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President Donald Trump speaking at CPAC, Maryland, February 24, 2017. (Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0)

The mask is off: Trump is seeking war with Iran

The White House is committed to finding a way to claim Iran has violated the nuclear deal, regardless of the facts — just as George W. Bush did with Iraq. By Trita Parsi Something extraordinary has happened in Washington. President Donald Trump has made it clear, in no uncertain terms and with no effort to…

By +972 Magazine July 30, 2017

U.S. Secretary of State Kerry, U.S. Energy Secretary Moniz Stand With Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif and Vice President of Iran for Atomic Energy Salehi Before Meeting in Switzerland, March 16, 2015. (State Dept. photo)

An historic deal between Iran and the world

Iran’s relations with the West have seen their ups and downs, almost always ending in disappointment and frustration for the Iranians. Now, for the first time in modern history, negotiations are taking place in which world powers are addressing Iran at eye level. The pending deal is not perfect, but compared to the alternatives it…

By +972 Magazine March 31, 2015

IAF fighter jet during an exercise. (photo: IDF Spokesperson)

Israelis, Iranians pay the same price for nuclear ambitions

The discussion surrounding Netanyahu’s Congress speech presumes that Iran does not have a right to nuclear weapons but that Israel does. Another way of looking at things is a nuclear-free Middle East, and an alliance between the oppressed citizens of Iran and Israel. By Mati Shemoelof Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to the United States, which…

By +972 Magazine March 5, 2015

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An unidentified poor man sells vases to tourists in Esfahan, Iran. May 09, 2011. (Illustrative photo by Shutterstock.com)

Hooray, we brought the Iranian people to their knees

With nuclear talks resuming Tuesday, the happy consensus is that the sanctions have forced Iran’s regime to blink. But hardly anyone wants to think about the effect they’ve had on the country’s 80 million people. If you Google “bringing the Iranian economy to its knees,” you’ll have a lot of reading to do. This…

By Larry Derfner October 14, 2013

Demonstration against attack on Iran, Tel Aviv, 24 March, 2012 (Photo: Dahlia Scheindlin)

Can critique of Iran strike by security figures change Israeli public opinion?

Will Diskin crack Netanyahu’s “good for security” armor? A review of public surveys on the Iran issue shows that even prior to the damning critique on Friday by Yuval Diskin, former head of the Internal Security Agency, the public already diverged sharply from the leadership’s policy: Survey after survey, as I wrote in March, showed…

By Dahlia Scheindlin April 29, 2012