What Did Iran’s Supreme Leader Really Say About the Lausanne Agreement, and Why?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 14, 2015 Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke out on Thursday about the framework agreement for Iran’s negotiations over its nuclear enrichment program with the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Do GOP Frontrunners Have an Iran Policy Besides Sanctions and Bombs?

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 6, 2015 President Barack Obama’s negotiations with Iran to ensure that its nuclear enrichment program remains purely civilian, for generating electricity, ought to be bipartisan in spirit. Achieving that goal would benefit all Americans. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

How Israel Went from Being a Democratic to a Republican Project

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jan 29, 2015 The audacity of Speaker of the House John Boehner colluding with the prime minister of a foreign country to undermine a sitting president is, I think, still not entirely appreciated. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Boehner’s Choice

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A Breakdown of the Top Foreign Policy Points in Obama’s Speech

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jan 21, 2015 President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address slighted foreign policy in favor of touting domestic progress and proposing new domestic initiatives. But there were some foreign policy highlights worth underlining. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

A $9 Trillion War? Top 10 Reasons Americans Will Regret It If GOP Derails Iran Negotiations

Juan Cole / Truthdig Feb 8, 2014 40 Republican senators are making a last-minute push to bring further Iran sanctions up for a vote despite the opposition of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S. Ranks 27th in Health Care

Staff / Truthdig Jul 16, 2013 Despite arguments that privatization makes the American health system the best, 26 other countries' are better; it's no coincidence there are more large earthquakes occurring as drilling has increased; meanwhile, artist Nickolay Lamm shows us what a real, healthy Barbie would look like with his latest work. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What Will Tighter Restrictions on Trade in Iran Do?

By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law May 20, 2013 A bipartisan team of U.S. senators has introduced a bill that would expand sanctions against Iran by targeting an estimated $100 billion worth of the country’s foreign currency reserves that are parked in overseas accounts. A Senate bill would expand sanctions against Iran by targeting an estimated $100 billion worth of the country’s foreign currency reserves that are parked in overseas accounts. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Ahmadinejad: I’ll Negotiate When You Pull the Gun Away From My Face

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Feb 11, 2013 The Iranian president has offered to negotiate personally with the United States over his country's nuclear program -- with one proviso. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )