APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula articles from April 2006

APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula archives from April 2006

Pax Americana Is Changing - Part 20 - US Plans For Iran.
April 24, 2006... Republican Sen. Richard Lugar, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on April 16 said it would be "useful" for the US to talk directly to Iran over the nuclear stand-off. Iran's ex-president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who heads...

US-UK Democratisation Drive.
April 24, 2006... The Financial Times on April 22 said the US and UK were working on a strategy to promote democratic change in Iran, citing "officials who see the joint effort as the start of a new phase in the diplomatic campaign to counter the Islamic...

Iran 'Recruiting Suicide British Bombers'.
April 24, 2006... Relations between Iran's theocracy and the West are set to worsen after a Tehran-based group on April 18 claimed it was trying to recruit Iranians and other Muslims in Britain to carry out suicide bombings against Israel. If it is true that...

A US-Iran Package Deal.
April 24, 2006... The chances of war or a package deal between the US and Iran now are 50-50. But, despite Ahmadi-Nejad's frequent ranting, Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his conservative allies are concerned - judging by the pattern of their...

IRGC Warning.
April 24, 2006... The head of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Gen. Yehya Rahim Safavi on April 14 warned the US not to attack Iran, saying American troops in Iraq and the region were "vulnerable". He added: "You can start a war but it won't be...

The Arab Angle.
April 24, 2006... The Arab world is not seriously talking to Tehran, while Iran's growing regional power is worrisome to most of its regimes, especially those on the Arab side of the Gulf (GCC). Iran is no less suspicious of the attitude many Arab states have...