Unless strong political leadership and decisive diplomatic efforts are quickly shown on all sides, war between the US and Iran will become increasingly probable due to the elimination of all other policy options.
After the Iranian revolution of 1979, the Ayatollah Khomeini-led Iran of the 1980s routinely called for Israel’s destruction. In practice, however, Iranian strategic interests during the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-88 coincided on many points with those of Israel, and Iran was very careful to avoid dire
For the last five years, the George W Bush administration has often been accused of lacking an Iran policy. While all eyes were on Iraq, Washington did little to seriously
* Bahram Rajaee
* Hamid Zangeneh
* Ramin Jahanbegloo
* Abbas Milani
* Nader Entessar
* Roshanak Ameli-Tehrani
Bahram Rajaee
Uncharted waters
The election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the second round of Irans presidential contest
