Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
At a time when U.S. policy toward Iran is shifting toward a strong push for diplomacy, the U.S. should show patience as it works toward defining a new relationship with the regime.
The case of Roxana Saberi grows bleaker as the journalist's health reportedly deteriorates as she continues a hunger strike against her imprisonment.
In a twist to the case of Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for her rights to be respected, following her eight year sentencing on charges of espionage.
Following a one-day trial in Tehran on charges of spying, journalist Roxana Saberi was sentenced to eight years in prison by an Iranian court, a decision motivated by tensions between Iran's hard-liners and the United States.
In a debate over the resolution, "America cannot tolerate a nuclear Iran and must go to any lengths to prevent it," panelists discuss the options available to the U.S. in deterring Iranian nuclear aspirations.
President Obama's Nowruz message to the Iranian leadership and people was dismissed by the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, but many Iranians appear dissapointed by his response.
Thirty years after its Islamic revolution, Iran is still in flux. Experts discuss common American misperceptions about Iran, the role of Iranian youth in domestic politics, and Iran's electoral process.
One of the most urgent and troublesome foreign policy challenges for the incoming Obama administration is Iran. Iran policy is a Rubik's Cube of components, including Tehran's nuclear activities, its hostility to Israel, its role in Iraq and Afghanistan, its support for Hamas and Hezbollah and the nature of the Islamic republic itself.
Any successful approach toward Iran must take into account that real political power resides with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran. On C-SPAN’s Book TV, Karim Sadjadpour discussed his monograph Reading Khamenei: The World View of Iran's Most Powerful Leader, and policy implications for the United States.
Iran's recent missile tests have been met with increased economic sanctions on Iran by the United States. But some American exports to Iran have increased, including some popular consumer goods. Carnegie's Karim Sadjapour discusses this with The World's Alex Gallafent.