Ethnic Overshadowing in Iran
The domestic situation in Iran has been overshadowed by recent talk of the deal brokered between Iran, Turkey and Brazil, imminent UN sanctions, and Congress’s push for unilateral sanctions. While last week’s protests against the execution of five Iranians encompassed all Iranians, there was especially large participation by Iranian Kurds. (Recall that four of these […]
What Obama didn’t say on Tuesday night
photo credit: The White House, Pete Souza Tuesday night, President Obama delivered a much-anticipated speech on the situation in Afghanistan. He announced that he will be sending 30,000 additional troops in the first part of 2010, and will begin withdrawing troops in the Summer of 2011. The speech made no direct references to Iran, and […]
Clinton sets date for first US-Iran meeting on Afghanistan
From the New York Times: BRUSSELS — Setting up the prospect of its first face-to-face encounter with Iran, the Obama administration proposed a conference on Afghanistan later this month that is likely to include Iran among the invited participants, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday. “We presented the idea of what is being […]