Earlier this year, at the Arab League Summit in Damascus, when Muammar Qaddafi’s turn came at the lectern, he launched into a spirited and fiery criticism, a rant, really, directed at his fellow Arabs, specifically on the issue of Palestine and Israel. “Whatever happened to the cause (Palestinian) we had before 1967?” he asked his Read More
Beneath the bluster—Iranian patrol boats reportedly playing chicken with U.S. warships; President Bush’s statements about “containing” Iran—there’s a significant shift under way in the relationship between Iran and the United States. And nearly everyone is missing it.
In the first week of January 2008, as most Americans were focused on the presidential campaign and Read More
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran is America’s most recent favorite person to hate, even more so this week because of what many Americans (including the president, presidential candidates, and even Scott Pelley of 60 Minutes) consider the audaciousness of his request to visit Ground Zero while on his now yearly trip to New York.
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On Tuesday, Sept. 19, the day of his now-famous speech, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad entered the General Assembly at the United Nations and sat down with his foreign minister and the Iranian U.N. ambassador. He waved in my direction, and I waved back. Me and Mahmoud, I thought to myself.
I had seen the text Read More
Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami’s widely covered and high-profile 12-day trip to the U.S. was all about symbolism. Or so it seemed, at least as far as the media and the public were concerned. For though he delivered four major speeches, President Khatami disappointed some who thought—or at least hoped—that he was here either to Read More
Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami’s widely covered and high-profile 12-day trip to the U.S. was all about symbolism. Or so it seemed, at least as far as the media and the public were concerned. For though he delivered four major speeches, President Khatami disappointed some who thought—or at least hoped—that he was here either to Read More
B’esm’allah-o-rahman-o-rahim,” began the Iranian foreign minister. “Today, the international community needs to have a new understanding of Iran. Perhaps more than any other, American society needs to have a new understanding of Iran.” Mr. Manouchehr Mottaki was speaking to me in a reception room at the Iranian Mission to the U.N. in the last week Read More
B’esm’allah-o-rahman-o-rahim,” began the Iranian foreign minister. “Today, the international community needs to have a new understanding of Iran. Perhaps more than any other, American society needs to have a new understanding of Iran.” Mr. Manouchehr Mottaki was speaking to me in a reception room at the Iranian Mission to the U.N. in the last week Read More
The Iranian nuclear issue has dominated international headlines for some time now, competing with, or in some cases complementing, news of the latest outrageous statement from Iran’s fiery president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. But the Bush administration’s early June about-face on Iran policy, from the dream of marching on Tehran to an implicit recognition that Iran’s bargaining Read More
The Iranian nuclear issue has dominated international headlines for some time now, competing with, or in some cases complementing, news of the latest outrageous statement from Iran’s fiery president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. But the Bush administration’s early June about-face on Iran policy, from the dream of marching on Tehran to an implicit recognition that Iran’s bargaining Read More
