Iran calls for legal action against NPT violators9 May 2008Summary: TEHRAN – Iran?s ambassador to the UN nuclear watchdog, Ali-Asghar Soltanieh, has called for the implementation of Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty which calls for total nuclear disarmament. source: Tehran Timesread more
Attack Iran? Jay should hold hearings9 May 2008Summary: This is sounding like an echo of the run-up to Iraq, when Bush and Cheney insisted that Iraq had horror weapons, was in bed with suicide fanatics, and made other false assertions that sucked America into the disastrous Iraq war. source: Charleston Gazetteread more
Iran ‘blames monarchists for mosque blast’9 May 2008Summary: Shiraz BombingTEHRAN (AFP) ? Iran on Thursday blamed a mosque explosion that killed 13 people in the southern city of Shiraz last month on Western-backed monarchists who oppose the Islamic republic, the Fars news agency reported. source: AFPread more
May 14: Chicago City Council Considers Resolution Opposing War on Iran9 May 2008Summary: Leading Experts to Testify Against Military Action as Tensions Rise. At the Chicago City Council meeting on Wednesday, May 14 at 10:00 AM in the City Council chambers, the body will vote on a resolution introduced by Alderman Joe Moore (with the support of Chicago’s No War on Iran Coalition) that would declare the city opposed to a U.S. military attack on Iran. source: No War on Iran Coalitionread more
The Iran Consensus Grows More Dangerous9 May 2008Summary: nuclear attackAs I’ve noted, the three candidates share a consensus, backed by the national security community, that Iran is the new strategic threat. It is radical, anti-American, anti-Israel, terrorist-supporting, nuclear-armed and provocative. But just because this is the consensus view does not mean it is right. source: Washington Postread more
Iran resolution goes to Evanston City Council8 May 2008Summary: EvanstonEvanston and North Shore peace groups have gained the backing of an Evanston City Council committee in support of a resolution opposing U.S. military intervention or use of force in Iran. Members of the council’s Human Services Committee voted 3-1 Monday to recommend in favor of the resolution. The proposal now goes to the full council, which could vote on the matter as early as next week. The council is scheduled to meet at 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave. source: Pioneer Localread more
Jewish-Iranian lawmaker: Israel’s behavior is ‘anti-human’8 May 2008Summary: An Iranian Jewish leader on Wednesday said his community would not mark this week’s 60th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel, which he accused of “killing innocent” Palestinians. source: Reutersread more
Iran offers nuclear deal but refuses to stop enrichment8 May 2008Summary: Iran said yesterday that it is to present the international community with a new package of proposals aimed at breaking the diplomatic deadlock over the country’s nuclear programme. source: The Guardianread more
IAEA chief sees ‘good progress’ in talks with Iran8 May 2008Summary: BRUSSELS (AFP) ? UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei Wednesday welcomed “good progress” in talks with Iran, noting that a team was in Tehran to discuss the country’s “alleged studies of weaponization.” source: AFPread more
Report: US convenes on Iran war scenario7 May 2008Summary: High-ranking US officials have reportedly held a special meeting to study options for a military strike against the Islamic Republic. source: Press TVread more
Media Disinformation: Iran’s Link to Iraqi Insurgents7 May 2008Summary: New York Times vs McClatchy:
Michael Gordon, the military writer for The New York Times who contributed several false stories about Iraqi WMD in the runup to the U.S. attack on Iraq in 2002, has written several articles in the past year about Iran?s alleged training of Iraqi insurgents—or supplying them with weapons to kill Americans. source: Editor & Publisherread more
Top U.S. officer says would prefer no war on Iran7 May 2008Summary: MullenJERUSALEM, May 5 (Reuters) – U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq would make it difficult to mount any attack on Iran, the Pentagon’s top officer said in remarks broadcast on Monday, adding that he would prefer to avoid a new regional war. source: Reutersread more
Investigate the Pentagon Pundit Program6 May 2008Summary: John KerryThe Pentagon now says that it has suspended this program, but we still don?t know what really happened. What was the extent of the program? Did the Pentagon leverage the financial interests of the analysts? And, especially, now that the Pentagon has announced this program has been suspended, what steps are being taken to make sure it never happens again? We know the life-or-death consequences of policy decisions in Iraq and Afghanistan—and we know that these policies should be debated and defended without secret programs designed to tailor the news for the Administration’s goals. source: dailykos.comread more
Condi Stomps the Mullahs6 May 2008Summary: The war drums are again beating. It’s beginning to look like the neocons have cranked up their useful idiots in the Bush administration for a fall offensive, target Iran. And maybe also Syria, Lebanon, and the Palestinians. The bad guys’ list, which is remarkably similar to a roll call of Israel’s enemies, seems to have expanded both vertically and horizontally at a time when the U.S. military is using paper clips and chewing gum to hold together its efforts in Iraq. source: Anti War.Comread more
Pentagon Targeted Iran for Regime Change After 9/116 May 2008Summary: RumsfeldThree weeks after the 9/11 terror attacks, former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld established an official military objective of not only removing the Saddam Hussein regime by force but overturning the regimes in Iran, Syria, and four other countries in the Middle East source: Anti War.Comread more
Assassins of Peace6 May 2008Summary: RaimondoThe “war on terrorism” now consists of a worldwide campaign to fund the “good” terrorist groups source: Anti War.Comread more
New offer threatens Iran’s ‘red line’6 May 2008Summary: Unfortunately, the new Western pitch sings the same old song of “no enrichment in Iran”, and that is simply a “red line” no Iranian politician dares to cross. source: Asia Times Onlineread more
Iran says new talks with U.S. on Iraq meaningless6 May 2008Summary: BaghdadTEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran on Monday dismissed any prospect of new talks with the United States on Iraq, accusing U.S.-led forces on Monday of a “massacre” of the Iraqi people. source: Reutersread more
Who needs Dana Perino when you have the NYT’s Michael Gordon?6 May 2008Summary: Michael GordonThe administration’s war-threatening rhetoric against Iran has plainly reached new heights in the last several weeks. Whether they really intend to follow through on those threats before Bush leaves office is unclear, though some commentators with a history of insight and prescience—such as Scott Ritter—are convinced they will. source: Salon.comread more
Former UN weapons inspector says attack on Iran ‘virtual guarantee’6 May 2008Summary: Scott RitterFormer UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter, who was among the original experts to question Bush Administration claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction, now says he believes an attack on Iran is a “virtual guarantee.” source: Raw Storyread more
Selling the War with Iran5 May 2008Summary: Nir RosenThe truth is, most allegations about Iran’s role in Iraq and the region are unfounded or dishonest. Iran was responsible for ending the recent fighting in Basra and calming the situation after Iraqi parliamentarians who backed Prime Minister Maliki approached it…...I believe that in fact Iran is a positive influence in Iraq, that it has a close relationship with the Kurds and the Shiites and that the Iranian regime, unlike its Sunni neighbors, is not sectarian and is very pragmatic. If Iraq’s Sunnis dislike I source: Washington Noteread more
Iraqi official says Iran arms evidence not conclusive5 May 2008Summary: Ali al-DabbaghA top Iraqi official said Sunday there was no conclusive evidence that Shiite extremists have been directly supplied with some Iranian arms as alleged by the United States. source: APread more
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