With the international hype over his sweeping elecion victory slowly fading away, the first African American president of the United States of America has became just Mr. President, which in turn lets those of us who have been skeptical of his policies and personal capabilities all along to review his short but vitally important time in the office: first 100 days.
As an Iranian, I feel compelled to focus on his new approach to Iran. It's no secret that the US policy towards Iran over the past 30 years has been nothing short of a dismal failure.
In fact the new US administration has more on its plate that it actually wished for: In face of renewed pressure on Iran to abandon its nuclear program, Iran has successfully launched its first satellite(read testing its ballistic missiles capabilities), President Ahmadi Nejad staged a poorly judged/brilliant performance, depending on your view of Middle east conflict, and the spooky Iranian secret police has arrested Roxana Saberi, an Iranian American journalist.
Roxana Saberi with former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami.
The case of Ms. Saberi is especially interesting: Miss North Dakota 2007, "Roxana Saberi" Iranian American Japanese (!!!) journalist has been convicted to 8 years in prison for alleged espionage charges. She was arrested by Iranian secret police and initially charged with buying alcohol, and later on charged with illegal activities, a.k.a working as a reporter for NPR and BBC after her permit was expired in 2006. This is a clear indication of the messy power structure in Iran where the right wing freaks can easily do anything they want, mainly to undermine any prospect of negotiations with USA.
From the other side of the Persian Gulf, The newly elected right wing government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to step up the pressure on Obama's administration in coming months.
Obama has a lot to do to convince me that he can actually pull this one off. More & more an Iranian Nuke becomes closer to reality. Now it's just a matter of when rather than whether. This is certainly interesting times for all of us. With economy in shambles, international PR is doing an amazing job. Cashing out on Obama's charisma could potentially help states, but would it solve the issues with Iran?
As an Iranian, I feel compelled to focus on his new approach to Iran. It's no secret that the US policy towards Iran over the past 30 years has been nothing short of a dismal failure.
In fact the new US administration has more on its plate that it actually wished for: In face of renewed pressure on Iran to abandon its nuclear program, Iran has successfully launched its first satellite(read testing its ballistic missiles capabilities), President Ahmadi Nejad staged a poorly judged/brilliant performance, depending on your view of Middle east conflict, and the spooky Iranian secret police has arrested Roxana Saberi, an Iranian American journalist.
Roxana Saberi with former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami.The case of Ms. Saberi is especially interesting: Miss North Dakota 2007, "Roxana Saberi" Iranian American Japanese (!!!) journalist has been convicted to 8 years in prison for alleged espionage charges. She was arrested by Iranian secret police and initially charged with buying alcohol, and later on charged with illegal activities, a.k.a working as a reporter for NPR and BBC after her permit was expired in 2006. This is a clear indication of the messy power structure in Iran where the right wing freaks can easily do anything they want, mainly to undermine any prospect of negotiations with USA.
From the other side of the Persian Gulf, The newly elected right wing government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to step up the pressure on Obama's administration in coming months.
Obama has a lot to do to convince me that he can actually pull this one off. More & more an Iranian Nuke becomes closer to reality. Now it's just a matter of when rather than whether. This is certainly interesting times for all of us. With economy in shambles, international PR is doing an amazing job. Cashing out on Obama's charisma could potentially help states, but would it solve the issues with Iran?
Miss North Dakota 2007
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