Saudi Arabia’s opposition to what it views as the P5+1’s lax attitude toward Tehran makes the headlines about once a week (best-case scenario). It’s our impression they’re actually boiling over on a daily basis, just that the media can’t handle…
Saudi Arabia’s opposition to what it views as the P5+1’s lax attitude toward Tehran makes the headlines about once a week (best-case scenario). It’s our impression they’re actually boiling over on a daily basis, just that the media can’t handle…
The United States has been embroiled for weeks in a heated debate over a bill which would authorize more sanctions on Iran if the latter breaches the terms of the agreement it endorsed in Geneva. Inexplicably, the media has been…
Our readers know by now that this blog keeps a watchful eye on Iran’s courting of Germany. Just two weeks ago we posted an update, but events are racing ahead – and the media’s still asleep – so here we…
Less than two weeks after the Geneva nuclear deal, media outlets are rightly heralding the start of the “post-sanctions” era. According to Reuters, “the phone hasn’t stopped ringing” at the German-Iranian Chamber of Commerce since the deal was signed, with…
Caught up in the nuclear agreement fanfare, the mainstream media has so far missed the deal’s ramifications vis-à-vis the Iranian nuclear program’s main objective: power projection. No better group to gauge this than its close ally, Hezbollah. Indeed, Hezbollah chief…
As the P5+1 advance from the latest round of Geneva nuclear talks, the media is raising some interesting arguments concerning the future of the sanctions regime. In fact, Geneva seems to have become a backdrop for the main event: the…
This is the question that’s staring us in the face as media coverage of this week’s P5+1-Iran Geneva meetings picks up. When we established this blog a year ago, our working assumption was that media coverage would provide answers regarding…