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Iran committed to nuclear deal despite Trump threats, say observers

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“Former Iranian diplomat Seyed Hossein Mousavian, who is closely allied with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and who served as spokesman for his country’s nuclear negotiations with the European Union from 2003 to 2005, believes that Iran is keen to maintain the deal … ‘Since day one, no one has been able to complain of any failure of Iran in implementing the deal,’ Mousavian told Middle East Eye at a mostly closed-door conference on nuclear challenges in the region at the American University of Beirut on 15 March.”

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“Iran committed to nuclear deal despite Trump threats, say observers,” Abby Sewell, Middle East Eye, March 19, 2017.

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America’s 4-decade push for regime change in Iran a failure – Iran nuclear deal negotiator

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“As Iran goes ahead with new ballistic missile tests and the tone in Washington grows tougher, is the fragile peace between Iran and the US in jeopardy? And can the hard-fought nuclear deal survive the tensions? We ask the man who negotiated the agreement for Iran, former head of the Iranian National Security Council’s Foreign Relations Committee and professor at Princeton university – Seyed Hossein Mousavian.”

“America’s 4-decade push for regime change in Iran a failure – Iran nuclear deal negotiator,” Russia Today, February 20, 2017.

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What kind of Syria awaits the war-ravaged?

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“Ambassador Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a Middle-East security specialist and Iran’s nuclear negotiator, offers a five-point solution: ‘Preservation of Syrian unity; sovereignty and rights of minorities; preventing the collapse of the military and security establishment; a power-sharing coalition to run Syria; respecting the will of majority and their right to choose their constitutional leadership through a UN-supervised free election.’”

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“What kind of Syria awaits the war-ravaged?” Seema Sengupta, Asia Times, February 9, 2017.

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West Minus US: Hashemi Rafsanjani’s foreign policy in an interview with Hossein Mousavian

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“In 1990, when I was about to leave Iran for the mission to Germany, Ayatollah Hashemi told me that the Supreme Leader’s policy, hence our benchmark policy, was ‘West minus US’. Utmost efforts had to be taken to improve ties with Europe. In the meantime, if an opportunity came up for détente with the US, it had to be seized.”

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“West Minus US: Hashemi Rafsanjani’s foreign policy in an interview with Hossein Mousavian,” The Iran Project, January 19, 2017.

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What does Rafsanjani’s death mean for Iran?

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Al Jazeera Inside Story Discussion on Former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani:

Guests:

Seyed Hossein Mousavian – Middle East security and nuclear policy specialist at Princeton University.

Sadegh Zibakalam – Professor of political science at the University of Tehran.

Ellie Geranmayeh – Fellow who specialises in Iran at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

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“What does Rafsanjani’s death mean for Iran?” Al Jazeera, Inside Story, January 10, 2017.

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Is Rafsanjani’s death nail in coffin of Saudi-Iran dialogue?

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Former senior Iranian diplomat Hossein Mousavian, who was closely involved with Rafsanjani’s regional outreach in the 1990s, told Al-Monitor, “He believed that Iran’s relations with its neighbors should be at the highest level and the most comprehensive ones. He was ready to establish regional security and cooperation based on such an idea.”

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“Is Rafsanjani’s death nail in coffin of Saudi-Iran dialogue?” Ali Hashem, Al Monitor, January 13, 2017.

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Deal Maker or Deal Shredder: Billions Ride on Trump Iran Policy

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“While Trump is unlikely to tear up the deal, Congress can ‘practically undo’ it, Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian diplomat and now a scholar at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, said at a conference in Frankfurt last week.”

“Deal Maker or Deal Shredder: Billions Ride on Trump Iran Policy,” Bloomberg, November 21, 2016.