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view, this is a crisis. From a national-interest point of view, it is an opportunity to undermine enemies of the United States in both Damascus and Tehran. But President Obama has treated the bloody turmoil, first and foremost, as an opportunity to strengthen the idea that America should subject itsel

is already fragile, exacerbated by Russia's cancelation of the S- 300 air-defense-systems contract and its foot-dragging over the completion of the Bushehr nuclear reactor. Where does all this lead? All governments aspire to align their economic, state and foreign policy interests. What is unique about

rly cancelled deal for to sell S-300 antiaircraft missiles to Iran had been reactivated, rendering moot a multi-billion dollar lawsuit initiated by Tehran for breach of contract. That much-discussed arms deal, nixed in 2009 during the inaugural days of the "reset" and thought to be an encouraging sign

nd nuclear power plant for the Islamic Republic, just as it was handing over operational control to the Iranians for the first facility it built in Bushehr. Russia is a vocal opponent of any additional international sanctions on Iran (now on hold anyway following the the interim "freeze" deal inked bet

cription Publication, 7.57M), IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said his agency is stepping up pressure on Iran over its nuclear activities, warning that if Tehran doesn't grant it access by the end of this month, it "will be bad." Said Grossi, "I keep insisting on the absolute necessity for us to resolve this

n Latest Attack. The New York Times (7/15, Fassihi, 18.61M) reports that a "large fire broke out at a shipyard in the southern Iranian port city of Bushehr on Wednesday, burning seven ships and sending plumes of black smoke billowing above the city skyline, according to videos and Iranian media EFTA001

Some have predicted that the talks might collapse altogether after next week's meetings, given Iran's behavior in Baghdad and since. Is this just Tehran's way of stringing along the talks, while it continues to push ahead with enrichment of uranium that could eventually be used to make a bomb? That'

lants. After 1979, according to Mousavian, the Khomeini revolutionary government decided against many power plants and the enrichment facility. The Bushehr nuclear power plant, EFTA_R1_02203686 EFTA02720374 which was begun in 1975 with German help, was halted in 1979, but restarted with the Russians

-interest point of view, it is an opportunity to undermine enemies of the United States in both Damascus and E FTA_R 1 _02207 1 4 3 EFTA02722354 Tehran. But President Obama has treated the bloody turmoil, first and foremost, as an opportunity to strengthen the idea that America should subject itsel

is already fragile, exacerbated by Russia's cancelation of the S-300 air- defense-systems contract and its foot-dragging over the completion of the Bushehr nuclear reactor. Where does all this lead? All governments aspire to align their economic, state and foreign policy interests. What is unique abou

the Middle East today is not the risk of a six-day Israeli war against Iran. It is the risk that Western wishful nonthinking allows the mullahs of Tehran to get their hands on nuclear weapons. Because I am in no doubt that they would take full advantage of such a lethal lever. We would have acquiesce

ses, a vulnerable electrical grid, exposed nuclear sites (the uranium conversion plant at Esfahan, the heavy water facility at Arak, the reactor at Bushehr), and a vulnerable energy infrastructure on which its economy is utterly dependent. Even its deeply buried targets can be destroyed. It's all a qu

was suppressed through barbaric violence but its example helped kindle the Arab Spring. As Hamid Dabashi of Columbia University wrote in July, 2009: "Tehran, I believe, is ground zero of a civil rights movement that will leave no Muslim or Arab country, or even Israel, untouched." He added, "The moving pi

"substantially new" that "leads to a bomb." In other words, Iran, epicenter of inefficiency, unable to produce a kilowatt of electricity through its Bushehr nuclear reactor despite decades of effort, is still doing its old brinkmanship number. Remember, Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, is the guardian of