CGTN Interview: The Heat: Iran looks to Europe, China to save nuclear deal
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“The Heat: Iran looks to Europe, China to save nuclear deal,” CGTN, June 1, 2018.
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(Le Monde) Iran : les négociateurs de l’accord nucléaire « ont une cible dans le dos »
“M. Zarif, quant à lui, demeure relativement épargné. Le principal artisan de l’accord, l’une des personnalités les plus populaires en Iran, maintient des relations ouvertement cordiales avec des figures des gardiens, et multiplie les marques d’allégeance au Guide suprême. Mais si ses démarches pour convaincre l’Europe de rester dans l’accord échouent, « l’Iran se radicalisera contre la menace extérieure (…), et il sera naturel et nécessaire que des figures sécuritaires prennent un rôle plus important », estime Hossein Mousavian, chercheur à l’université américaine de Princeton.”
“Iran : les négociateurs de l’accord nucléaire « ont une cible dans le dos »,” Le Monde, May 26, 2018.
BBC Hardtalk: Former Spokesman for Iran’s Nuclear Negotiations Team – Seyed Hossein Mousavian
“How will Tehran react to President Trump’s decision to dump the Iran nuclear deal? Stephen Sackur speaks to Seyed Hossein Mousavian, former spokesman for Iran’s nuclear negotiations team. In the face of intense pressure from the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia, the Iranian government has a choice. Does it make a concerted effort to keep the agreement intact along with the other signatories, or does it ramp up its nuclear programme and hang the consequences?”
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“Former Spokesman for Iran’s Nuclear Negotiations Team – Seyed Hossein Mousavian,” BBC Hardtalk, May 16, 2018.
Iran to negotiate with Europeans, Russia and China about remaining in nuclear deal
A day after Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Iran nuclear deal Europe, Russia and China are pulling out all diplomatic stops to try and save it.
Iran says it’s open to staying in the nuclear deal but its leadership has also warned Iran will start enriching uranium at uncapped levels if those diplomatic talks fail.
US President Donald Trump meanwhile is not stepping back but says the US will try to negotiate a better deal.
Efforts to salvage the agreement will continue next week with Iranian officials set to meet their counterparts from France, Britain and Germany.
“Iran to negotiate with Europeans, Russia and China about remaining in nuclear deal,” RN, May 10, 2018.
Iranians fear the future after Trump exits Iran nuclear deal
“Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a Middle East security and nuclear policy specialist at Princeton University who is a former spokesman for Iran in its nuclear negotiations with the West, said it was inevitable that Iranians would lose trust in the U.S. because of Trump’s decision to violate the agreement.
He predicted that the country would no longer be prepared to “engage with the U.S. to negotiate on other disputed issues like weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and the regional conflicts.”
Mousavian also suggested that Iran is now likely to turn its back on the West and instead build closer diplomatic and trade ties with Russia and China.”
“Iranians fear the future after Trump exits Iran nuclear deal,” NBC News, Ali Arouzi and Saphora Smith, May 10, 2018.
Mark and Denise in the Mornings
“Unpacking the morning news we started talking about the Iran Nuclear Deal and President Trump’s announcement to withdraw from the agreement. To break that down, we welcomed to the phone lines Dr. Marc Lamont Hill www.marclamonthill.com to go into details. The 8 o’clock hour, sponsored by POWER, continued the conversation on the Iran Nuclear Deal as we brought to the show for the first time Mr. Seyed Hossein Mousavian Middle East Security and Nuclear Policy Specialist from Princeton University to get world reaction.”
“Mark and Denise in the Mornings,” WWDB-AM Talk 860, May 9, 2018.
Former Iranian Nuclear Negotiator Weighs In On U.S. Decision To Leave Nuclear Deal
A former Iranian nuclear negotiator, Seyed Hossein Mousavian, weighs in on how President Trump’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal is playing out in that country.
“Former Iranian Nuclear Negotiator Weighs In On U.S. Decision To Leave Nuclear Deal,” NPR, May 9, 2018.
Iran must engage in NPT subject to full JCPOA implementation
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.”
“Iran must engage in NPT subject to full JCPOA implementation,” Persia Digest, May 5, 2018.
Iran and Saudi Arabia ‘unlikely’ to pivot back to diplomacy
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.
“Iran and Saudi Arabia ‘unlikely’ to pivot back to diplomacy,” Ted Regencia, Al Jazeera English, April 16, 2018.
Saudis Using Their Nuclear Program as Leverage to Kill JCPOA: Ex-Iranian Negotiator
“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).”
“Saudis Using Their Nuclear Program as Leverage to Kill JCPOA: Ex-Iranian Negotiator,” Tasnim, February 28, 2017.
