Mousavian rejects the accusations of Pres. Donald Trump that Iran supports terrorism in the Middle East, arguing that they are both fighting the same enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan. The same two countries have accused Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, respectively, of sponsoring terrorism.
“Iran’s Next Challenges,” Red Dirt Report, June 16, 2017.
“In this UpFront special, Mehdi Hasan challenges Iranian policymaker and former diplomat Hossein Mousavian to explain Iran’s policies in the region and what some see as the double standards with regards to Yemen and Bahrain.”
“What is Iran’s endgame in Syria?” Al Jazeera UpFront, May 26, 2017.
For more Rouhani’s election win and U.S.-Iran tension, CGTN’s Wang Guan spoke with Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Iran’s former Ambassador to Germany.
“Seyed Hossein Mousavian on Iranian President Rouhani’s election win,” CGTN America, May 21, 2017.
“Tehran’s assessment of the Trump administration is that it doesn’t have a solid strategy,” said Seyed Hossein Mousavian, who was a member of Iran’s negotiating team that agreed in 2003 to suspend uranium enrichment and is now a scholar at Princeton. “So Iran will be patient to see what the strategy will be.”
“Other countries are still trying to figure out what Trump means to them,” Erin Cunningham et al, The Washington Post, April 28, 2017.
Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former senior Iranian diplomat, analyzes the Trump administration’s “review” of the Iran nuclear agreement despite acknowledging that Tehran is fulfilling its obligations, and discusses the threat of a worsening proxy war in Yemen, Iran’s support for Bashar al-Assad, the upcoming Iranian presidential elections, and the possibility for Tehran-Washington cooperation on Syria and other Middle East issues.
“U.S. Threatens Nuclear Deal it Admits Iran Respects – How Will Tehran Respond?” The Real News Interview, April 25, 2017.
Ambassador Mousavian Quoted:
“For Iran, it is the responsibility of the UNSC to decide about all issues related to international peace and security and therefore the US cannot determine redlines and take actions unilaterally. The US is making the UNSC irrelevant. ”
“As the US become more unpredictable, Iran would be also more unpredictable.”
“L’Iran est encerclé par les Américains,” Caroline Hayek, Le Monde, April 8, 2017.
Interview: The effect of a Trump Presidency on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, aka The Iran Nuclear Agreement and the possible fallout of Trump’s Revised Travel Ban on the Agreement and Global Security.
“Interview: Going Global With David Delgado,” Voice It Radio, March 27, 2017.
“Trump and Iranophobia,” Nadine Shalak, al-Akhbar, March 22, 2017.
