ISSUE: Iran-US Relations

As relations remain tense between Iran and the US amid ongoing skepticism over Iran's nuclear program, Link TV brings you in-depth coverage of congressional hearings and think-tank conferences in Washington DC to give national exposure to the debate about economic sanctions and military intervention in Iran. Browse this page for a diverse range of perspectives and expert opinions on the future of Iran-US relations, nuclear arms, and the impact of sanctions on Iran.

WATCH NOW: Iran Sanctions Take Human Toll -->

The US and the European Union have imposed severe sanctions on Iran's international trade and banking. How has this affected the people of Iran? An independent filmmaker talks with Tehran residents in this exclusive Link TV report.

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• Decision Time in Tehran (Lobe Log - May 31, 2013)
• Ryan Crocker says U.S. is fumbling on Iran's nuclear program (LA Times - May 25, 2013)
• UN Nuke Agency's Iran Probe Driven by US-led Intel (AP - May 24, 2013)
• Iran's March to Naked Dictatorship? (Huffington Post - May 22, 2013)
• Iran Follows 2012 Election Script To Avoid 2013 Election Surprise (Al Monitor - May 22, 2013)
• Senate Dims Green-Light For Israeli Attack (Daily Beast - April 17, 2013)
• Iranian-Americans Oppose Strike; Want Focus on Human Rights (Al Monitor - April 15, 2013)
• Report Calls to Engage Iran’s People While Preventing Nuke (IPS - April 5, 2013)
• Why the Iran Sanctions Don't Work (The National Interest - April 3, 2013)
• A Blank Check for Israel? Bad Idea. (Prospect - March 6, 2013)
• Innocent Iranians Off the Agenda in Almaty (Huffington Post - March 6, 2013)
• Mixed Signals Ahead of Iran Talks (American Security Project - February 13, 2013)
• Ahmadinejad Declares 'Viva Spring' in Iran (Al Monitor - February 13, 2013)
• Iranians Feel Bite of Sanctions, Blame US, Not Own Leaders (Gallup World - February 7, 2013)
• New team, new talks with Iran? (San Francisco Chronicle - January 29, 2013)
• Why Is Tehran Procrastinating? (Huffington Post - January 24, 2013)
• Iran nuclear advisor sets out 'maximalist' stance as Iran mulls new talks (Al Monitor - January 22, 2013)
• Is Iran on the Brink? (Lobe Log - January 16, 2013)
• A Fistful of Tomans - Kevan Harris on Iran’s Currency Wars (London Review of Books - January 2013)
• A Letter to Our Leaders on Iran's Nuclear Program (Huffington Post - Janaury 15, 2013)
• Iran could reach key point for nuclear bomb by mid-2014: US experts (Reuters - January 14, 2013)
• Iran Nuclear Brief: Options for a Diplomatic Solution (Arms Control Association - January 9, 2013)
• Confronting Iran in a Changing Middle East (World Politics Review - January 8, 2013)
• Iran Balks at Nuclear Talks Without Sanctions, Rights on Agenda (Al-Monitor - January 4, 2013) 
• VIDEO: Gary Sick on Iran and the Bomb (Foreign Affairs Magazine - December 12, 2012)
• EU, Iran discuss new nuclear talks (The Back Channel - December 12, 2012)
• New Offer to Iran Doesn't Look Like a Breakthrough; West Should Bend a Bit (AOL Defense - December 10, 2012)
• US gives Iran until March to cooperate with IAEA (Reuters - November 29, 2012)
• AP's dangerous Iran hoax demands an accounting and explanation (Guardian - November 29, 2012)
• Obama victory opens window for negotiation with Iran (Reuters - November 7, 2012)
• How Obama Can Succeed on Iran (Huffington Post - November 6, 2012)
• Iran Fact Check: Top 5 Myths (Iran Media Fact Check - October 22, 2012)
• Global powers launch new push to end Iran nuclear crisis (Guardian - October 11, 2012)
• Iran atomic cooperation could spur fast sanctions relief: Clinton (Reuters - October 3, 2012)
• Part II: Will Iran Close the Strait of Hormuz? (Iran Primer - October 2, 2012)
• Iran may still be years away from any nuclear-armed missile (Reuters - October 2, 2012)
• Netanyahu's Iran Nuclear Timeline: Off Point and Off Base (Arms Control Association - September 27, 2012)
• The US and Iran on a dead end path to war? (Open Security - September 24, 2012)
• Ahmadinejad: Iran nuclear issue 'very tiresome subject' (The Back Channel - September 24, 2012)
• Netanyahu's Ultimatum Misreads US Attitudes (Al-Monitor - September 12, 2012)
• Clarifying the Record on Iran’s Alleged Nuclear Weapons Program (Arms Control Now - September 11, 2012)
• Diplomacy is the best tool for Iran (Boston Globe - August 16, 2012)
• UN watchdog may lower its estimate of "missing" Iran uranium (Reuters - August 16, 2012)
• Mofaz slams Netanyahu's Iran saber rattling (Globes - August 16, 2012)
• Iranian Charity and Banker Say US Sanctions Hurting Patients (Al-Monitor - August 15, 2012)
• Dennis Ross: Israel's Iran Threats Aimed at Spurring Global Action (Al-Monitor - August 15, 2012)
• New Evidence That Israel Is Bluffing About Iran (The Atlantic - August 15, 2012)
• Ex-Obama Official Warns: Take Israel Iran Threat 'Very Seriously' (Al-Monitor - August 14, 2012)
• Who is Bibi preempting - Obama or Iran? (The Daily Beast - August 15, 2012)
• Obama set to assure Israel that, if all else fails, US will attack Iran by June 2012 - TV Report (Times of Israel - August 14, 2012)
• The Enmity Conspiracy, or How War with Iran Became 'Inevitable' (The Diplomat - July 21, 2012)
• The cost of Israeli recklessness: Six dead in Burgas (+972 - July 20, 2012)
• Choke Point (Foreign Policy - July 19, 2012)
• Hezbollah and Iran Look for Plan B in Syria After Assassinations (Al Monitor - July 19, 2012)
• The Bulgaria Bus Bombing: Should Iran Be The Only Suspect? (Lobe Log - July 19, 2012)
• Ros-Lehtinen defends MEK as State Dept anger grows (Foreign Policy - July 18, 2012)
• Netanyahu wants to turn the Israeli intelligence failure over Bulgaria into an excuse to strike Iran (Haaretz - July 19, 2012)
• From Iran to Bulgaria (The Daily Beast - July 18, 2012)
• Netanyahu - Unlike Olmert - Refuses Explicit Iran Attack Threat (IPS - July 18, 2012)
• Angels of Iran | A Voice for the Voiceless: Roxana Saberi (Education Under Fire - April 24, 2012)
• Would a Nuclear Iran Make the Middle East More Secure? (Foreign Affairs – July 18, 2012)

• Does Iran Have A Syria Strategy? (Lobe Log – July 16, 2012)
• Israelis, Not MEK, Killed Iranian Scientists, New Book Says (Al Monitor – July 6, 2012)
• The Secret at the Heart of the Israel-U.S. Alliance on Iran (The Atlantic – July 16, 2012)
• Iran Seeks Sustained Dialogue (The Back Channel – July 4, 2012)
• Nuclear Brinkmanship with Iran (The National Interest – July 5, 2012)
• Countermeasures vs. Collective Security? The EU Sanctions Against Iran (EJIL: Talk! – June 22, 2012)
• Is Iran Building a Third Enrichment Plant? (Institute for Science and International Security – June 4, 2012)
• Not by Sanctions Alone: Using Intelligence and Military Means to Bolster Diplomacy with Iran (The Washington Institute – June 28, 2012)
• Iran was behind bomb plot against Israeli diplomats, investigators find (The Guardian – June 17, 2012)
• Why the US Could Bomb Iran (Tablet - July 11, 2012)
• Why Israel Won’t Bomb Iran (Tablet - July 11, 2012)
• Russia warns that Iran nuclear talks too slow to forestall conflict (The Christian Science Monitor – June 22, 2012)
• Bipartisanship and Iran (Salon – June 18, 2012)
• What you can do to stop a war with Iran (Foreign Policy – June 19, 2012)
• Is Obama's Real Iran Policy Regime Change? (The Atlantic – June 20, 2012)
• US and Israel behind computer virus that hit Iran, say sources (Intel News – June 22, 2012)
• Apple, Iran Sanctions, and You: What You Need to Know (Muftah – June 21, 2012)
• Waltz and Iranian Nukes (The National Interest – June 20, 2012)
• MEK Working Through Senate to Sabotage Iran Diplomacy (NIAC - June 19, 2012)
• Kenneth Waltz: Iranian nukes? No worries (USA Today - June 18, 2012)
• Iran Nuclear Talks: Delusions on Both Sides of the Table (Time - June 19, 2012)
• Details of Iran's Counterproposal to World Powers (Frontline - June 19, 2012)
• Why Pass Indefinite Military Detention Law Now? (The Real News - June 19, 2012)
• We can't crush Iran (Salon - June 15, 2012)
• Diplomats tight lipped as Iran talks get underway (The Back Channel – June 18, 2012)
• The Moscow Talks: A Policy Recommendation Paper for Iran (Muftah – June 17, 2012)
• Pinched and Griping in Iran (The New York Times – June 16, 2012)
• How Iran Can Help Diplomacy Succeed (The Huffington Post – June 17, 2012)
• At 50, the Cuban Missile Crisis as Guide (The New York Times – June 15, 2012)
• US Should Ease Sanctions, Recognize Iran Enrichment Rights (Al Monitor – June 15, 2012)
• Stuxnet and the Bomb (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists – June 15, 2012)
• Obama's Drift Toward War With Iran (The Atlantic – June 14, 2012)
• Colin Kahl, Brent Scowcroft, Andrew Parasiliti, Seyed Mousavian on how to close a deal with Iran (The Back Channel – June 15, 2012)
• The Doomsday Predictions Are In (The Foreigner – June 13, 2012)
• New AIPAC Letter to Sink Iran Negotiations (MJ Rosenberg – June 11, 2012)
• Shimon Peres, Israel’s Nuclear Weapons Program And Iran (Lobe Log – June 14, 2012)
• Objective of US and Israeli Policy is Economic Warfare Against Iran (The Real News – June 7, 2012)
• A Nuclear Deal Helps Human Rights in Iran (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace – June 14, 2012)
• Could China, Russia Rescue Iran? (The Diplomat – June 8, 2012)
• Give Obama Elbow Room on Iran (The New York Times – June 13, 2012)
• From Baghdad to Moscow: Assessing the Iran Nuclear Talks (Link TV Storify Blog - June 13, 2012)
• Inside A Foundation For Defense Of Democracies Sponsored Junket To Israel (Lobe Log – June 11, 2012)
• A step forward in Iranian nuclear talks (The Washington Post – June 11, 2012)
• Sinopec turns down cut-price Iran crude: source (Reuters – June 12, 2012)
• Dangers of stalled nuclear talks in Moscow (Asia Times – June 13, 2012)
• Europe's Unique Opportunity to Act (The Huffington Post – June 12, 2012)
• Iranians' past with U.S. colors how they see standoff over nuclear program (The Washington Post – June 11, 2012)
• Iran Nuclear Talks: Progress Requires Confidence-Building (Lobe Log – June 10, 2012)
• Changes at Parchin Suggest an Iranian Bargaining Ploy (IPS – June 8, 2012)
• Making Lemonade from the Bitter Lemons of Israel's Nuclear SLCMs (Arms Control Now – June 11, 2012)
• US Mulls 'Going Big' On Iran, Diplomatic Sources Say (Al Monitor – June 7, 2012)
• Red, Red Lines (Foreign Policy – June 7, 2012)
• U.S., Iranian and European Perspectives on Addressing the Nuclear Dispute (NIAC – June 7, 2012)
• Israel's Military Secret (The National Interest – June 7, 2012)
• U.S. Rejected 2005 Iranian Offer Ensuring No Nuclear Weapons (IPS – June 5, 2012)
• Iranian Decision to Convert 20% Uranium May Be Good News (Bloomberg Businessweek – June 5, 2012)
• Romney Adviser Bolton Cheers For Iran Diplomacy To Fail: 'Fortunately' There Was No Breakthrough (Think Progress – June 5, 2012)
• Iranian Decision to Convert 20% Uranium May Be Good News (Bloomberg Businessweek – June 5, 2012)
• VIDEO: US and Israel 'used cyberattacks' on Iran (Al Jazeera – June 1, 2012)
• All-out help: Iran offers Pakistan to finance entire gas pipeline (Trend – June 5, 2012)
• Threats and Sanctions: The Achilles' Heel of a Potential Atom Accord (Frontline – June 4, 2012)
• Iran hopeful on atomic talks if "rights" respected (Reuters – June 5, 2012)
• What Happens after Baghdad Talks: Scenarios and Solutions (Iran Review – June 3, 2012)
• West talks of nuclear Iran to hide own problems (Reuters – June 3, 2012)
• Note on Ayatollah Khamenei's so-called "Nuclear Fatwa" (Essi Khan on Iran – June 3, 2012)
• Cheat Sheet: Behind The U.S. Cyberattacks on Iran (ProPublica – June 1, 2012)
• Why Iran Talks Will Continue (The Council on Foreign Relations – June 1, 2012)
• Can Turkey balance Iran? (Al Jazeera – June 2, 2012)
• Operation "Olympic Games": Report details US role in cyber-weapon targeting Iran centrifuges (The Back Channel – June 1, 2012)
• U.S. told to decide Iranian group's fate in four months (Reuters – June 1, 2012)
• Enough with the threats against Iran (Haaretz – June 1, 2012)
• Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson Addresses NIAC Members (NIAC – May 25, 2012)
• Iran Clean-Up Won’t Hamper IAEA's Bomb Hunt at Parchin (Bloomberg Businessweek – June 1, 2012)
• Obama 'ordered cyberattack' (Herald Sun – June 2, 2012)
• Moving Away from War with Iran (San Francisco Chronicle – May 25, 2012)
• Majority Of Israeli Defense Chiefs Oppose Attack On Iran (Think Progress – May 31, 2012)
• Representatives Demand Study on Consequences of War with Iran (NIAC – May 31, 2012)
• Iran nuclear talks succeed just by continuing (The Guardian – May 31, 2012)
• The IAEA and Parchin: do the claims add up? (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute – May 23, 2012)
• Israel Fans a Virtual Flame Against Iran (IPS – May 31, 2012)
• Terrorists? Us? (London Review of Books)
• Tehran’s back alley bankers flourishing under sanctions (The Globe and Mail – May 28, 2012)
• The Iran-Negotiations Marathon (The National Interest – May 30, 2012)
• What Obama Doesn't Understand About Israel and the Middle East (Al Monitor – May 28, 2012)
• Obama is More Likely to Approve Bombing Iran than Romney (MJ Rosenberg – May 29, 2012)
• Iranian Nuclear Talks: Time is Ticking (Al-Akhbar English – May 29, 2012)
• Iran has enough uranium for five nuclear weapons, claims US thinktank (The Guardian – May 26, 2012)
• Iran's New Opportunity to Improve Relations With Pakistan (Al Monitor – May 25, 2012)
• Why Talks with Iran Haven’t Worked (The Diplomat – May 28, 2012)
• Iran promises to beat "Flame" supervirus (Alakhbar English – May 29, 2012)
• U.S. Hard Line in Failed Iran Talks Driven by Israel (Inter Press Service – May 25, 2012)
• Nuclear Monitors in Iran Detect ‘Unalarming’ Enrichment (The Back Channel – May 25, 2012)
• The Iranian view on how to strike a deal (The Washington Post – May 24, 2012)
• 'Getting to Yes' With Iran Starts at Home (The Huffington Post – May 23, 2012)
• Is a deal likely on Iran's nuclear programme? (Inside Story – May 25, 2012)
• Mainstream Media & Bloggers are too Scared to Mention AIPAC in Iran Coverage (MJ Rosenberg – May 24, 2012)
• Iran nuclear talks a 'complete failure,' says Iranian diplomat (Christian Science Monitor – May 25, 2012)
• G Porter: IAEA Near Iran Inspection Deal but will US Insist on End to Enrichment? (The Real News Network – May 24, 2012)
• Undercutting negotiations hurts the U.S. (Bradenton Herald – May 23, 2012)
• Amanpour interviews former Iranian nuclear negotiation insider about weaponization plans (CNN – May 25, 2012)
• The Politics of Dignity: Why Nuclear Negotiations With Iran Keep Failing (The Atlantic – May 23, 2012)
• Iran, UNSC talks have the effect of Averting War (Informed Comment – May 24, 2012)
• Iran Needs Nuclear Talks To Stabilize Currency (Al Monitor – May 23, 2012)
• Iran and the strategic balance in the Gulf – interactive (The Guardian – March 1, 2012)
• VIDEO: Israeli Military Leaders Speak Out Against Iran Strike (The Real News – May 23, 2012)
• The Nixon Option for Iran? (Project Syndicate – May 22, 2012)
• Iran nuclear talks gaining traction (Asia Times – May 22, 2012)
• Riyadh's elusive quest for Gulf integration (Foreign Policy – May 22, 2012)
• Iran, the United States and a Nuclear Seesaw (The New York Times – April 13, 2012)
• Too Few Military Threats? (The Daily Beast – May 22, 2012)
• IAEA chief says nears deal with Iran ahead of 6-power talks  (Reuters – May 22, 2012)
• Iran’s economy minister tells Al-Monitor: “Our goals are clear” (The Back Channel – May 21, 2012)
• Engaging Russia on Iran (The National Interest – May 21, 2012)
• Dysfunctional Congress Threatens Iran Talks (Huffington Post - May 5, 2012)
• Former Israeli Internal Security Chief: 'Attacking Iran Will Encourage Them To Develop A Bomb' (April 27, 2012 - Think Progress)
• Israeli Military Chief: Iran Still Undecided About Building Nuclear Weapons (April 25, 2012 - Think Progress)
• Five Principles for a Nuclear Deal with Iran (April 20, 2012 - Ploughshares Fund)
• Crisis Guide: Iran (Council on Foreign Relations)
• US-Israel Deal to Demand Qom Closure Threatens Nuclear Talks (April 12, 2012 – IPS)
• Iran: We do not want nuclear weapons (April 12, 2012 – The Washington Post)
• Agenda with George Friedman on Iranian Ambitions (April 13, 2012 – Stratfor)
• How Hawks on the Hill Plan to Kill Talks With Iran (April 13, 2012 – The Huffington Post)
• Iran Picks Awkward Time to Escalate Gulf Tensions (Al Monitor)
• Iran and the United States Face Off in Turkey (April 12, 2012 – Foreign Affairs)
• Iran nuclear talks: Why the trust gap is so great (April 12, 2012 – Christian Science Monitor)
• For a new order in Iran, look to post-revolutionary France (April 12, 2012 – The Washington Post)
• VIDEO: Raising Their Voices: Iranian Views on the Military Option (April 11, 2012 - The International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran)
• Iran talks have right mix for history (April 12, 2012 - Asia Times)
• A Non-Nuclear Middle East (April 12, 2012 - The National Interest)
• US-Iran Trade Still Thrives (April 10, 2012 - The Iran Primer)
• Enrichment Freeze at Fordow Key to Progress in Iran Nuclear Talks (Al Monitor)
• Tomgram: Juan Cole, The Iran Conundrum (April 12, 2012 - Tom Dispatch)
• Iran's Strategy (April 10, 2012 - Stratfor)

• Will Khamenei Compromise? (April 11, 2012 - The National Interest)
• Has US Forgotten Lessons Of its First War With Iran? (Al Monitor)
• Last Chance Saloon with Iran? (April 11, 2012 - The Diplomat)
• Iran Nuclear Brief: The Breakout Option (April 5, 2012 - The Arms Control Association)
• Iran Nuclear Talks Offer Opportunity If The US Wants It (April 11, 2012 - LobeLog)
• A contest not for the faint hearted (April 10, 2012 - Gary's Choices)
• Hostages in Iran (April 8, 2012 - The National Interest)
• US intelligence gains in Iran seen as boost to confidence (April 7, 2012 - The Washington Post)
• Focusing on Regional Issues Can Break the Nuclear Impasse (April 3, 2012 - Institute for Middle East Strategic Studies)
• For Peace, Both Obama and Khamenei Must Compromise (April 9, 2012 - The Huffington Post)
• What must be said (Günter Grass - April 4, 2012)
• Iran not interested in nuclear fuel swap: atomic chief (April 9, 2012 - Reuters)
• Iran sanctions take their toll (April 6, 2012 - Asia Times)
• Our Men in Iran? (April 6, 2012 – The New Yorker)
• The Breakout Option: Raising The Bar for the Supreme Leader (April 5, 2012 – Arms Control Association)
• Israel Blames US for Media Reports About Iran Strategy (April 6, 2012 – The Daily Beast)
• Israel's Secret Staging Ground (March 28, 2012 – Foreign Policy)
• Obama's signal to Iran (April 5, 2012 – The Washington Post)
• Lessons on Iran from Ehud Barak's actions in Hebron (April 6, 2012 – The Times of Israel)
• House members push Reid to allow tougher Iran sanctions (April 3, 2012 – Foreign Policy)
• Turkey's Balancing Act with Syria and Iran (April 6, 2012 – Stratfor)
• Iran and the US: Time for Historic Reconciliation (April 6, 2012 – Al Akhbar English)
• What do Iran sanctions cost you? About 25 cents a gallon, experts say (April 5, 2012 – The Christian Science Monitor)
• Israeli Experts Mum on Iran Attack to Support Bibi's Bluff (April 2, 2012 – IPS)
• Will Khamenei Compromise? (Al Monitor)
• Real solutions to nuclear deadlock with Iran (March 31, 2012 – The Boston Globe)
• Obama and a Tehran Communiqué? (March 29, 2012 – The Diplomat)
• Why Israel Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (March 31, 2012 – Foreign Affairs)
• It Takes Two to Tango (April 2, 2012 – IRDiplomacy)
• Don't Fear a Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East (April 2, 2012 – Foreign Policy)
• Israel: Possible Military Strike Against Iran’s Nuclear Facilities (March 27, 2012 – Congressional Research Service)
• Israel Shields Public from Risks of War with Iran (March 29, 2012 - IPS)
• Iran Is Reeling From Sanctions (Al Monitor)
• What if Israel bombs Iran? (March 30, 2012 - CNN)
• The Increasingly Transparent US-Israeli Conflict of Interest (March 29, 2012 - The National Interest)
• Mossad Cutting Back on Covert Operations Inside Iran, Officials Say (March 30, 2012 - Time)

• 2 Israeli Leaders Make the Iran Issue Their Own (March 27, 2012 - The New York Times)

• Iran could recover from attack on its nuclear sites within six months, says US report (March 28, 2012 - Haaretz)
• Israel gauges fallout from Iran strike (March 29, 2012 - Asia Times)
• Neocons Do Not Speak for Iranian-Americans (March 27, 2012 - The Huffington Post)
• MEK and its material supporters in Washington (March 28, 2012 - Salon)
• What Iran Can Learn From Kazakhstan (March 25, 2012 - The New York Times)
• Iran Attack Would Last 48 Hours: Stratfor Source (March 27, 2012 - Al Akhbar English)
• China's Iran Influence Limited (March 28, 2012 - The Diplomat)
• Iran Buying More Wheat, Fearing Curbs (March 26, 2012 - Wall Street Journal)
• Pro-Peace Jewish Lobby Stresses Return to Stalled Talks (March 27, 2012 - IPS)
• Iran not keen to walk Turkey's red carpet (March 26, 2012 - Asia Times)
• Hans Blix: The Iranian threat (March 24, 2012 - Al Jazeera)
• Iran Special: The 17 Leading Officials in New EU Sanctions for Human Rights Abuses (March 25, 2012 - EA World View)
• Israeli Peace Marchers Protest Iran War Talk in Tel Aviv (March 25, 2012 - Informed Comment)
• Barbara Lee Pushes to End US-Iran Silent Treatment (March 23, 2012 - The Huffington Post)
• To Iran, With Love (March 25, 2012 - Al Monitor)
• Israel, the US Elections and the "Jewish Swing Vote" (March 23, 2012 – The Real News Network)
• So What If Iran Has The Bomb? (March 22, 2012 – Jadaliyya)
• Rafsanjani's Reappointment Provokes Speculation in Iran (March 19, 2012 – IPS)
• Iran's Nuclear Program: (Not) Selling a War (March 19, 2012 – Council on Foreign Relations)
• Nuclear weapons conference could bring Iran and Israel together (March 23, 2012 – The Guardian)
• Sanctions Will Lead to War (March 23, 2012 – The Daily Beast)
• Nuclear watchdog chief accused of pro-western bias over Iran (March 22, 2012 - The Guardian)
• The New National Intelligence Estimate on Iran: A Step in the Right Direction (March 22, 2012 - Institute for Science & International Security)
• Robert Gates: Attacking Iran Would Be A ‘Catastrophe’ (March 22, 2012 - Think Progress)
• Obama, GOP won’t Tell Americans that Iran Sanctions drive Gas Prices (March 22, 2012 - Informed Comment)
• The False Iran Debate (March 22, 2012 - The New York Times)
• Finding New Options on Iran (March 22, 2012 - Ploughshares Fund)
• Details of Talks with IAEA Belie Charge Iran Refused Cooperation (March 20, 2012 - IPS)
• Of diapers and drugs, Iran's trouble paying bills (March 20, 2012 - Reuters)
• MEK: Who's lobbying for Iranian 'terrorist' group? (March 21, 2012 - WHYY Radio)
• How Mossad Justified Its Murder of an Innocent Iranian Electrical Engineer (March 17, 2012 - Truthout)
• Israelis to protest Iran attack amid growing web campaign (March 20, 2012 - +972)
• Pentagon Finds Perils for US if Israel Were to Strike Iran (March 19, 2012 - The New York Times)
• P5+1 IS Not Unanimous On Iran (March 18, 2012 - Iran Review)
• Yes, We Can Contain Iran (March 16, 2012 - Foreign Policy)
• Will Marshall Comes Out For Containment (March 16, 2012 - LobeLog)
• Scott Horton Interviews Jasmin Ramsey (March 15, 2012 - Antiwar Radio)
• US Government Finally Catching up With MEK Boosters Like Ed Rendell (March 19, 2012 - FPIF)
• The Kazmi Affair: Weaning India off Iran? (March 16, 2012 - Al Akhbar English)
• Money vs. Facts: The Mujahedin-e Khalq Is a Terrorist Organization (March 15, 2012 - The Huffington Post)
• Iran's Nuclear Program, the Risk of War and Lessons from Turkey (March 15, 2012 - International Crisis Group)
• Misreading Tehran (March 15, 2012 - Foreign Policy)
• Assessing Iran's Parliamentary Election (March 15, 2012 - The Iran Primer)
• Iran In Persepective: Holding Iran To Peaceful Uses Of Nuclear Technology (March 15, 2012 - Stimson)
• Engaging Iran On Afghanistan (March 15, 2012 - Stimson)
• Deterring Iran is the best option (March 14, 2012 - The Washington Post)
• Subtle Signs Obama Diplomacy May Work on Iran (March 15, 2012 - Al Monitor)
• Iran's Nuclear Intentions (March 15, 2012 - CNN)
• India names three Iranian suspects of an attack against an Israeli diplomat (March 15, 2012 - Al Arabiya)
• Iran and the Bomb: An interview with Dr. Theodore Karasik (March 15, 2012 - INEGMA)
• With Arms for Yemen Rebels, Iran Seeks Wider Mideast Role (March 15, 2012 - The New York Times)
• Former Bush official warns against Iran attack (March 14, 2012 – Salon)
• Sheila Musaji: The MEK and Terrorism Double Standards (March 14, 2012 – Loonwatch.com)
• Iranian Parliament Questions Ahmadinejad (March 14, 2012 – The New York Times)
• Americans overwhelmingly oppose military attack on Iran (March 14, 2012 – The Huffington Post)
• Foreign policy is not Rendell's forte (March 14, 2012 – The Philadelphia Inquirer)
• Obama Needs to Go the Whole Mile on Iran Diplomacy: Vali Nasr (March 13, 2012 – Bloomberg)
• Polls: Israelis fear unilateral strike more than Iranian bomb (March 12, 2012 – +972)
• Alleged Photos of "Clean-up" at Iran's Parchin Site Lack Credibility (March 12, 2012 – IPS)
• The Spymaster: Meir Dagan on Iran's threat (March 11, 2012 – 60 Minutes)
• Top ten media failures in the Iran war debate (March 11, 2012 – Foreign Policy)
• Ending the game of chicken (March 10, 2012 – The Boston Globe)
• How to sink Iran’s regime? Sanctions, not bombs (March 9, 2012 – The Washington Post)
• House Democrats aim to force Obama into diplomacy with Iran (March 9, 2012 – The Hill)
• Another war in the Middle East? (March 8, 2012 – CNN)
• Chances of War with Iran Have Dropped for 2012, Risen for 2013 (March 8 2012 – The Atlantic)
• What role does AIPAC play in US elections? (March 8, 2012 – Al Jazeera)
• Iran’s Elections and the Nuclear Standoff (March 6, 2012 – Center for American Progress)
• Analysis: Eyeing Iran, Israel focuses on the day after (March 9, 2012 – Reuters)
• Gauging Arab public opinion (March 8, 2012 – Al Jazeera)
• David Grossman Speaks Out Against War With Iran (March 8, 2012 – The Nation)
• Crisis-Managing US-Iran Relations: Interview with Gary Sick (March 6, 2012 – Council on Foreign Relations
• Iran vote lets Khamenei pull strings (March 9, 2012 – Asia Times)
• Israel asks US for arms that could aid Iran strike (March 8, 2012 – Reuters)
• On Bombing Iran, A False Choice T.X. Hammes (Policymic)
• No Red Lines, But No Red Light Either (March 8, 2012 – IPS)
• Can diplomacy stop Iran from pursuing nuclear weapons? (March 7, 2012 – MPR)
• Washington’s new antiwar movement (March 7, 2012 – Salon)
• For Advocates of Military Option Against Iran: What is the Exit Strategy? (March 7, 2012 – INEGMA)
• VIDEO: Hebrew Nationalist (March 6, 2012 – The Daily Show)
• Bibi Netanyahu's Bible Story (March 6, 2012 – The Atlantic)
• The Fraying Iran-Venezuela Alliance (March 6, 2012 – The National Interest)
• Iran Is the Great Distraction (March 5, 2012 – Foreign Policy)
• Are we headed for a Bay of Pigs in Iran? (March 5, 2012 - CNN)
• Insight into Iranian parliamentary vote, an interview with Dr.Wahied Wahdth-Hagh (March 6, 2012 – The Voice of Russia)
• Obama, Iran and preventive war (March 5, 2012 – Salon)
• Hamas rules out military support for Iran in any war with Israel By Harriet Sherwood (March 6, 2012 – The Guardian)
• Will China Stop Iran? (March 05, 2012 – The Diplomat)
• Before attacking Iran, Israel should learn from its 1981 strike on Iraq (March 2, 2012 – The Washington Post)
• Iran's Conservatives Grapple for Power (March 1, 2012 – Stratfor)
• Obama to Iran and Israel: 'As President of the United States, I Don't Bluff' (March 2, 2012 – The Atlantic)
• Is Netanyahu misleading his ministers on Iran? (March 2, 2012 – +972)
• US Air Force chief says Iran attack plan in place (March 2, 2012 – The Jerusalem Post)
• Who was behind the Delhi bombing? (March 2, 2012 – Al Jazeera)
• Factbox: Iran's parliamentary election process (March 2, 2012 – Reuters)
• A Cacophony of Conservatives in Iran’s Orchestrated Election (February 29, 2012 – Muftah)
• Consequences Of An Attack On Iran Are No Joke (March 1, 2012 – LobeLog)
• Pro-Israel voices joining bid to get Iranian dissident group off US terror list (February 28, 2012 – Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
• Key constituencies disillusioned as Iran votes (March 1, 2012 – Reuters)
• Turkey and Iran: A Fraying Relationship or Business as Usual? (February 28, 2012 – Foreign Policy)
• Poll: Israelis Don't Want Iran Attack Without US Support (February 29, 2012 – Think Progress)
• Iran elections to define balance of conservative power (February 28, 2012 – BBC)
• Out of touch: GOP candidates choose political posturing over smart policy in Iran (February 29, 2012 – The Hill)
• Israeli officials: Starve Iranians to stop nukes (February 29, 2012 – Ynetnews)
• How The Media Got The Parchin Access Story Wrong (February 29, 2012 – LobeLog)
• 'When' to Attack Iran, Not 'If' (February 27, 2012 – IPS)
• The Fix Is In: Why the coming election in Iran will be the fakest one yet (February 27, 2012 – Foreign Policy)
• A Look Inside Iran: a Q&A with Azadeh Moaveni (February 27, 2012 – Muftah)
• On Iran, US Jewish leaders will defend Israel down to last drop of our blood (February 25, 2012 – +972)
• 'Iran' as a weapon of subordination (February 29, 2012 – Asia Times)
• The new Cold War has already started – in Syria (February 25, 2012 – The Independent)
• February 2012 IAEA Report on Iran: An Initial Review By Daryl G. Kimball (February 24, 2012 – Arms Control Now)
• Drums of war: The US media's 'Iranian threat' (February 25, 2012 – Al Jazeera)
• Schieffer Series: Iran: US Policy Options (February 24, 2012 – CSIS)
• Six degrees of (Iranian) separation (February 28, 2012 – Asia Times)
• Iran Holds Up Access to Parchin for Better IAEA Deal (February 23, 2012 – IPS)
• In Heavy Waters: Iran’s Nuclear Program, the Risk of War and Lessons from Turkey (February 23, 2012 – International Crisis Group)
• Shaking the Kaleidoscope in Iran (February 21, 2012 – Foreign Policy)
• Hardline group emerges as Iran poll threat (February 23, 2012 – Financial Times)
• EU ban on Iran oil may be bonus to Tehran’s fields (February, 24 2012 – Al Arabiya)
• Folly of the Iran "Hail Mary" Pass (February 22, 2012 – The Diplomat)
• Experts Say Iran Attack Is Irrational, Yet Hawks Are Winning the Debate (February 21, 2012 – The Daily Beast)
• Israel's risky option on Iran (February 21, 2012 – Los Angeles Times)
• India plays down evidence of Iran link to bomb attack on Israelis (February 22, 2012 – The Washington Post)
• Two Neglected Issues in the "Bomb Iran" Debate (February 21, 2012 – The National Interest)
• The Day After: What Desk Warriors and Arm Chair Revolutionaries Do Not Get (February 20, 2012 – Muftah)
• Obama nears his nuclear moment (February 19, 2012 – Financial Times)
• Israel, don't strike Iran (February 19, 2012 – CNN)
• Does AIPAC want war? (February 19, 2012 – Al Jazeera)
• VIDEO: US General - "Iran a Rational Actor", but is US one? (February 19, 2012 – The Real News)
• Iran: New Military Exercises, But No New Threat (February 20, 2012 – Stratfor)
• A Dangerous Declaration (February 20, 2012 – The National Interest)
• Top Ten Ways Iran is Defying US, EU Oil Sanctions and How You are Paying for It All (February 20, 2012 – Informed Comment)
• Iran Worried US Might Be Building 8,500th Nuclear Weapon (The Onion)
• How the US-Iran Standoff Looks From Iran (February 16, 2012 – Bloomberg)
• US, Iran inching toward talks (February 18, 2012 – Asia Times)
• Talks and Triumphalism (February 16, 2012 – The National Interest)
• What would happen if Iran had the bomb? By Scott Peterson (February 16, 2012 – The Christian Science Monitor)
• How to Engage Iran By Hossein Mousavian (February 9, 2012 – Foreign Affairs)
• How Iran Nuke Standoff Looks to Saudis (February 15, 2012 – Bloomberg)
• Israelis prepare for war with Iran (February 16, 2012 – Salon)
• Public Takes Strong Stance Against Iran's Nuclear Program (February 15, 2012 – Pew Research Center)
• How history lessons could deter Iranian aggression (February 15, 2012 – The Washington Post)
• Special report: For Iran oil trader, Western ties run deep(February 16, 2012 – Reuters)
• Iran Tensions Rise with Diplomat Bombings, Scientist Killings, Nuke Claims and Media Warmongering (February 16, 2012 – Democracy Now!)
• When Iran and Israel were friendly (February 15, 2012 – Salon)
• Can Obama avert war with Iran? (Al Jazeera)
• Congress and Iran Policy (National Security Network)
• Indian Investigators do not Suspect Iran in Israel Embassy Blast (Informed Comment)
• Iran Can Disrupt Key Waterway, But For How Long? (All Things Considered: NPR)
• Attack on Iran easier said than done (Asia Times)
• Iran trumpets nuclear advances, deepening standoff (Reuters)
• Debate About Iran Strategy Heats Up in Israel (The Real News Network)
• Putting match to tinder (Asia Times)
• Israeli attack on Iran would be complex operation (USA Today)
• While Israel Blames Iran for India, Georgia Bombings, US More Reserved (IPS)
• Newsweek: Israel keeping US in the dark on Iran attack (Haaretz)
• Israel's Dilemma: If It Attacks Iran, Will It Also Have to Hit Hezbollah? (Brookings)
• Why Netanyahu won't attack Iran (Haaretz)
• Israel and Proxy Terrorism (The Atlantic)
• Q&A With The ACA's Daryl Kimball About Iran's Nuclear Program (Lobelog: Foreign Policy)
• Nuclear Deterrence For A Nuclear-Armed Iran - The US/GCC Dilemma (INEGM)
• Iran's Deterrence Strategy in the Strait of Hormuz (Stratfor)
• Are We on the Brink of War With Iran? (The Nation)
• We Need to Talk to Iran, But How? (Foreign Policy)
• Deeper into Terrorism (The National Interest)
• Asia giants join Iran diplomacy as sanctions hurt trade (Reuters)
• Iranian Endgame: Part I — Sanctions and Asia (The Globalist)
• VIDEO: Jamal Abdi: 'Israel might put the US into a dangerous position' (RT America)
• US and Israel Split on Speed of Iran Threat (The New York Times)
• Turmoil Heightens Bleak Winter in Tehran Analysis (IPS)
• Sens. Graham, Lieberman And Casey Set To Propose Resolution Ruling Out Iran (Lobe Log: Foreign Policy)
• Bashar al-Assad's Syria offers Iran a springboard into the Arab Middle East (The Guardian)
• Blunt Instrument: Sanctions Don’t Promote Democratic Change (Boston Review)
• Will Sanctions’ Pain Force Iran’s Hand? (The MidEast News Source)
• Obama's peace doves on Iran’s skies (Indian Punchline)
• Iran's Achilles' Heel (The New York Times)
• Iran: War Drums Beating (The Huffington Post)
• Why Demand Nuclear Transparency from Iran and Not Israel? (The Real News Network)
• US undercuts message to Israel (Asia Times)
• Analysis: Iran economy could limp along under sanctions (Reuters)
• Imminent Iran nuclear threat? A timeline of warnings since 1979 (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Attack on Iran 'Would Be Disaster,' Must Talk: Turkey (The New York Times)
• How an Israeli Strike on Iran could radically weaken Israel (Informed Comment)
• Envisioning a Deal With Iran (The New York Times)
• US officials concerned by Israel statements on Iran threat, possible strike (The Washington Post)
• VIDEO: Israeli Strike on Iran? Report: Maybe in April, May or June (Al Jazeera English)
• Iran's top ayatollah: We're trumping the West, but beware infighting at home (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Al Qaeda in Iran (Foreign Affairs)
• Dempsey Told Israelis U.S. Won't Join Their War on Iran (IPS)
• Fears that western sanctions on Iran could cripple local economy (The Guardian)
• No Good Iran Military Option (The Diplomat)
• How Obama became vulnerable on Iran (Salon.com)
• Managing Oil Market Disruption in a Confrontation with Iran: Energy Brief (Council on Foreign Relations)
• GOP Candidates Are Wrong to Urge a Second Front War in Iran (The Brookings Institution)
• Special Report: Iran's Oil Smuggling Network in Iraq (Stratfor: Global Intelligence)
• The Latest Offer To Iran Of Nuclear Talks: Don’t Hold Your Breath  (The Lobe Log)
• Sanctions can only deepen the Iran crisis (The Independent)
• Bahrain Opposition Fears Effects of Iran-West Tensions (Voice of America)
• Iran's Asymmetric Threat (The Diplomat)
• VIDEO: Vali Nasr on US-Iranian Relations (Foreign Affairs Magazine)
• Iran won't move toward nuclear weapon in 2012 (Reuters)
• Ex-CIA spy: Iran's miscalculation over war (The Christian Science Monitor)
• US and Iranian Strategic Competition In Sanctions, Energy, Arms Control, and Arms Transfers (Center for Strategic and International Studies)
• US-Iran: A long game with pitfalls (Asia Times)
• 'We don’t need to sell oil to Europe' (Indian Punchline)
• Will Israel Attack Iran? (New York Times)
• Iranian oil poses Asian dilemma (Asia Times)
• Iran, China And Saudi Arabia — An Oil Markets Love Triangle (Business Insider)
• Iran Sanctions: Will They Work, or Will They Backfire? (International Business Times)
• Confronting Iran: Warmongering in the Middle East (Al Jazeera)
• East Asian energy dilemma over Iran (Asia Times)
• News Report: EU bans Iranian oil, Tehran responds with threats (Reuters)
• VIDEO: Former IAEA Inspector Calls for Transparancy on All Sides (The Real News)
• VIDEO: Mohammad Khazaee, Iranian Ambassador to UN (Charlie Rose)
• PODCAST: Tensions rise between Iran and the West as the EU prepares an oil embargo (Financial Times)
• Obama vs. Netanyahu vs. Ahmadinejad (CNN)
• A Tale of Two Diasporas: Iraqi exiles were gung-ho to overthrow Saddam (Foreign Policy)
• Not Time to Attack Iran: Why War Should Be a Last Resort (Foreign Affairs)
• Worries Mount over Blowback of Israeli Attack on Iran (IPS)
• The Strait of Hormuz Interactive Graphic (Financial Times)
• Preventing a Nuclear Iran, Peacefully (New York Times)
• VIDEO: Mark Perry speaks about allegations of Israeli spies posing as CIA agents (Al Jazeera English)
• False Flag (Foreign Policy)
• In Signal to Israel and Iran, Obama Delays War Exercise (IPS)
• Iran, the US and the Strait of Hormuz Crisis (Stratfor Global Intelligence)
• Inside Story: Who Will Be Hurt Most by EU's Ban on Iran Oil? (Link News)
• The "Come to Jesus" Moment in US-Iran Relations (Huffington Post)
• Iran's growing bluster spells danger (Los Angeles Times)
• Iran's Growing Isolation a Dubious Win for the West (IPS)
• Preventing a Nuclear-Armed Iran (ACA)
• West Tightens Iran Sanctions After Embassy Attack (New York Times)
• Parsi: Without renewed diplomacy, war with Iran lies around the corner (CNN)

Centrifuges

• VIDEO: Uranium Gas Centrifuges
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• How a Centrifuge Works
  (Federation of American Scientists)
• What's a uranium centrifuge?
  (How Stuff Works)

Heavy Water

• Heavy Water Production
  (Federation of American Scientists)
• Is "heavy water" dangerous?
  (The Straight Dope)
• What is "heavy water"? 
  (Canada Deuterium Uranium)

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