in their religion called islam which is nurshing hate against other religions and non-islamic followers. Hate and death is the result of this evil religion. Look to northern Africa, ME and Asia!! Islam is the commen word in all the violence and all wars.

on US embassy takeover, Iran had asked US to close its embassy because of chaos in Tehran's streets and because of the suspicion that US might try to use its embassy to organize a coup, like that had done in 1953 to restore the Shah. The demand was made TWICE by Iran for US personnel to leave: once two weeks before the embassy takeover and once 5 days before it. On both occasions US denied the requests. Even the US ambassador to Iran now confirms this. Furthermore the attack was made by hot-headed Iranian university students and not under the order of Khomeini who had just overthrown the Shah. It's sad or rather ironic that even in academia, people try to focus on parts of history that suits them and not the whole picture.

have also got used to turning a blind eye to atrocities committed by Israel against the Palestinians as well.

but the U.S. hasn't had an embassy in Iran since 1980.

Please list the "atrocities" committed against the Palestinians by Israel.Is Israel to be denied the right of self- defense as a sovereign nation as expressed by international law and the mandate of the UN?

When Khoumeini allowed the invasion and seizure of the US embassy in Tehran to continue for over a year, he and the government of Iran became responsible for these acts,which amounted to a declaration of war against the US. Yes ,we should all focus on the whole picture. Radical Islam is not a religion of peace,which began by the edge of the sword, and continues to this day.

Why do politicos-analyst always try to make it more complicated then it is. Bottom line, they want to take over the world just like hitler. They should be stopped now, before another 45 million die.

From the media in Western countries.No wonder how you illiterate you sound.

murder on the USS Liberty. june 8, 1967

Perhaps, if we had stay out of Iranian affairs, like overthrowing their elected leader, kicking him out, and replacing him with the brutal Shah of Iran, continuing to back the Shah of Iran, even though everybody knew he was killing and torturing the Iranian people, on the American dime, they would have stayed out of our embassy. You can't tell only one side of the story and leave out the rest, regardless of how many degrees you have, Mr. Dugulin.

The article discusses Iran's many monstrosities and the imminent danger it poses to the world. Your attempts to sidetrack the discussion into blaming Israel, as if it is some kind of an evil on the same level or worse, are simply laughable.

Well let's be fair, Mr. Mahmood. Islam is a very dangerous religion for women, all women. If Muslim families aren't planning on killing/honor killing their females, for some silly reason or another, like she refused to marry a man old enough to be her grandfather, or she wants an education, or she doesn't want to wear that black outfit, or maybe she wants to wear a thong bikini, they are doing everything in their power to deny women their rights. Islam is a terrible religion for women. There is zero muslim country where women are not under the jackboot of the men that rule that country. I believe in abortion on demand with no reason needed, women should be able to get an education and go as high as she wants to go, women should be able to go topless in public, with no problems, if that is what she wants. Muslim men treat women very badly and do not deserve their women. Islam.Sharia Law is a terrible thing for women and should be banned!!!

The country in the Middle East that epitomizes the banality of evil is Israel. Iran hasn't started a war in over 200 years. In the short history of you sad country, Israel has started every war except the Yom Kippur War. And in each war Israel started there were many, many acts of Israeli barbarity. And if the typical Israeli poster to this site would read his or her own country's historians they would know what I say is true. But that is the problems with most Israelis. They aren't interested in the truth. They want to live in the world 'reality' their government has fabricated for them. A world of the perennial Jewish victim, a place where everyone else is inferior but still owes the Jews something for the immeasurable 'suffering' they have endured. Sorry to rain on your parade but it's all a crock of BS. The world has figured Israel out. We don't believe much of anything you or your government says.

talking about illiteracy? please check your grammar and spelling mistakes before you criticize. you are 100% not in a position to pass judgement.

president carter was responsible for deposing the shah and actually encouraged the ayatolla exiled in france to come back to iran and put him in power there and look how that turned out. after he was installed by carter, the ayatollah murdered in both prisons and on streets of iran 150,000 innocents that he deemed a threat to his total rule and now, iran is the worst in human rights abuses on the planet and a terror state to boot.

iran may have not started a war, but their islamic proxies like hizbullah, hamas and others terrorize and kill many innocents abroad...not to mention killing hundreds of thousands of their own people, innocents at that too.

into being through violence,and mohammed was a violent man ?.what did islam contribute to humanity in the last 5 hundred years?.and what's the reason that traveling and entering public buildings has become a nightmare ?.does it have somthing to do with islamic 11?.

As German Information Minister Joseph Goebbels said, "Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth." Iran reached the pinnacle of its civilization under M. Reza Pahlavi. Women were dressing in the latest Parisian fashion -- not chadoors. They were educated in colleges and working in prosperous businesses alongside men. And Iran recognized Israel under the Shah. I have known many wonderful, educated, urbane and successful Iranians who lost everything in the 1979 revolution. To a one, they wax nostalgic for the good old days of the Shah. You Muslim-loving historical revisionists who recall that the Mossadegh regime was deposed by the CIA and M1 conveniently omit the fact he nationalized the entire western built and operated oil operation of Iran. That industry is what brought Iran into the 20th Century to enjoy the prosperity they never before nor since have enjoyed. Nationalization is government theft. That is why Mossadegh was deposed. Rather than call the Shah a brutal despot, you revisionists should be calling the Ayatollahs that! There is no comparison. The period ruled by the Shah led to the greatest freedom and prosperity Iran has ever enjoyed, as well as a thriving diplomatic alliance with Israel.

The Iranian leadership is dangerously insane and ought be committed to institutions by all available means.War for the sake of humanity and the Jewish and Islamic people's of good will ought be the last resort but the preperation ought be immense.

You don't know about the USS LIBERTY, do you? Allow me to educate you, to the extent you are educable. THE USS LIBERTY was a SIGINT vessel -- a signals interceptor -- which was sent to Israel for one purpose, and one purpose only. By June 8th, it was well evident that the Arabs were being humiliated by tiny Israel. President Johnson wanted to salvage something for the Arabs. The USS LIBERTY was ordered to intercept Israeli military communications (don't forget that although Egypt had surrendered, Israel remained at war with Syria and Jordan) and the contents of those transmissions were then promptly relayed to the military high commands of both Jordan and Syria. That is why the USS LIBERTY was blown out of the water. I defy you to name ONE country -- JUST ONE -- that would have acted differently. You do not have to join us, but you had better learn to stay out of our way. The consequences can be fatal -- for you.

Did the media invent September 11, 2001? Did the media invent the bombing of the USS COLE? Did the media invent the senseless slaughter in Libya? How about Syria? For that matter, did the media invent the Battle of Karbala, and everything that has ensued within Islam since? No, I don't think so. You must be pretty illiterate yourself if you think that we get our information exclusively from the media. Most of us can claim a good education. More's the pity you cannot.

I AGREE WITH MOST OF HIS ARTICLE. INSTEAD OF MENTIONING IRAN/IRANIAN PEOPLE, HE COULD BETTER SAY THAT SINCE 1979 THE PRESENT IRANIAN REGIME/DICTATORSHIP IS RESPONSIBLE/GUILTY FOR THE EVIL SITUATION IN IRAN AND ALSO FOR THE ATMOSPHERE IN THE MID-EAST. DOWN WITH THE BARBARIC DICTATORSHIP OF/IN IRAN!

please,iran laughs at you, look at the photo that went viral of ahmidinajad and the republicasn guard laughing at bibi giving his cartoon bomb speech,btw so did hillary and obama ,the wsj reported, no one is worried about israel attacking anymore,as with all else israel i claims amount to nothing more than scheming,manipulation,now bibi lies naked cowering

If you change the names from Iran to USA (or Israel) and then read again! The text would make more sense (except for the nukes)!

Really? For what? For detecting and shooting down their drone? For blowing their weapons shipment in Sudan to smithereens? For having two candidates for the US presidency, vying with each other about who would be a greater friend of us, and tougher on Iran? For our freedoms and rights to everybody? Or maybe for our strong economy, while theirs is in shambles, with their Rial devaluing 80% this year? Well then... Let the fools laugh all day.

Did Israeli mob attack the US (or any other) embassy in Israel? Do Israel and America use proxy-terrorism to blow up embassies and buildings full of civilians? Do Israel and America supply shipfuls of rockets to terrorists, for shooting at civilians? Did Israel and America execute the Bahai's? Or any other religious minority? Do Israel and America execute gay people? Or woman charged with adultery? Do Israel and America shoot at political protesters? Do Israel and America routinely call for the wiping of another country off the map? Do yourself a favor and do not embarrass yourself here with further ridiculous posts.