Iran

Obama’s vision for Iran: Good for foreign relations?

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

The first of what could potentially be several issues to arise in the general election campaign on Barack Obama’s conceived weakness — foreign policy — was brought to light in Sunday’s Washington Post.
According to the Post:

European officials are increasingly concerned that Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign pledge to begin direct talks with Iran on its nuclear [...]

Is it time for a U.S. diplomatic presence in Iran?

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

Officials in the State Department are now considering whether to open a U.S. Interests Office in Iran. The proposal, which has been discussed on and off again for years, comes almost three decades after the 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis, during which Islamic revolutionary students kidnapped and held 52 U.S. Embassy employees hostage for 444 days. [...]