Invisible Iraq Invisible Iraq
You'd never know that the prime minister of a nation occupied by 130,000 US troops is in the United States, but he is. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is in Washington to meet Pres...
Jul 22, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Patience with Iran Patience with Iran
You know things are off kilter when the Wall Street Journal supports industrial strikes, including a general strike by workers and merchants, but in yesterday's edition the paper ...
Jul 17, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Iran’s Opposition Speaks Iran’s Opposition Speaks
The two leaders of Iran's not-so-loyal opposition will appear together tomorrow at Tehran University, when Mir Hossein Mousavi, the challenger to President Ahmadinejad, makes a pu...
Jul 16, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
“Women Commandos” in Iran “Women Commandos” in Iran
On Monday, the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington assembled an all-star panel of analysts for perspective on the role of women in the recent Iran election and post-election uphea...
Jul 13, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Talks with Iran by September? Talks with Iran by September?
Let's try to sort out what happening on the front of dealing with Iran's pesky nuclear program. In Italy, the G-8 countries took a stab at addressing the issue, but the result is...
Jul 10, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
New Showdown in Iran? New Showdown in Iran?
UPDATE Thursday, July 9--Clashes erupted today between at least a thousand protestors in Tehran and baton-wielding security forces. Demonstrations took place all over Iran -- acco...
Jul 8, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Iran’s Eye-Gougers Iran’s Eye-Gougers
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is dropping the mask. Until June 12, when the Guard emerged as the critical pillar of the regime in putting down the post-election protest ...
Jul 7, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Opposition Holds Firm in Iran Opposition Holds Firm in Iran
Let's leave aside, for today, Vice President Biden's incredibly destructive comments on Israel's "sovereign" right to bomb Iran, remarks that are widely being interpreted in the M...
Jul 6, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Iran’s Green Wave Iran’s Green Wave
The clampdown on street protests can't disguise huge fissures among the elite.
Jul 1, 2009 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
Whisky Tango Foxtrot? Whisky Tango Foxtrot?
It's encouraging that General Jim Jones, the national security adviser, seems to have laid down the law to US generals in Afghanistan: no more troops. That's not the same as less...
Jul 1, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss