Topic - Iran

• On Iran, Obama is playing the ostrich

  The Obama administration's Iran policy is similar to that of the proverbial ostrich with its head in the sand, hoping that the problem will go away ("On Obama's watch," Commentary, Tuesday).

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  HANSON: Iran 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0

  In the manner that Jimmy Carter's reset foreign policy crashed in 1980 with the communists entering Afghanistan and Central America and American hostages taken in Iran, and was followed by a suddenly tough, new Carter Doctrine, the Obama administration likewise is forced to reset its policy.

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  DECKER: Five questions with Gary Johnson

  Gov. Gary Johnson is a candidate for the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination. During two terms as New Mexico's governor from 1995-2003, he vetoed over 750 bills (more than the rest of the nation's governors combined) and left government service with his state being one of only four with a balanced budget.

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  LIPIEN: VOA harms Putin opposition in Russia

  The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the agency in charge of critical U.S. information programs to countries such as Iran, China and Russia, can only be described as a failed enterprise in need of emergency surgery.

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  EDITORIAL: Obama's coming choice on Iran

  The buzz around a possible military strike on Iran's nuclear program has shifted from whether it will happen to when and how. Events are conspiring to force choices on President Obama that he would rather avoid.

• Briefly

  The aging president of Senegal tried to divert attention from growing street protests calling for his resignation and prove that he still had grass-roots support by leading an impromptu rally through the capital late Tuesday.

• World Scene

  The Pakistani army met with NATO and Afghan forces Wednesday to improve coordination along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, a sign of thawing relations after American airstrikes accidentally killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last year.

• Iran calls new U.S. sanctions a strategy to sow discontent

  Iran on Tuesday dismissed new U.S. sanctions, saying they are part of a "psychological war" meant to sow discontent among Iranians and insisting they would not halt the country's nuclear program.

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  New U.S. sanctions on Iran aim to head off Israel

  Additional U.S. sanctions on Iran are more significant for their timing than their immediate effect on Iran's economy, coming as the United States and its allies are arguing that Israel should hold off on any military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities to allow more time for sanctions to work.

• Embassy Row

  The chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee chided the Obama administration Tuesday, saying the U.S. support for Israel must go "beyond rhetoric" as she met with Israel's outspoken foreign minister.

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  Iran calls new U.S. sanctions 'psychological war'

  Iran has dismissed the new U.S. sanctions on Tehran, with the Foreign Ministry spokesman saying Tuesday they are part of a "psychological war" meant to sow discontent among Iranians and insisting the measures would not halt the country's nuclear program.

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  Iranian parliament summons Ahmadinejad

  Iran's parliament on Tuesday decided to summon President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for questioning over a long list of accusations, including that he mismanaged the nation's economy.

• Obama policies a bid for re-election

  Is President Obama playing the re-election game with our livelihoods ("Obama's bogus jobs data," Comment & Analysis, Monday)? It's bad enough that for the past three years, the enormous Obama administration has been wasting billions of dollars in stimulus funds, piling up insurmountable debt, playing fast-and-loose with overreaching economic regulations, playing political tricks to increases taxes and cooking the books on housing and unemployment numbers.

• Bigger US role against companies' cyberthreats?

  A developing Senate plan that would bolster the government's ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries is drawing strong opposition from businesses that say it goes too far and security experts who believe it should have even more teeth.

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  Obama orders new sanctions against Iran

  President Obama signed an executive order Monday morning freezing all U.S.-held assets of the Iranian government, including its Central Bank, even as he continued to try to ease fears that Israel is preparing to carry out a unilateral strike on the Islamic Republic.

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