in Iraq , the US military has made an unprecedented albeit quiet confession: the weapons they had recently found in Iraq were not made in Iran at all. ››read more

Former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix hammers world powers for their 'hypocritical' approach to the Islamic Republic's nuclear issue.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday six world powers had no plans to offer Iran security guarantees to encourage it to suspend nuclear activity, hours after Russia floated the idea.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called Wednesday on the top UN powers to give Iran security guarantees to help resolve the crisis over Tehran's nuclear programme, Russian news agencies reported. ››read more

SolanaIran's ambassador to the European Union presented Tuesday a new package of proposals aimed at solving the world's "collective challenges", including nuclear energy, a statement said. ››read more

As we mark five years of war in Iraq, I have become increasingly concerned that the President may possibly take unilateral, preemptive military action against Iran. During the last seven years, the Bush Administration has exercised unprecedented assertions of Executive Branch power and shown an unparalleled aversion to the checks and balances put in place by the Constitution’s framers. The letter that follows asks President Bush to seek congressional authorization before launching any possible military strike against Iran and affirms Senator Biden’s statement last year that impeachment proceedings should be considered if the President fails to do so.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday denied allegations that Tehran was interfering in Lebanon's internal affairs, dismissing Saudi foreign minister's claims that Iran supported a Hezbollah "coup." ››read more

... when Senator Clinton wishes to obliterate Iranians totally, the thuggish demeanour that underlies her sophomoric command of the English language would not come through if she were properly to say "to obliterate them (Iranians) totally," for example, instead. By hurriedly inserting that ominous "totally" between her imperial "to" and our humble humanity waiting to be "obliterate"-ed she means immediately to emphasise how serious she is about her task of mobilising the ever-watchful Zionist constituency she has been recruiting to her cause. ››read more

The US should not mortgage its foreign policy into the hands of other players in the region and should "show more sensitivity toward Iran", to echo the sentiments of the director general of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohammad ElBaradei. ››read more

'Selling Iraq to the US' is what best describes a secret security accord between the Bush administration and the government of Iraq. ››read more

Shiraz BombingIran's judiciary said on Monday it would file international lawsuits against the United States and Britain, accusing them of providing financial support to those behind a blast in a mosque that killed 14 people. ››read more

... some analysts believe the weekend's events may add to the gradually growing clamor by hawks in and outside the administration to take military action – if only, for now, limited strikes on weapons factories and training sites inside Iran allegedly used by the Revolutionary Guard to train "terrorists" in Iraq, Lebanon, and the PT – to "put Iran in its place." ››read more

As someone who has been urging focused citizen activism for some time now, I find it heartening that there are those in the United States who put action to words and seek to lead by example. This is the case with Chicago Alderman Joe Moore, who, together with seven of his 49 colleagues (Toni Preckwinkle, Sandi Jackson, Eugene Schulter, Robert Fioretti, Freddrenna Lyle, Ricardo Munoz and Mary Ann Smith), has prepared a resolution for the Chicago City Council opposing war on Iran. ››read more

Don't Bomb Iran Banners

If the response of some 15,000 of St. Paul's mainstream motorists this Mother's Day was any indication, there IS a way around the power of the special interests and corporate media for those of us who can't bear to passively watch as the Bush-Cheney-McCain neo-conservative express expands the disastrous war on Iraq to Iran. ››read more

ABU DHABI: India on Monday backed Iran's "peaceful" nuclear programme and said New Delhi would continue its "significant" engagement with Tehran since the oil-rich nation is an important-role player in the Middle East. ››read more

The main talking-point has been decided: “Iran is killing American soldiers in Iraq.” Public opinion polls will show the public divided, but a majority in support of the action because, regardless of their feelings about the war in Iraq, they want to “support our troops” and after all, Iran was asking for it by interfering in Iraq and attacking us. ››read more

BAGHDAD, May 12 (Reuters) - Iran played a prominent role in a deal struck by Iraqi Shi'ite factions to end seven weeks of fighting in the Baghdad stronghold of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a senior Shi'ite Iraqi legislator said on Monday. ››read more

Eric MargolisClinton vows to continue campaign: The Clintons seem ready to destroy the Democratic Party in pursuit of nomination | Obama and the world: Senator Obama is unknown quantity on some foreign policy issues and that makes neocons nervous | "Bomb Syria" Woolsey advises McCain: Former CIA head James Woolsey heads group of neo-con advisors to John McCain ››read more

The showdown between Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr and the Iraqi government came to a halt this weekend after Mr. Sadr agreed to a truce brokered by Iran, a sign of Tehran's growing influence in Iraqi politics. In the past five years, as Shiite political parties have dominated the Iraqi government, Iran's scope of influence has widened. This puts the Iraqi government at a precarious position between two important friends, the U.S. and Iran. ››read more

RaimondoIf it's down to George W. Bush, who reportedly fears that Iran's acquisition of nukes will be his lasting legacy, then we're really in trouble. An attack on Iran before his term is up seems a veritable certainty. ››read more