International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS)

Israeli Claim of Iranian ICBM Exploits Biased U.S. Intel

By Gareth Porter
In an effort to provoke any possible opposition in U.S. political circles to a nuclear deal with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has returned to exploiting an old claim that Iran is building intercontinental ballistic missiles that could hit the United States.

OP-ED: Syria Has Become Iran’s Vietnam – Let’s Help It Escape

By Mark Fitzpatrick
As if the Iran nuclear issue was not already difficult enough, it became even more complicated when Bashar al-Assad unleashed his chemical weapons across Damascus suburbs last month. Suddenly, the Syria issue is overshadowing all other factors concerning Iran.


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