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Whatever happened to engagement? As a presidential candidate, Mr. Obama declared himself open to dialogue even with intransigent states like Iran. But there is little diplomatic nicety to be seen these days, as the administration presses tough new sanctions aimed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in Iran, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warned [...] Whatever the fate of newspapers, television news is one traditional media that seems to have retained its significance. For all the talk about Twitter and DM’ing in the continuing Iranian unrest, the ayatollas, at least, are blaming tv — specifically the BBC’s recently created Farsi-language service. The propagators of an “all-out war” against the Islamic republic, [...] WaPo: An influential Iranian cleric told worshipers Friday that those stirring unrest in connection with the recent election should be punished “ruthlessly and savagely” and convicted for waging war against God, a crime that under Shiite Islamic law is punishable by death. I’m glad that President Obama’s willingness to engage the hard line Islamists has had such [...] While they may be clumsy amateurs at rigging elections, the Iranian government is very sophisticated at controlling and tracking internet data. More so even than the ChiComs. …in confronting the political turmoil that has consumed the country this past week, the Iranian government appears to be engaging in a practice often called deep packet inspection, which [...] NYT Chatham House, a London-based research organization, released a study done with the University of St. Andrews challenging the Iranian government’s declared results, based on a comparison with the 2005 elections as well as Iran’s own census data. The study showed, for example, that in two provinces where Mr. Ahmadinejad won a week ago, a turnout of [...] Much ink is being used up discussing the “results” of the Iranian elections. The hard-line candidate, our old friend Mahmoud Aiwannajihad, is being declared the overwhelming winner. His main opponant, Mir Hossein Mousavi, is declaring fraud. Police and rioters are in the street. The country’s text messaging service has been shut down. What is lost in [...] President Obama: Without going into specifics, what I do believe is that Iran has legitimate energy concerns, legitimate aspirations [for nuclear power plants]. When was the last time the US granted a license for a new nuclear power plant here? |
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