Not to be outdone, Hassan Rohani, former Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has an open letter in Time. I was particularly taken by this line: Could it be that the extremists all around see their interests — however transient, domestic and short-sighted — in heightened tension and crisis? Extremists “all around” eh?
Ahmadinejad Letter
by | 2006-05-09 | 11 Comments
I’ve read the full text of the letter (as posted by the Wall Street Journal) and let me say that it is much, much odder than a mix tape. Reportedly your government employs extensive security, protection and intelligence systems—and even hunts its opponents abroad. September eleven was not a simple operation. Could it be planned …
The Ballad of ABomb and GDub
by | 2006-05-08 | 19 Comments
Ahmadenijad (A-bomb) sent Bush (G-Dub) a letter that suggesting some “new solutions” in the context of US-Iran relations: Iran’s leader has written to President Bush proposing “new solutions” to their differences in the first letter from an Iranian head of state to an American president in 27 years, a government spokesman said Monday. Foreign Minister …
Iran's 164 Centrifuge Cascade
by | 2006-05-05 | 11 Comments
Somehow this news story didn’t get wider attention, but Dafna Linzer’s article in the Post last week claimed some of Iran’s centrifuges appeared to crash during the operation of the 164 centrifuge cascade. Linzer cited “several officials with knowledge of the nuclear program said yesterday that the cascade was no longer operating and that a …
