India must have a proactive agenda in Iran
Energy, trade, and transit issues are important but the key task for India is to assert itself as a factor for peace in Washington’s looming confrontation with Tehran. 5 February … Continue reading
Iran, the U.S. and the burden of history
Ali M. Ansari’s book, Confronting Iran, is an honest and dispassionate account of the less than honest intentions and lost opportunities that have been a part of the U.S. approach … Continue reading
"The answer to the Iran nuclear issue is more democracy"
Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003,Shirin Ebadi is a prominent lawyer and human rights activist within her country, Iran, as well as an advocate for human rights around … Continue reading
No Plan B, only the certainty of defeat
Unless the Bush administration recognises that Iran might hold the key to peace in Iraq, the people of Iraq will pay the price of American adventurism for years to come. … Continue reading
Iran: Gas, gas everywhere but not a bit to sell
Caught between the Great Satan of sanctions and the Deep Blue Sea of indecisiveness and bad planning, Iran’s enormous gas reserves remain hugely under-utilised. 26 August 2006The Hindu Gas, gas … Continue reading
Down but not out, leading Iranian reformist looks ahead
A former Speaker of the Majlis, Mehdi Karroubi was the leading reformist contender in Iran’s presidential election of 2005 but lost to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad under circumstances he considers improper. In … Continue reading
In Iran, democracy wrestles with clerical authority
With a vibrant and often polarised political culture, Iran is arguably more tolerant of debate than many countries in the region. But there are also limits. 23 August 2006The Hindu … Continue reading
Iran: Little chance of nuclear compromise
Tehran will respond to the pending European package but is unlikely to suspend enrichment under pressure. What the world must realise is sanctions will take us further from and not … Continue reading
"We are still interested in dialogue based on justness and fairness"
Those who think only about bombs, war, and attacking others are the root cause of everything that is wrong in the world, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tells The Hindu in … Continue reading
Ahmadinejad interview: If pressure continues, Iran can change mind on NPT
“The United States and its European allies are really not looking for a dialogue”, Iran’s President tells The Hindu. 10 August 2006The Hindu If pressure continues, Iran can change mind … Continue reading
Ahmadinejad keen on energy ties with India
“Our relationship not one to be affected by a mistake”. 10 August 2006The Hindu Ahmadinejad keen on energy ties with India Iranian parliament’s views on LNG deal will be known … Continue reading
"For the U.S., the nuclear issue of Iran is just an excuse"
As Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Ali Larijani is Iran’s top nuclear negotiator. In an interview with The Hindu in Tehran on Saturday, he discussed Iran’s nuclear programme, … Continue reading
Larijani interview: Iran wants nuclear talks, but not at gunpoint
Tehran’s top nuclear negotiator says his country has no problem with India’s nuclear deal, only with U.S. ‘double standards’. 6 August 2006The Hindu Iran wants nuclear talks, but not at … Continue reading
An Iranian offer that America must heed
The Ahmadinejad letter is as much an invitation to dialogue as a reminder to the world of the dangers posed by the Bush administration’s policies. (The montage of the two … Continue reading
Siddharth Varadarajan 