Iran

The latest statement is “a bit of a stiffening, a bit of increased rhetoric,” said Steve Clemons, director of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation, a policy research group in Washington. Obama's top political adviser said the ...

"This will recalibrate the way the Obama administration thinks of moving forward with the Iranian nuclear issue," said Nicholas Schmidle, a fellow at the New America Foundation. "There are voices now that say the regime may be in danger and therefore ...

"There is a long and rich political tradition within Iran of labeling one's opponents as lackeys of America, stooges of Britain," said Afshin Molavi of the New America Foundation. "The Mousavi challenge to the current order of the Islamic Republic is ...

Flynt Leverett, a senior CIA analyst for eight years, and his wife, Hillary Mann Leverett, a former US National Security Council official who participated in closed-door negotiations with Iran, both threw their weight behind the poll and made some ...

Steve Clemons, a self-described "progressive realist" and senior fellow at the New America Foundation think tank, said that Mr Obama's stance as it developed last week was "somewhat tragic" as well as flawed. "These speeches he's been giving have been ...

Steve Clemons discusses how the Basij are being targeted by members of the opposition. Link to video

ZAKARIA: So, take me through this option. You have Khatami, the former president, two-term president, not backing down. Rafsanjani, a former president, the very important leader of the Assembly of Experts not backing down. Larijani, the speaker of the parliament, not backing down. Can the regime really crack down? I mean, it can arrest people on the street, and it can arrest journalists like Maziar. But what does it do with these very powerful people who have now defied it?

Steve Clemons, an analyst at the New America Foundation, a policy research institute in Washington, said the situation exposes the confines of Obama's approach to foreign affairs. “Obama is in a bind because he's realizes that to some degree he is seen ...

CNN's T.J. Holmes talks to journalist Nick Schmidle about whether Iran means changing U.S. national security priorities. Link to video Embedded video from CNN Video

Nicholas Schmidle comments on Mousavi's call for continued protests Link to audio