The United States and Europe are failing to use a tool already in their possession that would deliver a knockout blow to Iran's nuclear program. It isn't a new piece of computer malware or a bomb. The group that would accomplish the mission isn't the Pentagon or the European Union—it's the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, or Swift.
Islamists unhappy with Egypt's Morsi;
U.S. and Russia clash on Syria at G-8;
Lebanese Sunnis angry over Hezbollah's involvement in Syria
Washington plans more tit-for-tat nuclear reductions;
NGO raids continue in Moscow
Iranians closed the page on the tumultuous eight-year tenure of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when they went to the polls on June 14 to pick a new president. In a national election marked by tremendous fervor and massive turnout (some 75 percent of Iran’s roughly 50 million eligible voters are estimated to have participated), the victor was Hasan Rowhani, a soft-spoken cleric widely billed as a “moderate” among Iran’s field of presidential contenders.
Washington plans more tit-for-tat nuclear reductions;
NGO raids continue in Moscow