Iran
Widening rift between major powers over Iran’s nuclear programs
By Peter Symonds, October 1, 2007
A foreign ministers meeting of the UN Security Council permanent members—the US, Britain, France, Russia and China—plus Germany broke up last Friday without agreeing to the Bush administra...
Washington’s proxy war inside Kurdish Iran
By Peter Symonds, September 20, 2007
A string of articles have appeared in the US press over the past week reporting on the Iranian shelling of border areas inside the Kurdish north of Iraq since August. One American journalist after ano...
Bush administration consolidates plans for war against Iran
By Peter Symonds, September 17, 2007
For months, a debate has been taking place within the Bush administration over the launching of a new war of aggression against Iran. As US propaganda against Tehran has become more shrill, media leak...
British troops in Iraq deployed to Iranian border
By Julie Hyland, September 14, 2007
Britain’s Independent reported Wednesday that UK troops stationed in Iraq have been deployed to the Iranian border.
British academics warn US is preparing “shock and awe” attack on Iran
By Peter Symonds, September 11, 2007
An 80-page study written by two British security analysts and released on August 28 makes a chilling estimation of the overwhelming force that the US would use in the event of any attack on Iran. &ldq...
Bush administration to “ratchet up pressure” on Iran
By Peter Symonds, September 3, 2007
The Bush administration’s abrupt dismissal of last Thursday’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on Iran’s nuclear programs is one more sign that Washington has no inte...
Another US provocation: Iranian officials arrested in Baghdad
By Peter Symonds, August 30, 2007
Late on Tuesday night, the US military detained a visiting delegation of Iranian officials at a Baghdad hotel. The men were handcuffed, blindfolded and dragged away under the glare of TV cameras for f...
Bush threatens to militarily “confront” Iran
By Bill Van Auken, August 29, 2007
In his second foreign policy speech in less than a week, President Bush Tuesday portrayed the ongoing US military occupation in Iraq as part of a broader regional struggle to defend vital US interests...
Washington continues propaganda barrage against Iran
By Peter Symonds, August 24, 2007
As it prepares for a diplomatic offensive against Iran at the UN next month, the Bush administration is maintaining a steady barrage of threats and propaganda—in particular, over so-called Irani...
New York Times on Iran: Neo-colonialism with a liberal twist
By Barry Grey, August 18, 2007
The New York Times on August 16 published an editorial in response to reports that the Bush administration plans to declare Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps a foreign terrorist organization. The...
New provocation against Tehran
Bush to brand Iranian force as “terrorist”
By Peter Symonds, August 16, 2007
In a move with ominous implications, the Bush administration, according to articles in yesterday’s New York Times and Washington Post, has resolved to brand the entire Iranian Revolutionary Guar...
An insight into the White House debate over military action against Iran
By Peter Symonds, July 18, 2007
The British-based Guardian has provided a fresh glimpse into the fierce debate raging inside the Bush administration over taking aggressive military measures against Iran. In an article on Monday base...
