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# Noam Chomsky on Iran as a 'Threat'
- URL: https://ivn.us/noam-chomsky-on-iran-as-a-threat/
- Published: 2012-08-07T21:09:56.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:29:12.000Z
- Author: Kymberly Bays
- Tags: News

A recent editorial in the [Wall Street Journal](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443687504577567051040668984.html?mod=googlenews%5Fwsj&ref=ivn.us) by Israel's Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, lays out the threat of Iran and urges diplomatic action as "time is short". This follows [recently announced sanctions](http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/0731/New-Iran-sanctions-why-President-Obama-is-tightening-the-screws?ref=ivn.us) by the Obama administration on banks doing business with Iran. Throughout this presidential election cycle, Iran has come up and is a pretty safe target for American lawmakers to look "tough".

But how big of a threat is Iran?

Below is a short portion of a lecture given by Noam Chomsky at University College London in 2011 on his perspective, one that is slightly less represented on a national level in the United States.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player\_embedded&v=rutrNbkrhIA