Iran
Wrangling continues over Iranian nuclear deal
By Peter Symonds, October 30, 2009
An international agreement on Iran’s low-enriched uranium is yet to be finalised. An initial Iranian response handed yesterday to the IAEA reportedly contains caveats that are not likely to be accep...
Iran makes significant concession to defuse nuclear standoff
By Peter Symonds, October 22, 2009
A draft agreement was finalised yesterday to ship Iran’s low-enriched uranium to Russia and France for processing into fuel for its Tehran research reactor.
Attacks on Iranian Revolutionary Guards kill 42
By Peter Symonds, October 20, 2009
Two bombings in the eastern Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchistan on Sunday near the border with Pakistan killed at least 42 people, including six high-ranking members of the Iranian Revolutionary Gu...
US pressure builds ahead of talks with Iran in Vienna
By Peter Symonds, October 14, 2009
In the lead-up to international talks next Monday on Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium, the Obama administration has been intensifying pressure on Tehran.
US builds “coalition of like-minded nations” against Iran
By Peter Symonds, October 10, 2009
While the US is publicly backing continued international talks with Iran over its nuclear programs, preparations are continuing apace for the imposition of draconian new penalties should Tehran fail t...
Western media steps up pressure on China over Iran
By John Chan, October 8, 2009
As US pressure escalates against Iran over its nuclear programs, a distinct anti-China undercurrent has appeared in the media over Beijing’s resistance to backing punitive new sanctions against Tehr...
New York Times recycles fabrications about Iran’s nuclear programs
By Peter Symonds, October 6, 2009
The media campaign of half-truths and fabrications over Iran’s nuclear programs stepped up a notch over the weekend.
Imperialist interests drive US focus on Iran, Afghanistan
By Patrick Martin, October 2, 2009
For three decades, under Democratic and Republican administrations, American imperialism has plunged ever more deeply into the Middle East and the region west, south and east of the Caspian Sea.
US continues to pressure Iran after Geneva talks
By Peter Symonds, October 2, 2009
Following international talks in Geneva, President Obama has again warned Iran that it faces “increased pressure” if it fails to take “swift action” to meet its nuclear obligations.
Talks with Iran open in Geneva amid threats and provocations
By Bill Van Auken, October 1, 2009
Talks between Iran and the so-called P5+1—the United States, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany—open in Geneva today in an atmosphere of threats and provocations generated by Western gover...
“Cheats and Deceivers”
By Bill Van Auken, September 30, 2009
In an editorial published Sunday, the Financial Times of London joined the media onslaught against Iran, calling its rulers “cheats and deceivers” who “cannot be remotely trusted” in relation ...
Once again, on the ex-left and Iran
By Joe Kishore, September 29, 2009
The latest orchestrated provocation over Iran’s nuclear program exposes the reactionary role of the middle-class backers of the “green” opposition in Iran.
