Iran's Nuclear Program

The successful test does little to change the fact that the Iran nulcear issue is a political, not military problem.

Amid the proliferation of red lines, the important ones are at risk of being opaque or even unintelligible in Tehran.

“We are approaching a point where…the international community will no longer have any realistic option to veto an Iranian decision to build nuclear weapons.”

As the second largest consumer of Iranian crude, India currently buys 25 percent of Tehran’s oil exports.

“If Tehran doubts either American capability or American fortitude, Washington will be unable to forestall a nuclear breakout.”

Iran and the P5+1 powers have scheduled talks. Now the hard part begins.

While both sides have already denied it, talks could be a first step towards compromise. The road to negotiations though could be a long one.

The conference for a nuclear weapons free zone in the Middle East offers a unique opportunity for the P5+1 and Iran to build mutual trust.

“India’s readiness to work with Iran stems from careful, hard-nosed calculations of what it deems to be in its vital interests.”

While many believe leaders in Tel Aviv are bluffing, the Jewish state gains a lot by threatening to strike Tehran.

The real roots of Iran’s nuclear program lie not in physics – but in Iran’s own sense of history.

Despite their sectarian divide and history, Tehran may be courting the Taliban to bolster its ability to retaliate from a possible strike on its nuclear program.