El diplomàtic iranià Seyed Hossein Mousavian va participar en les negociacions que, entre el 2003 i el 2005, van intentar una primera aproximació entre la comunitat internacional i l’Iran sobre el seu programa nuclear. Instal·lat actualment als EUA -dóna classes a la Universitat de Princeton-, va ser a Barcelona dissabte per participar en un seminari del Cidob.
“Amb l’Iran, la diplomàcia funciona més que la guerra,” Marc Vidal, Ara.cat, January 19, 2016.
As tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran continue to escalate, who is to blame for the feud and is there an end in sight? In this episode of UpFront, a close ally to the Iranian president debates a former adviser to the Saudi royal family.
“Saudi Arabia vs Iran: Who is to blame for the row?” Al Jazeera Upfront, January 5, 2016.
“In the end, it is the U.S. which should ultimately decide whether they want to take advantage of economic relations with Iran or not,” says Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a research scholar at Princeton and former Iranian ambassador to Germany.
“Why U.S. businesses could lose big in Iran,” Heather Long, CNN Money, January 11, 2015.
“Iran’s Role in Brokering Peace in Syria,” John Hockenberry, PRI, December 21, 2015.
Following the announcement about lack of diversion in Iran’s nuclear material, now the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has provided necessary ground for a final vote by its Board of Governors on Iran’s nuclear program. In the following interview, Etemad newspaper has discussed this issue with former member of Iran’s nuclear negotiating team, Ambassador Seyed Hossein Mousavian.
“IAEA Report Offers a Mutually-Acceptable Political Solution,” Iran Review, December 11, 2015.
The former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw looks at the evolution of the West’s troubled encounters with Persia, and then Iran, from “Great Game” imperialism, through the 20th century politics of oil, to the recent stand-off over Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
“Bridging the Gulf with Tehran,” BBC News, December 6, 2015.
In order to trace down the current state of affairs in the Middle East—where a whole host of menaces ranging from terrorism, civil wars, and unrepresentative regimes are hallmarks of its politics—we need to have a thorough observation of the historical intricacies that have brought about this situation.
“Ambassador Mousavian on Iranian Foreign Policy and Its Challenges,” Foreign Policy Concepts, November 12, 2015.
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“Seyed Hossein Mousavian: Iranian expert, former diplomat,” Abhiram Karuppur, The Daily Princetonian, November 11, 2015.
For the last 35 years, I have devoted my professional and personal life to advance peace and security in one of the world’s most turbulent regions—the Middle East, in addition to addressing key issues facing the international community from nuclear proliferation risks to countering terrorism and bringing about regional security. From 1997 to 2005, I served as the Head of Foreign Relations Committee of Iran’s National Security Council and once the Iranian nuclear file came under international scrutiny, I joined the Iranian nuclear negotiations team as the spokesperson from 2003 to 2005.
“BRIDGE BUILDING FOR GLOBAL PEACE AND SECURITY,” Global Risk and Opportunity Report, Q3 2015.
The Pivot to Tehran
For more than four years, the Obama administration has accused Iran of being a chief instigator of Syria’s bloody conflict and has rebuffed persistent appeals by the U.N.’s top peacemakers, who maintained that any durable political settlement would be unthinkable without granting the Islamic Republic a seat at the table. The price of a ticket to peace talks, the State Department long insisted, was an unequivocal commitment from Tehran to endorse a U.N.-brokered peace settlement resulting in a political transition and the departure of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power.
“The Pivot to Tehran,” Foreign Policy, October 29, 2015.
