Sol W. Sanders Perhaps the most difficult intellectual problem of human consciousness always has been sorting out perception, what seems to be, and reality, what is actually true. It is clear that the digital revolution has intensified the conundrum. For the internet is a constant flood of false evidence but dressed in a seeming […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com JERUSALEM — The election in Iran has increased the likelihood that Iran and the United States could achieve reconciliation in 2014, Israel’s intelligence community has assessed. Officials said the assessment was relayed to the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the last month. The officials said the assessment envisioned an […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran has replaced its defense minister. Officials said President Hassan Rowhani has dismissed Defense Minister Ahmed Vahidi. The officials said Vahidi was replaced by Brig. Gen. Hussein Dehghan in a decision that would require parliamentary approval. Dehghan, 56, was identified as a veteran of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He […]
Sol W. Sanders The Obama administration’s Middle East policies – it would be foolhardy to call them “strategy” – would be ludicrous were they not so threatening to American interests, regional and world stability. The latest permutation is Washington’s position against the Egyptian military and its satellite, hopefully provisional, civilian government. Washington’s insistence that […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The United States, in wake of Iranian presidential elections, has eased export restrictions on Teheran. The administration of President Barack Obama has expanded the list of export goods to Iran that would not require special approval. Officials said the move was meant to enable U.S. shipments of medical devices to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran has demanded policy changes before it considers reconciliation with the United States. Officials said the Teheran regime was still waiting for gestures by the administration of President Barack Obama. They said the gestures would include concessions to Iran’s nuclear program. “We will wait for practical moves by the United […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Congress has warned that Iran’s new president would not resolve his country’s nuclear standoff with the West. House members have urged President Barack Obama against embracing Iran’s new president, Hassan Rowhani, the Shi’ite cleric elected last month. In a letter to Obama, 43 Democrats and Republicans said the presidential election […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Iran’s presidential elections have persuaded the West into giving Teheran more time to develop its nuclear weapons program, a report said. The Gatestone Institute asserted that Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei used the June 14 elections to ease Western pressure on Teheran’s nuclear program. In a report, Gatestone said Khamenei […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Fariborz Saremi As a result of Iran’s presidential election a new and potentially more reformist and conciliatory incumbent occupies that office. Judging by the explosion of joy in Iran on Saturday June 15th, a large proportion of the Iranian population is certainly hoping a sea-change in Iranian politics. As reasons to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA — Iran’s next president is a cleric regarded as an ally of supreme leader Ali Khamenei. The Teheran regime has named Hassan Rowhani Iran’s next president. The Interior Ministry said the 64-year-old Rowhani won 18.6 million votes, or more than 50 percent, in elections held on June 14. “This victory is […]