Muhammad Sahimi

A professor at the University of Southern California, Muhammad Sahimi has been analyzing Iran’s nuclear program and its political developments for the past two decades. He is the editor and publisher of Iran News and Middle East Reports.

After Cheerleading Invasion of Iraq, Tom Friedman Glorifies Saudi Arabia’s War Criminal

Thomas Friedman, who called the invasion of Iraq “the most radical-liberal revolutionary war the US has ever launched,” is now singing the praises of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman.

Muhammad Sahimi
By Muhammad Sahimi
New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman, left, talks with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger during a lunch for Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, Feb. 14, 2012, at the State Department in Washington. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Thomas [Tom] Friedman, the supposedly liberal columnist of the New York Times and the "imperial messenger" of the US establishment, needs no introduction. This is the same man who was the leading cheerleader for the illegal and criminal invasion of Iraq in 2003 that set the Middle East on the path of bloodshed and destruction. This is the same

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Hilary Clinton’s Israel, Iran, Iraq & Libya Record Indicates She’s A Proven Warmonger

Looking back over Mrs. Clinton’s foreign policy record, it’s clear that she is neither a progressive nor a liberal, but a proven warmonger whose record has contributed greatly to war, bloodshed and destruction in the Middle East and North Africa.

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By Muhammad Sahimi
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally at BR Miller Middle School in Marshalltown, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

LOS ANGELES --- (ANALYSIS) Ever since Hillary Clinton announced her candidacy for president, she has tried to present herself as a progressive whose “inevitable” election will be a historic moment for the United States, and perhaps even the world. After Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders entered the race and began talking about his relatively progressive

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Torpedoing The Deal: US Media Promotes Israel Lobby’s Campaign Against Iran Deal

The Israel lobby is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on a campaign aimed at shutting down the P5+1 deal with Iran. Who in the media is helping to keep this campaign above the fold?

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Muhammad Sahimi
By Richard Silverstein
And Muhammad Sahimi
A screenshot from a Fox News alert airing the now debunked information that Iran will be allowed to use it's own inspectors as part of the nuclear deal.

MintPress Analysis --- As Congress draws ever closer to voting on the Iran nuclear deal negotiated by the P5+1 powers, pressure is building on both sides of the debate. The Israel lobby is in the midst of spending as much as $50 million on a campaign to defeat the deal, while a far smaller number of NGOs plan to spend considerably less to promote

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