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Iran must engage in NPT subject to full JCPOA implementation

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On Trump’s views about amending the JCPOA, Seyed Hossein Mousavian told PD: “Trump’s demands to amend the JCPOA have no legal and logical basis; because the agreement has been backed both by the UN Security Council and the IAEA.” To the question of what Iran will decide if Trump withdraws from the JCPOA, he answered: “I am not aware of the decisions made by Iranian authorities, but I believe Iran should use the guidelines provided in the JCPOA and take its grievances to the mutual commission set up with the P5+1 signatories.”

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“Iran must engage in NPT subject to full JCPOA implementation,” Persia Digest, May 5, 2018.

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Iran and Saudi Arabia ‘unlikely’ to pivot back to diplomacy

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Recalling his 1996 meeting with King Fahd, Mousavian told Al Jazeera the Saudi monarch was “happy to build bilateral relations” with Iran, but was “very disappointed” that Iraq could not join the alliance, in the aftermath of the first Gulf War.

“The accords secured amicable ties between Iran and Saudi Arabia for the next decade,” Mousavian said, pointing to increased cooperation in security and trade between the regional rivals.

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“Iran and Saudi Arabia ‘unlikely’ to pivot back to diplomacy,” Ted Regencia, Al Jazeera English, April 16, 2018.

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Saudis Using Their Nuclear Program as Leverage to Kill JCPOA: Ex-Iranian Negotiator

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“Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian nuclear negotiator, said the Saudis are using their nuclear program as a leverage to ‘incentivize’ US President Donald Trump to mount pressure on Iran and ultimately undo the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).”

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“Saudis Using Their Nuclear Program as Leverage to Kill JCPOA: Ex-Iranian Negotiator,” Tasnim, February 28, 2017.

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Inside The Real (And Really Secret) Middle East Peace Process

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“The Iranians, always they have shown readiness,” said Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian diplomat who worked on engaging the Saudis. “During the late King Abdullah’s era, Riyadh was ready to hear what the Iranians say, but no more in [current King] Salman’s era.”

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“Inside The Real (And Really Secret) Middle East Peace Process,” The Huffington Post, December 8, 2017.

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Interview: Former Iranian Diplomat To Discuss Nuclear Deal At Hamilton College

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“One of President Obama’s policies reversed by the Trump administration is the nuclear agreement with Iran, which President Trump refused to recertify, saying it was not in America’s interest. Thursday evening at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, former U.N. Ambassador Thomas Pickering will be part of a discussion on U.S.-Iran relations and the nuclear deal, which will also include former ambassador and diplomat for Iran and now Princeton University scholar Seyed Hossein Mousavian.”

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“Former Iranian Diplomat To Discuss Nuclear Deal At Hamilton College,” Brian Shields, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, November 29, 2017.

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Iran Sees Its Rivals Uniting as Israel Talks Up Saudi Ties

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“It appears there is a new scenario being drawn for Iran,” said Hossein Mousavian, a former spokesman for Iran’s team of nuclear negotiators and a Middle East security analyst at Princeton University. The emerging alliance “needs to be taken seriously and it will have consequences,” he said. “We need to think of ways to improve relations” with the Saudis.

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“Iran Sees Its Rivals Uniting as Israel Talks Up Saudi Ties,” Ladane Nasseri and Marc Champion, Bloomberg, November 23, 2017.