Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Giorgi Lomsadze* TBILISI, May 15, 2012 (IPS/EurasiaNet) – Georgia is clearly the closest U.S. ally in the South Caucasus, moving in lockstep with American interests on just about every foreign policy issue – except one: Iran. Not wanting to become embroiled in a potential regional conflict, officials [...]
Impassioned Plea for Averting War with Iran
April 20, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN IDN-InDepth NewsReport LONDON (IDN) – Pax Christi, the International Catholic Movement for Peace, has made an impassioned plea for averting war with Iran. "Surely such a war would spell worldwide disaster, and it’s up to movements like us to send a strong message against military aggression," Pax Christi [...]
Standing Down as Iran’s Power Struggle Unfolds
April 16, 2012 By
Republished on Global Geopolitics & Political Economy By Jen Alic of Oilprice.com A strike on Iran, however limited, would push the current internal power struggle to a premature end that would not be in the US’ best interests – that is the message, whether intentional or not, of the recent "intelligence leak" that has provided [...]
Iran Prepares for Parliamentary Elections amid Uncertainty
September 12, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Yasaman Baji TEHRAN, Sep 11, 2011 (IPS) – Uncertainty and confusion, particularly among the highly factionalised conservatives that have dominated Iranian politics since 2005, appear to be the order of the day some seven months before next March’s parliamentary elections. Given the harsh repression that followed the [...]
Military Option for Iran Far From Prudent
July 5, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN Military Option for Iran Far From Prudent The writer | Credit: ACA By Greg Thielmann* IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis WASHINGTON D.C. (IDN) – Neither sanctions, cyber sabotage, nor off-and-on multilateral diplomacy has yet convinced the government of Iran to end its pursuit of activities that could give it [...]
U.S.: Military Attack on Iran Recedes, but Tensions Remain High
June 9, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Barbara Slavin WASHINGTON, Jun 8, 2011 (IPS) – The likelihood of a U.S. or Israeli military attack on Iran’s nuclear installations seems miniscule during the remaining months of the Barack Obama administration’s first term. The U.S. is focused on domestic economic problems, winding down wars in Iraq, [...]
OP-ED: Iran’s Greatest Spiritual Leader
May 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Melody Moezzi* ATLANTA, Georgia, May 23, 2011 (IPS) – Iran’s officially recognised "spiritual leader" today may be Ayatollah Khamenei, but for hundreds of years before the current establishment of mullahs and ayatollahs, Iranians of all creeds have looked to another spiritual leader: Jalal ad- Din Rumi. While [...]
Egypt and Iran Break Diplomatic Ice
April 8, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Bernhard Schell IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis CAIRO (IDN) – U.S.-backed president Hosni Mubarak’s ouster in a popular uprising in February would have a significant diplomatic fallout if intensive efforts by Egypt and Iran to re-establish diplomatic relations, frozen for the last about 30 years, produce positive results. That [...]
Iran Battles U.S. At UN Human Rights Council
March 21, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Omid Memarian GENEVA, Mar 21, 2011 (IPS) – Forty-nine United Nations member-states have co-sponsored a resolution asking for a special mechanism to monitor Iran’s human rights situation, which is expected to be voted later this week at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Instead of responding to [...]
US: Iranian "Terrorist" Group Courts Friends in High Places
March 1, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Barbara Slavin WASHINGTON, Mar1, 2011 (IPS) – For years now, supporters of the Iranian opposition group the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) have lobbied in vain to have the organisation taken off the U.S. State Department’s terrorism list. That day may now be approaching. A growing number of high- [...]
