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Iran's Threat

Iran's Threat : Opinion Brief
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said the Iranian nation has never pursued and will never pursue nuclear weapons.

The high-stakes Iran nuclear summit: Is a deal possible?

This weekend, Iranian leaders will try to hash out their differences with Western powers. Only the most persistent optimists expect a true breakthrough

 
Iran's Threat : The Bullpen
D.B. Grady

D.B. Grady: If Israel bombs Iran: Forecasting the next 24 hours

Absent total war, the day after an Israeli attack on Iran would see a flurry of conventional spycraft, cyber-snooping, and frantic diplomacy

 
Iran's Threat : Controversy
After Mitt Romney accused President Obama of being the "most feckless president" since Jimmy Carter, the Democrat chided his rival for taking the prospect of war too lightly.

Are Republicans too 'casual' about war with Iran?

President Obama knocks his GOP challengers for what he sees as their glib, unpresidential beating of the "drums of war"

 
Iran's Threat : Opinion Brief
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Obama: On Monday, Netanyahu told the Israel lobby that when it comes to taking action against Iran, "none of us can afford to wait much longer."

Obama's Israel summit: Did it reduce the risk of war with Iran?

Israel is eager to launch a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities — and Obama seems equally eager to talk the Israeli prime minister out of it

 
Iran's Threat : Analysis
"When the United States says it is unacceptable for Iran to have a nuclear weapon, we mean what we say," President Obama tells The Atlantic.

'I don't bluff': 3 explanations for Obama's tough talk on Iran

Days before a highly anticipated summit with Israel's prime minister, Obama vehemently insists that he's serious about preventing Tehran from acquiring nukes

 
Iran's Threat : Fact Sheet
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that Iran would not modify its nuclear program, regardless of international pressure.

Did foiled nuke inspections in Iran take us 'a big step closer to war'?

International experts are denied access to a military site suspected of harboring nuclear weapons research — and the consequences could be dire

 
Iran's Threat : Opinion Brief
A oil tanker pulls into a Spanish port: Iran has cut off oil shipments to France and Britain, and has also threatened to stop sales to Spain and other EU countries.

How badly will Iran's oil 'blackmail' hurt Europe?

Tehran cuts off oil shipments to the U.K. and France in retaliation for Western sanctions over Iran's nuclear program. Is this bad for the EU ... or Iran?

 
Iran's Threat : The List
In the face of increasingly harsh international sanctions, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced this week that Tehran's nuclear scientists had made two "major" breakthroughs.

Iran's latest nuclear advances: 4 reasons the world should worry

The State Department says Iran is overhyping its progress to look strong in the face of punishing sanctions. But how much of a comfort is that, really?

 
Iran's Threat : Instant Guide
This Israeli embassy car, pictured at a New Delhi police station, was damaged in a Monday bombing that Israel is blaming on Iran.

Coordinated attacks on Israeli diplomats: Payback from Iran?

Bitter tensions between Israel and Iran grow worse as the feuding nations trade accusations over bombing attempts on Israelis in India and Georgia

 
Iran's Threat : Opinion Brief
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak warns that the West can't wait too long to check Iran's nuclear threat: "Whoever says 'later' may find that later is too late," he says.

Would Israel attack Iran without U.S. approval?

Ehud Barak and Co. are ratcheting up their rhetoric as Iran's nuclear program continues unchecked — and many U.S. officials don't think our allies are bluffing

 
Iran's Threat : Burning Question
After a failed assassination attempt on U.S. soil last year, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Iranian officials appear more willing to attack the U.S., according to intelligence officials.

Could Iran really launch an attack on U.S. soil?

U.S. intelligence agencies say Iran is planning terrorist attacks inside the U.S. to retaliate for threats from Washington and its allies. Is that just fear-mongering?

 
Iran's Threat : Opinion Brief
Iranian students, waiting for the arrival of international nuclear inspectors, carry pictures of an Iranian nuclear scientist who was killed in a bomb blast this month.

Iran's nuclear threat: Can inspections defuse the tensions?

Many Western diplomats hope their worst fears won't be confirmed as international nuclear experts arrive in Iran for a fact-finding mission

 
Iran's Threat : Opinion Brief
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said he would not cave to pressure to end the country's uranium enrichment program, but he is open to discussion.

Iran's offer to talk nukes: A win for the West?

Tehran says it's willing to resume discussions, but insists it won't cave to foreign demands that it stop enriching uranium

 
Iran's Threat : In-depth briefing
Soldiers take part in Iranian naval maneuvers near Iran's Strait of Hormuz: Tehran has threatened to block the busy oil-shipping route, through which 17 million barrels of oil travel every day.

Iran: The showdown over the Strait of Hormuz

Tehran threatens to block the world's busiest oil-shipping route. What would happen if the strait were closed?

 
Iran's Threat : Controversy
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits a uranium enrichment facility in 2008: Some critics believe the West should treat Iran no differently than it does any country that's enriching uranium.

Should the West just let Iran enrich uranium?

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty allows countries to enrich uranium if they agree to rigorous monitoring. Should that standard apply to Iran, too?

 
Iran's Threat : The Bullpen
Daniel Larison

Daniel Larison: The West's inimical posturing on Iran

The EU approves a ban on Iranian oil imports, but what the West really needs is a complete reappraisal of its dealings with Tehran

 

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