By Homeira Hesami
Posted on Augusta Free Press on April 16, 2014
It’s a relief to know that most people have not experienced the wrath of an oppressive regime the way I have. I am lucky for being able to flee the Iranian dictatorship’s evil. Sadly, however, there are thousands of such people stranded and desperate for escape in and around my homeland. They have experienced far worse than I did as a teenager living in Iran.
By Ivan Sascha Sheehan
Posted on TheHill on February 19, 2014
Since the P5+1 Joint Plan of Action on Iran’s Nuclear Program was signed in Geneva in November, the White House has encountered two difficult truths about the Iranian regime.
Rouhani’s manipulation of U.S. negotiators ended Tehran’s isolation and secured time in return for empty promises that furthered the regime’s nuclear objectives.
By Michael Doran
Posted on Brookings on November 24, 2013
One's evaluation of the nuclear deal depends on how one understands the broader context of US-Iranian relations. There are potential pathways ahead that might not be all that bad. But I am pessimistic. I see the deal as a deceptively pleasant way station on the long and bloody road that is the American retreat from the Middle East.
By Ramesh Sepehrrad
Posted on The Hill on November 01, 2013
In Iraq, the buck stops with the Prime Minister, Nouri Al-Maliki, more so than any other country. He is the Commander in Chief, the acting Minister of Defense, the acting Minister of Interior, the acting Minister of National Security and the Head of Intelligence.
By Micah D. Halpern
Posted on huffingtonpost on October 20, 2013
Iran is out maneuvering and out witting the United States and the West at almost every twist and turn.
The reason is simple -- and sad.