
As the rhetoric between Israel and Iran continues to ratchet up, policymakers are working to solve the Iranian nuclear crisis. Any Israeli military attack on Iran could lead to catastrophic economic and security implications for the United States.

Despite increased tension between the United States and Iran, it is highly unlikely that Iran would commit an act of terror on U.S. soil because of the devastating repercussions Tehran would face.

Ten years after the Bush administration declared Iran has a member of the “axis of evil,” U.S.-Iranian relations seem to be at their lowest point in over thirty years.

Despite Iran’s rhetoric, it is highly unlikely that the Ahmadinejad regime will close the Strait of Hormuz given the economic ramifications such a move would inflict on Iran's own economy.

Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, department supervisor at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, was killed in a car bomb explosion in Tehran that Iranian officials have already accused both the United States and Israel in playing a part in.

Increased U.S. and E.U. sanctions against Iran are pushing the Islamic Republic into a drastic economic situation as its political leadership further fractures between supporters and opponents of President Ahmadinejad.

Washington has imposed sanctions on Iran’s central bank that could drive the Iranian regime to choose between making meaningful compromises on its nuclear program or making the push to cross the nuclear finish line.

The chilling of the Arab Spring, Iran's nuclear program, Iraq after the U.S withdrawal, and the continuing European financial crisis are just some of the key issues facing the international community in 2012.

Washington’s announcement of a massive arms deal with Saudi Arabia has further exacerbated tensions with Iran and has led Tehran to threaten to close the strategically important Straits of Hormuz.

Any military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities will indefinitely postpone the shelf life of the Iranian regime and therefore be counterproductive.