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Regionalism in Iran's Foreign Policy |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
 What role does "regionalism" have in Iran's foreign policy strategy? The prevailing view inside Iran asserts that due to different power and political structures, as well as cultural and social differences between Iran and regional countries, especially the Arab Middle East, it is either very difficult or of little benefit for Iran to focus on regionalism as a foreign policy strategy. While accepting such arguments, I maintain that a corollary of such a perspective is passivity in Iran’s foreign policy and a weakening of its regional and international standing. |
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Iran Starts Enrichment in Presence of IAEA Inspectors |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
 Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Director Ali Akbar Salehi says Iran will inform the UN nuclear watchdog of the decision to start enriching uranium to 20 percent to meet the requirements of the Tehran research reactor. |
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The United States and Continuity of Change |
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Saturday, 06 February 2010 |
 The US approach vis-à-vis Iran and the statements of US statesmen have not changed. The only obvious change is pressure from the US public opinion and Congress following social developments in post-election Iran which has made the US government to lend its support to the Iranian people and has highlighted that support in future policies of the United States. |
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Finding a Workable Iran Policy |
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Friday, 05 February 2010 |
 It doesn't appear that casting Iran as an imminent threat to the entire global community is a workable approach. The United States was able to put together a global coalition in the weeks following 9/11 because other powers -- including Russia, India and China -- did perceive al-Qaida to be a threat to their interests, and even to their territorial integrity, given Osama bin Laden's support for separatists in Chechnya, Kashmir and Xinjiang. But efforts to portray Tehran as a dangerous rogue who equally threatens Moscow and Beijing as well as Washington have not borne much fruit. |
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Iranian Researcher Produces High Performance Metal Foam |
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Tuesday, 02 February 2010 |
 Researchers at NC State have developed, processed, and tested a new high-strength ultra-light material that combines the advantages of metal matrix composites with metallic foams. Dr. Afsaneh Rabiei has produced a new generation of metal foams showing 5 to 6 times greater strength to density ratio and over 7 times higher energy absorption than that of currently available metallic foams. |
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Monday, 01 February 2010 |
 The most important pilgrimage centre of the city of Shiraz is the Mausoleum of Mir Sayyed Ahmad, the son of the seventh Emam known as Shah-e-Cheragh (the Shrine of the lord of the light), which is situated near the Masjed-e-No. Mir Sayyed Ahmad came to Ahiraz at the beginning of the third Islamic century, and died there. After the shrines of Imam Reza in Mashhad and Fatima in Qum, the third most venerated pilgrimage destination in Iran is the shrine of Shah Cherag in the city of Shiraz. |
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Monday, 01 February 2010 |
 The International Conference on Afghanistan wrapped up in London on Thursday, 28 January 2010, by approving a strategy set out by the US and Britain which compels Western countries to render financial assistance to the Afghan government. If a collective peace is expected to be restored to Afghanistan, the role of the neighboring countries, except for the US and Britain, should be specified and attention should be paid to it. |
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