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Iran: Yet another nuclear bungle?
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 17/02/2021
» The self-esteem of two-year-olds and nation states is too fragile for them to admit they were wrong, which makes it hard for them to move on from blunders. That's why the toys don't get picked up and the broken treaties don't get fixed, and why there may be a tantrum (in the case of two-year-olds) or a nuclear war (in the case of the United States and Iran).
Whodunnit? Blame always goes to Iran
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 19/09/2019
» US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dismissed the Houthi claim that the Yemeni rebel group had carried out Saturday's strike on two huge Saudi Arabian oil processing facilities. There was "no evidence" that the drones belonged to the Houthis, he said. Instead, he blamed Iran.
'Dysfunctional' Trump and Iran
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 10/07/2019
» Iran has "begun its march ... towards nuclear weaponry", said Israel's energy minister Yuval Steinitz, and that is technically correct. Only one year and 60 days after US President Donald Trump tore up the treaty that guaranteed Iran won't make nuclear weapons, Iran has taken a tiny step towards reviving its nuclear programme.