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EU Foreign Ministers approve a tough package of sanctions, by Karin Kails (Deutsche Welle)

On Monday 26 July 2010, the EU Council approved a new round of sanctions against Iran and its nuclear programme. The measures, deemed the strongest levied yet by the EU, incorporate and expand on those established under United Nations Security Council resolution 1929 (adopted on 9 June 2010). AJC Transatlantic Institute program director Joshua Goodman discusses the impact of the sanctions in an interview with Deutsche Welle TV.

The video clip can be seen here.

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Méregpoharat Irán kezébe, by unknown

A nemzetközi hírű Irán-szakértő néhány hónapja A gombafelhő árnyékában címmel írt könyvet a perzsa állam atomprogramjának Európát érintő veszélyeiről. A Heteknek adott interjúban a professzor azt állította, hogy ha Irán megszerzi a bombát, nemcsak a Közel-Keleten rendeződnek át az erőviszonyok, hanem Teherán ellenőrzést szerez az európai energiaellátás forrásai felett is. Emanuele Ottolenghi szerint csak radikális külső nyomással lehet elérni azt, hogy a teheráni vezetők „kiigyák a méregpoharat”, és feladják az évtizedes atomtörekvéseiket.

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Iran's European Enablers, by Benjamin Weinthal

The dearth of academics, journalists and policy makers focusing on the dangers of European-Iranian economic relations puts Emanuele Ottolenghi in a lonely place—but all the more significant for that. In "Under a Mushroom Cloud: Europe, Iran and the Bomb," Mr. Ottolenghi not only lays out the scope of Iran's military aims, but reveals Tehran's codependence with European industry and provides concrete prescriptions for how continental leaders can stop Iran from developing a nuclear bomb...

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Iran nuclear 'nightmare' a few months away, by Kirsty Buchanan

IRAN is just months away from making its nuclear installations impenetrable to air strikes and it will have enough uranium for two nuclear weapons by February...

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Iran's Televised 'Confessions' Spark a Wave of Parodies, by The Media Staff

The confession begins with a raspy, earnest and weary voice:

"Ladies and Gentlemen... I am confessing about my desire to overthrow the Islamic Republic. I caused a velvet revolution by using tools such as Twitter, Facebook, BBC, New York Times, CNN. I am very guilty. Please forgive me. I truly apologize to the people of Iran."

While it's not the most endearing confessional script ever written, it's most serious problem is that the one doing the confessing is a cat, who quickly launches into a homily on the "hot" attributes of Persian kittens.

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Word on the street, by Rebecca Kaplan Boroson

Governments, writes Emanuele Ottolenghi in an analysis for The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, “must demonstrate to Iran’s repressive leaders that although dialogue may continue, ‘business as usual’ will not. It is critical that Iranian dissidents know they are not alone in their struggle.”

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Warnung vor dem iranischen "Atompilz" , by unknown

"Das iranische Atomprogramm stellt eine direkte Bedrohung der strategischen Interessen Europas und des Westens dar. Eine Atommacht Iran wird die geostrategische Landschaft dramatisch zum Schlechteren verändern." Europa müsse sich nun endlich aufraffen, seine wirtschaftlichen Interessen hintanstellen und durch spürbare Sanktionen Teherans nuklearen Bestrebungen Einhalt gebieten, schreibt der Politikwissenschaftler Emanuele Ottolenghi in seinem auf Englisch erschienen Buch "Under a Mushroom Cloud - Europe, Iran and the Bomb".

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Closer to an Israeli strike on Iran’s nukes?, by Mark Sappenfield

US Vice President Joe Biden refused to condemn or rule out such an attack, and Israel has secured Saudi support, a report suggests.

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Iran, Ottolenghi: il dialogo non basta, ritirare ambasciatori, by Daniel Mosseri

Roma, 2 lug (Velino) - “La valutazione del ministro Frattini è corretta: gli Stati Uniti non sembrano avere alcun ‘appetito’ per nuove sanzioni contro l’Iran”. Emanuele Ottolenghi, direttore del Transatlantic Institute di Bruxelles e autore del saggio “La bomba iraniana”, condivide l’analisi della situazione in Iran illustrata dal capo della Farnesina mercoledì in Parlamento. Centrale e comune, poi, nelle parole del ministro e in quella dello studioso di relazioni internazionali, la necessità di coinvolgere la Russia negli sforzi della comunità internazionale sul dossier nucleare iraniano. Diversa, invece, la valutazione su cosa fare in futuro. Ancora dialogo per Frattini, tradotto oltreoceano con la parola “engagement”, laddove per Ottolenghi serve una chiara presa di distanza dagli ayatollah da parte dell’Occidente. “Gli americani sono convinti che ci sia ancora spazio per continuare sulla strada del dialogo con l’Iran”, ha spiegato al VELINO. Una posizione quella della Casa Bianca che Ottolenghi definisce “pragmatica” e che persiste nonostante la consapevolezza, in America come in Italia, che alla luce di quanto è successo dopo la contestata rielezione di Ahmadinejad “un negoziato con gli ayatollah sul nucleare è oggi più difficile di ieri”.

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NZone Tonight - on current events in Iran, by unknown

NZone Tonight host Dr. Ottolenghi on the current situation in Iran after following elections' turmoil.

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IRAN/ Ottolenghi: Ahmadinejad o Moussavi, per l'Occidente non cambia il problema di Teheran, by Mattia Sorbi

Mercoledì migliaia di persone hanno sfidato il divieto di manifestare imposto dal regime iraniano per protestare contro l’ennesima provocazione della Guida Suprema l’Ayatollah Khamenei che ha dichiarato che “non ci sarà nessun annullamento del risultato delle elezioni” e che “né il ceto politico né la Nazione cederanno mai a qualunque pressione.”

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“The Age of Revolutions has Come to an End in Iran”, by Benjamin Joffe-Walt

Are the Muslim clerics who control Iran heading for a split?

The post-election upheaval in Iran has triggered rumors of a growing rift within the country’s clerical establishment.

In a series of interviews leading Iranian analysts denied that the unrest poses a serious threat to the power and influence of Iran’s Islamic regime, describing the predicted fall of the Ayatollahs as ‘wishful thinking’ on the part of Western commentators.

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Emanuele Ottolenghi on Radio New Zealand, by unknown

Emanuele Ottolenghi on Radio New Zealand

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EU leads international pressure on Iran over vote, by unknown

LUXEMBOURG, June 15 (Reuters) - The European Union increased pressure on Iran on Monday to agree to opposition demands to investigate President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landslide election victory and halt a crackdown on protesters.

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Under a mushroom cloud: A summary of the latest book on Europe and the Iranian nuclear issue, by Elie Fawaz

Iran has captured the world’s attention since its illegal nuclear program was unveiled in 2002 by the Iranian opposition in exile, the National Council of Resistance in Iran. Since then, the world has been wondering how to deal with such a perilous and complicated crisis. Direct negotiations, threats of strikes on Iranian nuclear plants and UN resolutions have proven ineffective, as Tehran is adamant about pursuing its program and as debate paralyzes the international community.

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Interview in Radio SBS Australia, by Emanuele Ottolenghi

Emanuele Ottolenghi on prospective developments in the Middle East after President Obama's speech in Cairo.

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How late it is, how late, by unknown

Iran must be stopped in its tracks now. This stark message from two new books on Iran’s nuclear threat is bound to raise cheers in Israel and among Washington’s more hawkish Middle East watchers just as Binyamin Netanyahu paid his first visit to President Barack Obama since the two men took office.

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Sounds Jewish - the Guardian, by unknown

Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi on pro-Israeli advocacy groups in Europe and the United States

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US promotes new counter-terror strategy to EU, by unknown

Dr. Matthew Levitt, director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy's programme on terrorism, intelligence and policy, gave details of the new policy at the Transatlantic Institute in Brussels yesterday (2 April).

Levitt, who also served as deputy assistant secretary for intelligence at the US Treasury Department, was quick to criticise mistakes made during the George W. Bush administration in countering the terrorism threat.

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Who will be the new NATO chief?, by unknown

BRUSSELS — NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer refuses to talk about who might succeed him this summer after his five-year term ends.

“Nice try,” the discreet Dutchman said recently when a journalist asked him to make a tangential remark on one candidate. “You’ll not hear me do this at all.”

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Emanuele Ottolenghi sulla Bomba Iraniana, by Emanuele Ottolenghi

Intervisa dell Emanuele Ottolenghi sulla Bomba Iraniana - RAI radio

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Analyse hoe obama gevangenis helpen sluiten?, by unknown

Verwacht wordt dat Barack Obama al op de eerste dag van zijn ambtstermijn de sluiting aankondigt van de gevangenis voor terreurverdachten op de Amerikaanse marinebasis aan de Cubaanse Baai van Guantanamo. De gevangenis ging symbool staan voor schending van mensenrechten in naam van de terreurbestrijding.

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MEDIO ORIENTE/ Ottolenghi: ora i rischi maggiori vengono dall’Iran. E Obama potrà fare ben poco…, by unknown

Mentre gli ultimi soldati israeliani abbandonano la Striscia di Gaza, ci si interroga adesso sulle conseguenze che il conflitto appena consumatosi lascerà sulle prossime vicende internazionali. L’insediamento della nuova amministrazione americana, e le prossime elezioni in molte zone sensibili, in primis in Israele, rendono il momento particolarmente complesso. Per approfondire questi aspetti abbiamo dialogato con Emanuele Ottolenghi, direttore del think tank Transatlantic Institute di Bruxelles, esperto di questioni mediorientali, di cui è appena uscito il volume “La bomba iraniana” (Ed. Lindau)...

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Guerra di Gaza, un'occasione da non perdere per l'ANP, by unknown

Gli integralisti di Hamas, ritirandosi le truppe di Israele, cantano vittoria dichiarando d’aver perso 48 miliziani a fronte di 80 soldati israeliani caduti. Contabilità lugubre oltre che fasulla. Alla vittoria militare israeliana si unisce in inusuale successo diplomatico. I sei maggiori leader europei riuniti a Sharm el-Sheikh, col presidente egiziano, Hosni Mubarak, il presidente dell’Anp, Abu Mazen, e il segretario generale della Lega araba, Amr Moussa, non hanno condannato Israele, ma hanno assicurato anche collaborazione contro il contrabbando delle armi a Gaza.

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Europe split on helping Obama on Guantanamo , by unknown

BRUSSELS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Europe wants to be Barack Obama's best friend, but it is split on whether to help the U.S. President-elect on what could be one of his first and most symbolic decisions -- closing the Guantanamo prison.

Obama is expected to decide in his first days in office to shut down the prison for terrorism suspects at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, widely seen as a symbol of human rights abuses carried out in the name of the "war on terrorism".

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