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The Iran Primer

Nuclear Program

Ahmadinejad in New York for U.N. Assembly

            Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke to several New York audiences after arriving Sept. 22.

IAEA Presses Iran on Nuclear Program

            On Sept. 13, the U.N.

Benefits and Costs of Military Action Against Iran

On Sept. 13, a group of former U.S.

U.S. Treasury: Iran Oil Exports Down 55 Percent

On Sept. 12, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohen announced that Iran’s crude oil exports have decreased by 55 percent since January 2012.

What’s Behind New Iran and North Korea Pact

John S. Park

NAM Countries Hypocritical on Iran

David Albright and Andrea Stricker

The Limits on U.S. Military Options

On Sept.6, Anthony Cordesman and Abdullah Toukan of the Center for Strategic and International Studies released a report assessing U.S. military options in Iran. It noted that U.S.

Democratic Platform on Iran

On Sept. 4, the Democratic Party adopted its party platform.

Part I: Khamenei on Nuclear Weapons

On Aug. 30, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s inaugural address to the Non-Aligned Movement condemned nuclear weapons. The following is an excerpt from his speech.

U.N. Report Faults Iran for Lack of Cooperation

            On August 30, the U.N.

The Islamists Are Coming

The Islamists Are Coming, edited by Robin Wright, surveys the rise of Islamist groups in the wake of the Arab Spring. Often lumped together, the more than 50 Islamist parties with millions of followers now constitute a whole new spectrum—separate from either militants or secular parties. They will shape the new order in the world’s most volatile region more than any other political bloc. Yet they have diverse goals and different constituencies. Sometimes they are even rivals.

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