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Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 09, by Howard LaFranchi
Is diplomacy with Iran futile?
'Experts gathered to debate US policy toward Iran, and then let the audience decide.'

New York Times, 08 Apr 09, by Mark Landler and Nazila Fathi
U.S. to Join Iran Talks Over Nuclear Program
'The Obama administration said Wednesday that the United States would start participating regularly with other major powers in negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program.'

AP, 09 Apr 09, by Matthew Lee
US dealings with Iran remain on slippery path
'Efforts by the Obama administration to re-engage with Iran advanced a step and skidded backward all in the same day, underscoring the difficulties the new president faces as he tries to improve U.S. relations with its longtime foe.'

New York Times, 01 Apr 09, by Mark Landler
Obama Administration Has First Face-to-Face Contact With Iran
'... two [recent] American contacts with Iran are another step in the Obama administration's policy of engagement. It is a tentative process, in which the White House makes symbolic gestures, like President Obama's recent video greeting to the Iranian people and government for their New Year, while continuing to formulate its longer-term strategy.'

Asia Times, 25 Mar 09, by Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Europe out of step with US over Iran
'United States President Barack Obama has offered a "new beginning" in relations with Iran through honest engagement and mutual respect. Such overtures are at odds with the European Union's incoherent Tehran strategy, highlighted by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's recent threat-filled speech.'

Washington Post, 04 Mar 09, by Thomas Erdbrink
Iranian Leaders Fault Obama, Warn Israel Again
'In his first public comments on the new U.S. administration, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is Iran's supreme leader and has the final say over foreign policy, said Obama had adopted former president George W. Bush's support for Israel, which Khamenei called a "cancerous tumor."'

International Herald Tribune, 11 Feb 09, by Nazila Fathi and David E. Sanger
Better relations with Iran might mean trouble with Israel for U.S.
'An offer by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran to take up President Barack Obama's oft-repeated invitation for direct talks between the United States and Iran signals the start of a long-delayed war-or-peace drama that may help define the Obama administration's plans to remake America's approach to diplomacy.'

International Herald Tribune, 04 Feb 09, by Alan Cowell and William J. Broad
Iranian satellite launch prompts concern
'Iran said Tuesday that it had launched its first domestically produced satellite, a move that has prompted concerns in the United States and other nations about Iran's nuclear ambitions and its ability to deploy long-range ballistic missiles.'

International Herald Tribune, 13 Jan 09, by Michael Slackman
Iran tones down its vocal support for Hamas
'While the fighting continues in Gaza and negotiations for a cease-fire take place in Egypt, officials in Tehran are treading carefully because they, too, have a great deal at stake. Iran is trying to position itself as the regional superpower, while also trying to generate maximum leverage before expected talks with the administration of President Barack Obama.'

Asia Times, 08 Jan 09, by Roger N McDermott
Russia arms to Iran: A mistimed gambit?
'Reports originating from within Iran, alleging an agreement by Russia to supply Tehran with modern air defense systems, have sparked mixed reactions from official sources in Moscow.'

Asia Times, 08 Jan 09, by Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Iran painted as the demon
'Israel's offensive in Gaza is widely framed in the context of containing Islamist extremism by lumping together Hamas, Iran and Lebanon's Hezbollah, even as Tehran is engaged in a flurry of diplomatic activities aimed at bringing about a ceasefire.'

2008 Iran archive
2007 Iran archive