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Table of Contents:

• Ch. 1. Is Iran's nuclear program peaceful?
• Yes: Iran's nuclear program is peaceful
• Iran needs nuclear power for peaceful purposes / Habib Siddiqui
• Iran is not capable of making nuclear weapons in the near future / Muhammad Sahimi
• Iran's nuclear weapons program is a myth / Patrick Buchanan
• No: Iran's nuclear program is not peaceful
• The International Atomic Energy Agency is suspicious of Iran's nuclear activities / Peter Crail
• Iran may be keeping open the option to produce nuclear weapons / Paul K. Kerr
• Iran has recently taken another step toward producing nuclear weapons / Howard LaFranchi
• Intelligence information strongly suggests that Iran's nuclear motives are not peaceful / Dieter Bednarz, Erich Follath, and Holger Stark
• Ch. 2. Does Iran want to dominate Iraq?
• Overview: Iran's interests and role in Iraq / Edmund Blair
• Yes: Iran wants to dominate Iraq
• Iran has a robust plan to exert influence in Iraq / Joseph Felter and Brain Fishman
• Iran wants to spread its influence in Iraq / Kimberly Kagan and Fredrick W. Kagan
• Many Iraqis object to Iran's detrimental actions in Iraq / Mohammed al-Qaisi
• No: Iraq [i.e. Iran] does not want to dominate Iraq
• Iraq is unlikely to be controlled by Iran / Max Singer
• Iran lost in the 2010 Iraqi elections / Trenton Daniel and Leila Fadel
• Iraq's future is unclear / Sarah Price and Nizar Latif

• Ch. 3. Will the Iranian green revolution succeed?
• The green movement is growing / Iason Athanasiadis and Barbara Slavin
• The green movement could fail for lack of leadership and organization / Tara Mahtafar
• The leader of the green movement are seeking compromise, not victory / Keith Jones
• The green movement is a viable civil rights movement / Hooman Majd
• Iran is turning into a military dictatorship / Michael Petrou
• The green movement is a revolution that will ultimately succeed / Amir Fakhravar
• Ch. 4. What approach should the United States take toward Iran?
• The United States must seek tougher sanctions against Iran / Morton M. Kondracke
• Sanctions on Iran will only hurt ordinary Iranians / Muhammad Sahimi
• A military strike against Iran is a feasible and credible option / Chuck Wald
• More creative, flexible negotiations are necessary to reach agreement with Iran / Center for Strategic & International Studies
• The United States must increase support for Iran's green movement / Iran Policy Committee
• The United States should recognize Iran as a peaceful nuclear power / Kayhan Barzegar
• The United States must redefine the Iran problem / George Friedman.

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Contributors:

Miller, Debra A.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Series:

Current controversies

Subjects:

Iran — Juvenile literature

Iran — Politics and government — 1997- — Juvenile literature

Iran — Foreign relations — 1997- — Juvenile literature

Iran — Foreign relations — United States — Juvenile literature

United States — Foreign relations — Iran — Juvenile literature

Since 1997

Diplomatic relations

Politics and government

United States

Iran

Genres:

Juvenile works

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-210) and index.

Physical Description:

224 pages ; 24 cm.

Call Numbers:

DS318.9 .I7254 2011

ISBNs:

9780737751819 (hardcover)
0737751819 (hardcover)
9780737751826 (pbk.)
0737751827 (pbk.)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2010024430

OCLC Numbers:

642352061