إيران

The new financial sanctions against Iran are significant, although key U.S. allies will need to do more to potentially impact the regime's nuclear program decisionmaking.

Privately discussing U.S. concerns about military action against Iran is both responsible and necessary. Musing upon them publicly, however, is a strategic error.

The debate over whether to sanction the Central Bank of Iran must consider the effectiveness of such action and the consequences for the world economy.

For nuclear diplomacy to succeed, Tehran must believe that the United States will take military action against any effort to build a bomb.

On November 15, 2011, Reza Akhlaghi of Foreign Policy Association interviewed Mehdi Khalaji and Ramin Jahanbegloo regarding the institutionalization of violence in Iran, the regime's foreign policy, internal corruption, and a variety of other issues. The following is an excerpt from their in-depth remarks. AKHLAGHI: In Iran's evolving post-2009 politics

After a decade of discord with the United States, Turkey has come in from the cold, due largely to shared concerns over Iran.

The plot against al-Jubeir was intended to delegitimize Ahmadinejad's foreign policy agenda.

In the wake of the failed assassination plot, it is time for the United States to galvanize allies and collectively press our friends south of the border to severely restrict the size of Iran's diplomatic missions to the minimum needed to conduct official business.

Read testimony before a joint hearing of the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence and Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigation, and Management.