Iran’s relations with the concert of powers is one of the most important items on the agenda of international politics. Possible failure of the concert of powers in the face of Iran’s foreign policy goals will most probably prove the theory that there has been an exception to the result of power concert’s confrontation with a developing nation-state during the past three centuries.

Iran-US relations since 1979 Revolution have remained tension-ridden. Various efforts towards resolution of the sensitive and critical issues between them have failed to bear fruit. The present article looks into the state of these relations from the vantage of Iran’s security environment and how the U.S. policies, particularly since the 2001 occupation of Afghanistan and 2003 war of choice in Iraq, have dramatically affected Iran’s immediate security environment.

Announcement of Bin Laden’s death by President Obama on May 1, 2011, has been the most important news and security development in the world and countries or international and regional players which have remained indifferent to it are but a few.

As freedom-seeking movements are soaring in the Arab world, certain international players are trying to relive the international phenomenon generally known as Iranophobia. Although, experts on Iran’s issues have been familiar with this term for almost 30 years, the new wave of Iranophobia enjoys special characteristics which are related to new regional movements.

Apparently, in a world where global power is enforced through a network, more resilience toward Iran will be a service to international peace, stability and security. To do this, international organizations should remain indifferent to pressures from big international powers in relation to Iran. Another condition for the achievement of this goal is for the Iranian foreign policy officials to avoid of seeing international organizations as synonymous to the United States and other big powers or a tool in their hands.

The three-decade-old confrontation between Iran and big international powers has cost dearly for global politics. The main challenge in Iran’s relations with the said powers is that big powers basically lack a correct understanding of Iran’s security and strategic approaches. On the opposite and due to a variety of reasons, Iran has been unable to adapt to big power’s approach to new developments both at regional and international levels.

The House Homeland Security Committee's hearings on "Muslim radicalization," which began on March 10 and expected to be held periodically for 18 months, are objectionable on a number of grounds. The hearings are championed and chaired by a politician, Congressman Peter King, who is known for his notoriously negative attitude toward Muslims. While extreme, King is unfortunately not alone in demonizing Islam and/or Muslims. His is simply a more blatant case of a broader narrative of Muslim-bashing.