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The last time we had this kind of rhetoric was George W. Bush with the axis of evil. It was immediately followed by the Iraq War, which was the most disastrous single step of American military action and, quote, ‘diplomacy,’ or anti-diplomacy, in modern times. So this is a setup, again, for war, for conflict. And it is extraordinarily ignorant and dangerous. Iran is in compliance with the agreement that was reached.
Economist Jeffrey Sachs responds to Trump’s remarks on Iran at the United Nations General Assembly. Read the full story here. 
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Why is Iran regarded here as the greatest threat to world peace? Well, we have an authoritative answer to that from the intelligence community, which provides regular assessments to Congress on the global strategic situation. And a couple of years ago, their report—of course, they always discuss Iran. And the reports are pretty consistent. They say Iran has very low military spending, even by the standards of the region, much lower than Saudi Arabia, Israel, others. Its strategy is defensive. They want to deter attacks long enough for diplomacy to be entertained. The conclusion, intelligence conclusion—this is a couple years ago—is: If they are developing nuclear weapons, which we don’t know, but if they are, it would be part of their deterrent strategy. Now, why is the United States and Israel even more so concerned about a deterrent? Who’s concerned about a deterrent? Those who want to use force. Those who want to be free to use force are deeply concerned about a potential deterrent. So, yes, Iran is the greatest threat to world peace, might deter our use of force.
Noam Chomsky on the United States and Iran. Watch our full interview with Noam Chomsky here.
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Donald Trump’s national security adviser Michael Flynn recently announced the United States was putting Iran “on notice"—but it’s not clear what that means. Harvard professor Stephen Walt says, “One thing we know about Iran is they don’t particularly respond well to American pressure.” See our full interview with Stephen Walt, who says President Trump has already “blown it” on foreign policy ⟶

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Americans understand that what the United States has been doing in the Middle East for the last decade and a half has actually been profoundly against American interests. It’s also been very damaging to Middle Easterners.
Flynt Leverett, former senior Middle East analyst at the CIA. He spoke to Democracy Now! about negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. Watch the interview at DemocracyNow.org
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Today marks the deadline for Iran and six world powers to reach a comprehensive agreement on curbing Iran’s nuclear program. Iran has dispatched two top officials to Vienna in a last-minute push for a diplomatic breakthrough, but the talks will...

Today marks the deadline for Iran and six world powers to reach a comprehensive agreement on curbing Iran’s nuclear program. Iran has dispatched two top officials to Vienna in a last-minute push for a diplomatic breakthrough, but the talks will likely be extended.

Watch today’s Democracy Now! interview with Reza Sayah, a journalist who has covered Iran for CNN International for the last seven years.

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EXCLUSIVE: CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling has been sentenced to 42 months in prison. Today, in an exclusive video interview the former CIA officer talks about leaking classified information to New York Times reporter James Risen about a failed...

EXCLUSIVE: CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling has been sentenced to 42 months in prison. Today, in an exclusive video interview the former CIA officer talks about leaking classified information to New York Times reporter James Risen about a failed U.S. effort to undermine Iran’s nuclear program. On Monday, Sterling became the latest government employee jailed by the Obama administration for leaking information. Since he was indicted four years ago, Jeffrey Sterling’s voice has never been heard by the public. But that changes today. Watch Democracy Now! for an exclusive report that tells his story, “The Invisible Man.”

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The Saudis drop bombs on Yemen while calling it a humanitarian mission. It’s a play straight from the American playbook.
Toby Jones, author of “Desert Kingdom: How Oil and Water Forged Modern Saudi Arabia.” He joined Democracy Now! to discuss Saudi Arabia’s military assault on Yemen. Watch the interview at democracynow.org.
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Iran does not have a nuclear bomb. Israel has about 400 nuclear bombs … Israel, during the last 50-60 years, has not given even one inspection to the IAEA.
Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former nuclear negotiator for Iran and ambassador to Germany. Watch his interview on Democracy Now! today.
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“The way that Congress has been putting pressure on the U.S. team has not worked in such a way that the Iranians are pressured — rather the pressure is truly on the American side and is adding time pressure on the Americans in a way that the others...

“The way that Congress has been putting pressure on the U.S. team has not worked in such a way that the Iranians are pressured — rather the pressure is truly on the American side and is adding time pressure on the Americans in a way that the others are not feeling.”

-Trita Parsi, author of “A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran.” Watch his interview on Democracy Now! today.

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