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An Attack on Iran: Back on the Table
Published: 18/07/2010In late 2006, George W. Bush met with the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon and asked if military action against Iran’s nuclear program was feasible. The unanimous answer was no. Air strikes could take out some of Iran’s…
Il mistero dello scienziato iraniano: una scia di indizi… ma poche risposte
Published: 18/07/201018/07/2010
Original Version: A trail of clues …. but few answers
La strana storia dello scienziato nucleare iraniano Shahram Amiri recentemente rientrato in Iran lascia aperti molti interrogativi, ma sembra portare alla conclusione che Amiri fosse un doppio…
Il gruppo militante Jundullah rivendica gli attentati suicidi in Iran
Published: 18/07/201018/07/2010
Original Version: Militant group claims Iran suicide bombings
Il gruppo sunnita Jundullah ha rivendicato il duplice attentato suicida presso una moschea nell’Iran orientale; Teheran però ritiene da tempo che il gruppo sia sostenuto dagli Stati Uniti –…
La BP e l’Asse del Male
Published: 06/07/201006/07/2010
Original Version: BP and the Axis of Evil
La BP, la compagnia petrolifera responsabile del disastro ambientale del Golfo del Messico, ha compiuto altri danni, non meno gravi, nella sua storia; essa contribuì fra l’altro a determinare…
Iran and Turkey: Friends Today, Rivals Tomorrow?
Published: 25/06/2010It is the friendship Western policymakers wish they could have prevented: Turkey — secular, Western-leaning, and a key member of NATO — drawing close to a resurgent theocratic Iran whose nuclear program and geopolitical ambitions present a full-frontal challenge to…
Iran executes Jundallah leader (video)
Published: 21/06/201021/06/2010 – The leader of Jundallah, an Iranian Sunni Muslim group that has been engaged in an insurgency against the Iranian government for years, has been hanged in public in Tehran, the capital. Abdulmalek Rigi, who was executed on Sunday, was the government’s public enemy number one. He was accused of being behind several attacks since 2005 that have killed more than 150 people, including security personnel and civilians.
Jundallah says it is fighting for the rights of Sunnis, who they claim are discriminated against and oppressed in the Shia dominated country (al-Jazeera English)
La lotta del regime contro l’opposizione in Iran: inganni e sotterfugi
Published: 12/06/201012/06/2010
Original Version: Deception and Deceit
Qualsiasi cosa succeda al Movimento Verde nel breve periodo, milioni di coraggiosi manifestanti iraniani hanno fatto capire al mondo che il lungo cammino del loro paese verso una forma di democrazia sta…
Le brutali repressioni non fanno altro che rendere più forti le donne iraniane
Published: 11/06/201011/06/2010
Original Version: The brutal crackdowns only make Iran’s women stronger
Il movimento di protesta iraniano compie un anno, ma le femministe alla guida dell’Onda Verde possono vantare decenni di coraggioso attivismo – scrive il premio Nobel Shirin…
The Gulf and South Korea face threats of a similar kind
Published: 09/06/2010This past weekend in Singapore, I listened to the senior-most Asian officials, including the South Korean president Lee Myung-Bak, describe their predicament in dealing with North Korea at the International Institute for Strategic Studies’ Shangri-La Dialogue. It was difficult not…
The Iran chip in Sino-Saudi relations
Published: 02/06/2010The fourth joint meeting on economy and trade convened by China and Saudi Arabia in January 2010 in the Saudi capital of Riyadh came and went without much fanfare. Yet the meeting between China, the world’s second-largest and fastest-growing oil…
La Russia e la sfida iraniana
Published: 28/05/201028/05/2010
Original Version: The Iran challenge
Il recente raffreddamento nelle relazioni fra Russia e Iran è solo l’ultimo episodio di un rapporto travagliato la cui storia ha più di un secolo, durante il quale l’Iran si è trovato…
The Iranian Nuclear Agreement And The Uncertainties Of The Emerging Multipolar World
Published: 26/05/2010
Last week saw a sudden development in the Iranian nuclear crisis when Turkey, Brazil and Iran reached an agreement to transfer abroad a substantial part of Teheran’s uranium. It was followed the day after by the announcement by the…
L’accordo nucleare iraniano e le incertezze del nascente mondo multipolare
Published: 26/05/2010
La scorsa settimana ha registrato un’improvvisa accelerazione nella crisi nucleare iraniana, con il raggiungimento di un accordo fra Turchia, Brasile e Iran per il trasferimento all’estero di una parte consistente dell’uranio arricchito in possesso di Teheran, a cui ha…
La tragicommedia delle sanzioni all’Iran
Published: 26/05/201022/05/2010
Original Version: The tragicomedy of Iran sanctions
Nei giorni scorsi, il dibattito attorno al programma nucleare iraniano ha registrato una serie di inaspettate e drammatiche svolte.
Lunedì scorso, una dichiarazione congiunta da parte dell’Iran, della Turchia e…
Cosa manca all’accordo turco-iraniano
Published: 26/05/201023/05/2010
Original Version: What the Iran-Turkey deal is missing
L’accordo nucleare annunciato lunedì 17 maggio tra Iran, Brasile e Turchia, ha sicuramente suscitato l’entusiasmo di molti analisti e giornalisti, non solo al Los Angeles Times, che ha definito…
Turkey and Brazil’s bargain involved far more than Iran
Published: 26/05/2010For one day last week it seemed as if a new regional power had been born in the Middle East. Or, more precisely, reborn, since the country concerned is Turkey, the successor state to the Ottoman Empire that ruled the…
Can Israel afford to slow down Iran’s nuclear program?
Published: 26/05/2010Whoever takes notice of the content and historical context of recent statements made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be left with no doubt: Iran’s possession of a nuclear bomb will represent an existential threat that the State of Israel…
Iran: Can Sanctions and Diplomacy Be Combined?
Published: 26/05/2010“The purpose of sanctions is to bring the Iranian side to the negotiating table,” said Li Baodong, China’s U.N. ambassador, this week, explaining how Beijing could simultaneously support a new uranium-swap deal brokered by Brazil and Turkey and endorse new…
Russia: sanctions unlikely to delay Iran nuclear power plant
Published: 26/05/2010Russia may be lining up to support a US-sponsored resolution calling for tougher sanctions against Iran in the United Nations Security Council, but that does not seem likely to interfere with key deals between Iran and Russia. Russian contractors will…
Contradictory Iran
Published: 24/05/2010I believe that the Spanish explorer Juan Sebastian Elcano ruined it for the rest of us. As second in command on Magellan’s expedition around the world, he completed the circumnavigation after the lead explorer’s death in the Philippines. As historic…
Iran hit by fresh UN nuclear sanctions threat
Published: 19/05/2010After months of deadlock, suddenly the diplomatic confrontation over Iran’s nuclear programme has burst back into life.
On Monday, Iran signed a deal with Brazil and Turkey, under which a large part of Iran’s stocks of enriched uranium would be…
Un accordo per “bombardare” le sanzioni americane all’Iran
Published: 18/05/201018/05/2010
Original Version: Nuking Washington’s Iran sanctions
L’accordo sul nucleare iraniano mediato da Brasile e Turchia si inserisce in un nuovo panorama internazionale caratterizzato dall’affermazione di nuove potenze emergenti, in cui l’Occidente non ha più la forza per…
L’errore iraniano in Iraq
Published: 18/05/201018/05/2010
Original Version: الخطأ الإيراني
L’Iran, che in Palestina e in Libano sostiene i gruppi della resistenza araba senza tener conto della loro affiliazione ideologica o confessionale, in Iraq applica una politica settaria aizzando gli sciiti contro la…
Iran’s nuclear ambition one step closer? (video)
Published: 18/05/201018/05/2010 – Iran has agreed to a nuclear swap deal to ship some of its enriched Uranium to Turkey for further processing. The UN-backed agreement was signed following talks with Turkish Prime Minister Erduan and Brazil’s President Lula da Silva in the Iranian capital Tehran (Russia Today)
Iran nuclear fuel swap to take place in Turkey, ambiguity prevails
Published: 18/05/2010Iran agreed on Monday to ship most of its enriched uranium to Turkey in a nuclear fuel swap deal that could ease the international standoff over the country’s disputed nuclear program and deflate a US-led push for tougher sanctions.
The…
Gli Stati Uniti a corto di opzioni sull’Iran
Published: 17/05/201017/05/2010
Original Version: US ‘out of options’ on Iran
Sia l’Iran che gli Stati Uniti hanno molto da guadagnare dalla ricerca di un compromesso, e i loro interessi potrebbero essere molto più simili di quanto essi non credano;…
Iran – una frattura ideologica nel cuore dell’Islam
Published: 10/05/201010/05/2010
Original Version: An ideological split at the heart of Islam
Il Movimento Verde dell’Iran è definito da un Islam di libertà, un modello rifiutato da Khomeini dopo la rivoluzione del 1979 – scrive il ricercatore iraniano Mahmood…
The Review Of The Non-Proliferation Treaty And The Iranian Nuclear Crisis
Published: 05/05/2010
The 5-year review conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) that opened in New York on Monday comes at an extremely delicate moment in the Iranian nuclear crisis, while the United States is working to gain the international consensus needed…
La revisione del Trattato di Non Proliferazione e la crisi nucleare iraniana
Published: 05/05/2010
La conferenza per la revisione quinquennale del Trattato di Non Proliferazione nucleare (NPT), apertasi lunedì a New York, cade in un momento estremamente delicato dell’evoluzione della crisi nucleare iraniana, mentre gli Stati Uniti stanno cercando di raccogliere il consenso…
I limiti della scommessa iraniana sulla Cina nell’ambito della crisi nucleare
Published: 05/05/201001/05/2010
Original Version: حدود الرهان الإيراني على الصين في الأزمة النووية
Con il regime iraniano che insiste a portare avanti lo sviluppo del proprio programma nucleare, mentre gli Stati Uniti non risparmiano gli sforzi per cercare di mobilitare…
L’eccessivo allarmismo a proposito della minaccia iraniana
Published: 05/05/201020/04/2010
Original Version: The Inflated Threat from Iran
Già in passato segnalai che la prospettiva di una guerra preventiva contro l’Iran non sarebbe svanita solo perché Barack Obama era divenuto presidente. L’argomento si è ripresentato negli ultimi giorni,…
L’Iran nucleare e il vicino turco
Published: 05/05/201029/04/2010
Original Version: إيران النووية والجار التركي
530 km di compenetrazione geografica ricca di esperienze storiche, di aperture linguistiche, culturali e di civiltà. Traumi e battute d’arresto si sono verificati più di una volta, ma la politica dell’intimorimento…
L’ipocrisia della partita nucleare
Published: 05/05/201030/04/2010
Original Version: The Hypocrisy of the Nuclear Game
Il Trattato di Non Proliferazione (TNP) – il principale accordo mondiale sul controllo delle armi, risalente ormai a 40 anni fa e firmato da 189 paesi – è in…
Playing peace to target Iran
Published: 05/05/2010In the last month Barack Obama has engaged in a blitz of nuclear diplomacy. He has reiterated his commitment to “a world without nuclear weapons”; issued a new military doctrine that reduces the amount and role of nuclear weapons in…
The future of non-proliferation
Published: 05/05/2010IT IS one of those regular diplomatic fixtures, but the party seldom goes with a swing. Every five years, the 189 countries that have signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) are invited to gather to take stock of progress towards…
Can Brazil Save the World From War With Iran?
Published: 05/05/2010Sao Paulo — For the last several decades, fundamental international issues of war and peace have been largely determined by a small group of countries, especially the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, the US, Britain, France, Russia…
US and Iran trade accusations over nuclear weapons (video)
Published: 04/05/201004/05/2010 – The US and Iran have traded barbs at a nuclear non-proliferation conference at the United Nations in New York City. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s president, criticised the US for being hypocritical on its nuclear stance.
Hillary Clinton, the secretary of state, said Iran was diverting “attention away from its record in an attempt to evade accountability” over its nuclear programme. She also warned that “potential violators [of the Non-Proliferation Treaty] must know that they will pay a high price if they break the rules” (al-Jazeera English)
L’approccio iraniano alla formazione del governo iracheno
Published: 26/04/201026/04/2010
Original Version: المقاربة الإيرانية لمأزق تشكيل الحكومة العراقية
La proposta iraniana di aiutare Washington in Iraq e in Afghanistan in cambio di un riconoscimento del ruolo iraniano da parte americana è una proposta fatta a spese dei…
Even as momentum for Iran sanctions grows, containment seems only viable option
Published: 23/04/2010After months of first attempting to engage Iran and then wooing Russia and China to support new sanctions against the Islamic republic, the Obama administration appears within reach of winning a modest tightening of U.N. measures targeting Tehran. But administration…
Ahmadinejad dice: grazie America
Published: 22/04/201022/04/2010
Original Version: Ahmadinejad says, Thank you America
Trent’anni di politica estera americana nei confronti dell’Iran hanno rafforzato il regime, invece di indebolirlo; al posto di Ahmadinejad, non direste grazie all’America? – scrive l’analista americano Immanuel Wallerstein
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L’Iran riscopre il valore delle radici persiane
Published: 12/04/201012/04/2010
Original Version: Iran rediscovers value of Persian roots
Per superare il proprio isolamento, anche in considerazione dei suoi difficili rapporti con i paesi arabi, l’Iran sembra puntare ad una rivalutazione dei valori della cultura persiana – scrive…
I cordiali rapporti tra Turchia e Iran: una breve storia
Published: 06/04/201006/04/2010
Original Version: Turkey’s Warm Ties with Iran: A Brief History
Il riavvicinamento fra Ankara e Teheran è la conseguenza della trasformazione interna vissuta dalla Turchia negli ultimi anni; tale riavvicinamento deve essere visto come un’opportunità, e non…
Sanctions will make Tehran take notice
Published: 01/04/2010After months of dilly-dallying, the Chinese government has finally decided to abandon its policy of “negotiations only” with regards to the Iranian nuclear programme.
According to Susan Rice, the US ambassador to the UN, China has now officially agreed…
IL FUTURO DELL’IRAN E DEL MOVIMENTO VERDE – INTERVISTA A CASPIAN MAKAN
Published: 31/03/2010
(Caspian Makan)
Durante le manifestazioni di protesta che si sono scatenate dopo le elezioni presidenziali iraniane dello scorso giugno, il Movimento Verde si è imposto sulla scena internazionale per la…
Tehran’s long and winding road
Published: 26/03/2010Greeting the Persian new year, Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad looked confidently at the route ahead, promising that the nation “more powerful than ever will continue in the path of its high objectives”. Looming sanctions and other efforts to isolate the…
US approach to Iran criticised (video)
Published: 21/03/201021/03/2010 – As Iranians across the world prepare to celebrate the Iranian new year, many Iranian-Americans have criticised the West’s approach to confronting the government in Tehran.
International criticism over Iran’s disputed nuclear programme has sharpened as the West appears to be pushing for more targeted sanctions (al-Jazeera English)
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