May 23, 2010

Iran & the UN Legitimacy Crisis

Flynt & Hillary Mann Leverett, Race for Iran

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The Brazilian-Turkish deal makes explicit what the October proposal obfuscated: Iran has the right to enrich uranium on its territory.

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