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Dec 31, 2008 at 12:00 AM |
Jamie Colby: And the question is, with the pressure of that potential ground incursion, why would Hamas not back down? They are refusing. It is probably because they have very strong support from Iran. Now, some hard-line groups there are calling for volunteers to go on homicide operations in Israel. Urging them on, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei… He is saying that anyone that actually kills defending Palestinians, “You are a martyr”. Alireza Jafarzadeh is a Fox News Foreign Affairs Analyst; we call upon him often to talk about this. He is the author of The Iran Threat. Good to see you. Unfortunately, Iran continues its support for Hamas, Hezbollah as well. How much do you think Hamas has left in the fight based on this support? Watch Video  |  |
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Dec 21, 2008 at 12:00 AM |
Bret Baier: Iran has refused to suspend its uranium enrichment program. It really has never backed off its nuclear ambitions and has tested long range missiles for the world to see. It has also threatened to close the straight of hormuz: a key shipping channel, through which almost half of the world’s oil supply travels. So will this world outreach travel? Joining us now, Alireza Jafarzadeh, the author of The Iran Threat and Fox News Foreign Affairs contributor. Joining us, thank you Alireza for being here, to talk about Iran issue and how it may develop in the early days of the Obama administration. Do you think that this outreach post can be successful with Tehran?
Alireza Jafarzadeh: It can be successful with Tehran only if the right approach is pursued. It’s a positive thing to have a special envoy, but I think the advice I have for the new envoy, whoever it is, is to learn from the lessons of the previous administration s, previous presidents. Remember, Iran has been a headache as you said for all the presidents of the United States since 1979 revolution. Every single president from President Carter to President Reagan to President Bush and to President Clinton has tried to reach out to Tehran and tried to open up dialogue. They have all failed. So the question is: is the problem in Washington or is the problem in Tehran? I believe, looking at all the experience of the past, it is clear that the problem is not in Washington. Tehran, ruled by the Mullahs, ruled by the clerics, has no desire or intention to abandon its policies of pursuing nuclear weapons, dominating Iraq, pursuing terrorism, and having no interest in opening up relations with the United States as things stand now. |  |
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Dec 10, 2008 at 12:00 AM |
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By Alireza Jafarzadeh
Foreign Affairs Analyst/Foxnews.com Contributor
The recent rise in anti-government protests in Iran, coupled with escalating political strife within the leadership of the ayatollahs’ regime, present President-elect Barack Obama and his foreign policy team with options for a viable new Iran policy.
Tehran’s dysfunctional oil-based economy, already under a plethora of UN, U.S. and EU sanctions, is reeling from the drastic fall in oil prices. Meanwhile, Iran’s next presidential election is fast approaching in June 2009, and the political wrangling has never been more widespread. |
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Nov 07, 2008 at 12:00 AM |
By: Alireza Jafarzadeh
A multitude of foreign policy challenges, perhaps chief among them how to deal with the ayatollahs' regime in Iran, awaits President-elect Barack Obama.
The global consequences of a nuclear-armed theocratic regime with an extremist, expansionist ideology were not lost on candidate Obama. He expressed a keen awareness that as president he must confront Tehran's quest for nuclear weapons, subversion and terrorism in Iraq and strategy of regional domination. In July he said: "We cannot tolerate nuclear weapons in the hands of nations that support terror. Preventing Iran from developing nuclear weapons is a vital national security interest of the United States."
In March 2007, in an address in Chicago, Obama called Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad "reckless, irresponsible and inattentive" to the needs of the Iranian people. The U.S., he said, must engage in "aggressive diplomacy combined with tough sanctions" to defuse Tehran's nuclear threat.
U.S.-Iran policy has been described as the "Bermuda Triangle" of U.S. presidents since 1979. What are the mistakes the next administration cannot afford to repeat?
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Oct 17, 2008 at 12:00 AM |
 By: MAJ. GEN. (RET.) PAUL VALLELY and ALIREZA JAFARZADEH
"We fear we will end up with a situation like Srebrenica," said an Iranian woman whose brother and a number of family members reside in Camp Ashraf, an area 40 miles north of Baghdad, where more than 3,500 exiled members of the main Iranian opposition group, the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) and their families have resided since 1986.
This young woman and dozens of other Iranian-Americans whose family members reside in Ashraf have been protesting in front of the U.N. Headquarters in New York since September. Concerned with the possible transfer of Camp Ashraf from U.S. personnel to Iraqi security forces, she said "it is like putting foxes in charge of the chicken coop." Iranian influence in Iraq is heavy. Iraq's governmental institutions are fragile and its security forces are heavily infiltrated by Iran's mercenaries, whose terrorist acts are well-documented by the coalition forces. How can one reasonably feel confident about such an arrangement? Turning over the protection of these unarmed refugees to the Iraqi security forces would undoubtedly embolden the mullahs to take direct action against Camp Ashraf, situated only 30 miles from the Iranian border. Tehran has thus far avoided cross border attacks and missile strikes, due to the presence of U.S. forces. Reports in the Iranian press are already quoting some elements of the regime seeking the massacre of the PMOI members residing in Ashraf. Iranian authorities have repeatedly called for the extradition of all the residents, ever since the talk of a possible transfer became public knowledge. |  |
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