Sunjeev Bery

Tag: Mossadegh

  • CNN praises a dictator

    The Huffington Post Posted: June 23, 2009 By Sanjeev Bery It has barely been a day since my last blog post criticizing a CNN commentator’s Iran analysis. But somehow, CNN has already managed to outdo itself. In a new article linked to its home page as of Monday, CNN.com heavily quotes the son of a…

  • CNN’s Navarrette gets Iran wrong

    The Huffington Post Posted: June 22, 2009 By Sanjeev Bery   CNN.com columnist Ruben Navarrette Jr. is the latest to join the chorus of voices calling on President Obama to get tougher with the Iranian government. While tempting, the CNN commentator’s words fail to consider the legacy of 25 years of U.S. intervention against Iranian…

  • John Kerry on Iran

    “The last thing we should do is give Mr. Ahmadinejad an opportunity to evoke the 1953 American-sponsored coup, which ousted Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh and returned Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi to power. Doing so would only allow him to cast himself as a modern-day Mossadegh, standing up for principle against a Western puppet.” U.S. Senator…

  • Why Deepak Chopra is wrong

    The Huffington Post 05/05/09 by Sanjeev Bery, Sahar Shafqat It is always easy to tell someone else what they need to do. Just point your finger, clear your throat, and boldly offer your advice. Don’t worry about the realities of history — just speak your mind. In his recent essay, “The Dilemma of the ‘good’…