16 Februrary 2010
Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 15 / Trend News U. Sadikhova /
Raymond Tanter, President of the Committee on the Iranian politics in Washington, a former member of U.S. National Security Council at the White House and former Personal Representative of the Secretary of Defense spoke in an interview with Trend News.
Washington, DC—Iranian protesters are gearing up for the next occasion to turn to the streets in opposition to the Iranian regime: February 11 commemoration of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Unlike the situation prior to the June election, the regime now faces a permanent opposition movement willing to endure repression to bring down the regime leading Washington think tanks to have doubts about engagement and to focus on democratic change in Iran as a way to prevent the Islamic Republic from obtaining the bomb. A joint U.S.-EU statement condemning the Iranian regime’s human rights violations is a step in this direction.
BY RAYMOND TANTER
Since its founding in 2005, the Iran Policy Committee has conducted research on Iranian opposition organizations to find a solution to a policy puzzle: How the United States could avoid the difficult choice between failing diplomacy and problematic military action to prevent the Iranian regime from acquiring nuclear weapons.
20 January 2010
Washington, DC—Iraq’s Supreme National Commission for Accountability and Justice has barred hundreds of legitimate candidates from running in upcoming parliamentary elections, perhaps at the behest of Tehran. The Commission is headed by Ahmad Chalabi, who has become close to the Iranian regime in recent years.