Congress Escalates War on Aviation in Iran
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ3cHPxsi2k] You think landing a plane under normal circumstances is tough? Try landing one without the front landing gear. This rather traumatizing and harrowing experience brings up an issue that needs to be examined: the effect of sanctions on Iran’s civilian aviation fleet. The fleet is already dangerously dilapidated, crash prone and is set to […]
The nuclear option: central bank sanctions
Last August, a letter pushed by AIPAC from Mark Kirk (R-IL), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), 92 Senators called for the White House to impose sanctions on Iran’s central bank, Bank Markazi. Though the Wall Street Journal reported that such action could be considered an act of war, Kirk posed an ultimatum to the Obama Administration–either issue sanctions or we’ll pass legislation […]
Reactions to the Alleged Iranian Assassination Plot
Over the last 24 hours since the Department of Justice announced that they had foiled an alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the United States linked to members of Iran’s Quds Force, there has been a range of reactions from across the spectrum. Some analysts and commentators said that the highest echelons of […]
Afghanistan’s Hidden Opportunity
Since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, Afghanistan has become the world’s leading producer of opium and heroin. This has humanitarian as well as security implications for both the United States and Iran and highlights perhaps the most obvious issue where mutual antagonism between the United States and Iran has prevented the two countries […]