Will the U.S. Support Terrorists to Destabilize Iran?
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 7 Jul 2008
Summary: All attempts to justify a military attack on Iran have failed and the US is now looking at supporting fringe and terrorist groups to destabilize the country. It won?t work, says NAM contributing writer, William O. Beeman, but it will destabilize the region for years to come. Beeman is Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota. He is President of the Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association. The second edition of his book, The ?Great Satan? vs. the ?Mad Mullahs?: How the United States and Iran Demonize Each Other, has just been published by the University of Chicago Press. source: AntiWar.com read more

Deconstructing the Anti-Iran Resolutions
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 7 Jul 2008
Summary: The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a resolution (HR 362) that calls on the Bush administration to take strong action against Iran, including a naval blockade of its ports. A similar resolution is being considered by the Senate (SR 580). The two resolutions are supposedly non-binding. They also mention explicitly that they are not granting the Bush administration any authorization to stage military attacks on Iran. Their language, however, is warlike. In particular, a naval blockade of Iran’s ports is certainly tantamount to a declaration of war. source: AntiWar.com read more

Iran, EU agree on nuclear negotiations timetable
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 7 Jul 2008
Summary: SolanaTEHRAN, July 6 (RIA Novosti) – Iran and the European Union have agreed on a timetable for negotiations on the Islamic Republic’s controversial nuclear program, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported Sunday, referring to a well-informed source. source: RIA Novostiread more

New War Brewing: US, Israel Take Dangerous Steps
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 7 Jul 2008
Summary: MargolisSenior Israeli officials are openly threatening to attack Iran?s nuclear installations before President George W. Bush?s term expires [and] highly regarded American journalist Seymour Hersh just confirmed that the U.S. Congress has authorized a $400-million plan to overthrow Iran?s government and incite ethnic unrest. source: ICHread more

UK may not lecture Iran on disarmament
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 7 Jul 2008
Summary: What is the United Kingdom?s record of living up to its own NPT obligations, to which it signed up 40 years ago this month, after protracted negotiations at the UN? source: The Timesread more

Murdoch Moves Against Iran
Jyoti Mishra - 7 Jul 2008
Darth Murdoch… or is it William Randolph Hearst? I’ve just read this on Keyvan’s blog: Media Lens have received legal threats from the Times newspaper concerning their latest media alert, Selling The Fireball: Bush and Iran. Due to these threats they’ve had to amend their alert to remove responses from Times journalist Bronwen Maddox. To read the [...]