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"In the Interests of Israel": Why Russia will not sell the S-300 Air Defense System to Iran

by General Leonid Ivashov

Moscow (Russia) | 28 September 2010

The sanctions against Iran were the final blow to the Medvedev-Putin partnership, already on the wane for some time. The Russian President has opted for the U.S.-Israeli camp. The outright war between the two excutive heads has crystallized around the possible delivery of the surface-to-air (...)

“The Iranian crisis is likely to explode”

by Patrick Seale

27 January 2006

The controversy about the Iranian nuclear program has been revived and many analysts have predicted that it is going to be the main international crisis in 2006. The issues involved in this crisis are simple: Iran claims its right to have full control of the uranium enrichment cycle for (...)

“We should be very worried about Iran”

by John Keegan

27 January 2006

I was in favour of the war against Iraq but had my doubts, which I still have. Those who are against it have their reasons and they could even use the Machiavellian argument that Saddam Hussein was a valuable allied against Iran. And today we have realized that Iran wants to become a nuclear (...)

Axis for Peace

General Ivashov: “International terrorism does not exist”

by General Leonid Ivashov

Brussels (Belgium) | 17 January 2006

General Leonid Ivashov was the Chief of Staff of the Russian armed forces when the September 11, 2001, attacks took place. This military man, who lived the events from the inside, offers an analysis which is very different to that of his American colleagues. As he did during the Axis for (...)

“Who are the men in this photo?”

by Amir Taheri

15 July 2005

Even before the results of the ballot, Mahmud Ahmadineyad was at the center of controversies regarding his past. He makes no secret of his revolutionary past. But still there are questions as to whether he was one of the hostage-holders during the occupation of the United States Embassy in (...)

"Iran Poses a Challenge to All"

by Patrick Seale

15 July 2005

The outstanding electoral victory of Mahmud Ahmadinejad represents a happy event for the Middle East, deeply affected by unresolved conflicts, corrupt circles and violent foreign interventions. On August 4, when he’ll take power, his work will be closely watched to see that he’ll be (...)

“When one scandal hides another”

by Alain Gresh

6 July 2005

A scandal has got the attention of the American congress. The “Oil for Food program” allowed Saddam Hussein to embezzle millions and those in charge of it in the UN to get important sums between 1996 and 2003. Such accusations must be studied. However, a considerable part of the information (...)

“Turning Point in Middle East Peace”

by William B. Quandt, Zbigniew Brzeziński

5 July 2005

George W. Bush’s statements during his recent meeting with Mahmud Abbas deserve our attention. It had an impact on Israel, but not on the U.S. Bush said that Israel and Palestine final statute should “be the fruit of an agreement between the different parties and that the changes in the lines (...)

“Islamist Regime In Total Control”

by Amir Taheri

4 July 2005

The second round of Iran presidential elections has caused an earthquake. Mahmud Ahmadineyad has become president, defeating one of the regime’s greatest leaders since 1979. Ahmadineyad is the most learned of all Iranian presidents and is the first president of the Islamist Republic who has a (...)