Can Sanctions Work Against Iran? By The Editors Don Emmert/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, said on Friday that the United States, Britain and France would “regret” accusing Iran of hiding a nuclear fuel facility, saying it was not a secret site. Updated, Sept. 28, 9:30 a.m. | Obama administration officials [...]

  NEW YORK — France and Germany fought three wars in 70 years before the bright idea dawned of enfolding their problem into something larger: the European Union. The United States and Iran have not gone to war but have a relationship of psychotic mistrust. The answer can only be the same: Broaden the context. [...]

  Exploiting Iran’s blunder Bolstering moderates is key U.S. objective   Even among wacko, dictatorial regimes, Iran continues to distinguish itself with bizarre rhetoric and inexplicable secrecy. Are the country’s nuclear ambitions, as its leaders insist publicly, about modernizing a decrepit power grid? Or are they, as is intimated by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s aggressive maunderings, [...]

  By GARY MILHOLLIN and VALERIE LINCY Published: September 29, 2009 Washington Skip to next paragraph Enlarge This Image David Plunkert Related Times Topics: Iran’s Nuclear Program THE disclosure of Iran’s secret nuclear plant has changed the way the West must negotiate with Tehran. While worrisome enough on its own, the plant at Qum may [...]

  Iran’s secret nuclear plant will spark a new round of IAEA inspections and lead to a period of even greater transparency Scott Ritter guardian.co.uk, Friday 25 September 2009 18.30 BST It was very much a moment of high drama. Barack Obama, fresh from his history-making stint hosting the UN security council, took a break [...]

  Is Ahmadinejad a ‘Gift’ for Israel? By Robert Mackey Daniel Acker/Bloomberg Reasonable, concise and measured, the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas demonstrated how not to get attention during an address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Friday. On Friday, just three days after basking in the spotlight of international attention — [...]

  September 26, 2009, 2:05 am Ahmadinejad Goes on ‘Larry King Live’ By M. Amedeo Tumolillo The pairing seemed improbable: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the ever-controversial Iranian president who dominated the day’s news as he was again taken to task for his country’s nuclear ambitions, sitting with Larry King, a popular master of the gentle interview often [...]

  Iranians Blanket Brooklyn Bridge in Green By Robert Mackey Chang W. Lee/The New York Times A mile-long green banner signed by tens of thousands of people expressing solidarity with the opposition protesters in Iran was carried over the Brooklyn Bridge on Thursday. Update | 10:07 p.m. Here is a video report produced by my [...]

  Update | 11:12 p.m. Here is a video report on the protests from my colleagues Nazila Fathi, Nancy Donaldson and Krishnan Vasudevan. Update | 8:31 p.m. A witness outside the New York restaurant where Mr. Ahmadinejad is said to be dining this evening reports that a number of protesters got wind of the location [...]

  September 14, 2005 Click on photo see next More (1) (5) (10) (15) (20) (25) (30) (35) (38) It was a truly hot and humid day in New York City Wednesday. Needless to say Midtown traffic was a nightmare not just because of the UN summit, but also the remnants of fashion week, Wait [...]