After a U.S. Shift, Iran Has a Seat at Talks on War in Syria
Iran on Wednesday accepted an invitation to attend a broad new round of negotiations to resolve the Syrian war, sitting with longtime adversaries including the United States and Saudi Arabia who once sought to bar the Iranians from any role in Syria’s future.
“After a U.S. Shift, Iran Has a Seat at Talks on War in Syria,” New York Times, October 28, 2015.
Dim prospects for US-Iranian rapprochement in Syria
It took more than four years, 250,000 lives and millions of refugees, but for the first time, all of the major players will sit down at the same table and discuss a road map to end the civil war in Syria.
“Dim prospects for US-Iranian rapprochement in Syria,” Deutsche Welle, October 29, 2015.
Why Iran doesn’t want to stay in Yemen
he Ansar Allah movement in Yemen, commonly known as the Houthis, has always extended a very special respect for the Islamic Republic of Iran. While not as deep as portrayed in Western media, ties between Iran and Ansar Allah go back in time. Indeed, the founder of the Yemeni movement — Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi, the brother of current leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi — traveled to Tehran as far back as 1986, in the heyday of the Iran-Iraq War.
“Why Iran doesn’t want to stay in Yemen,” Al Monitor, October 27, 2015.
“Irán reforzó su programa nuclear para presionar a Estados Unidos” (Spanish)
Seyed Hossein Mousavian está convencido de que las sanciones impuestas por Occidente a Irán fueron “contraproducentes”. Este diplomático y politólogo iraní explicó este viernes en Madrid que Teherán decidió reforzar su programa nuclear en respuesta a las mismas. “Para presionar a Washington”, añadió.
“Irán reforzó su programa nuclear para presionar a Estados Unidos,” Interview with El Pais, September 25, 2015.
“Russia Entry Adds New Fuel to Syria War,” Yaroslav Trofimov, The Wall Street Journal, October 1, 2015.
“Diplomat Hossein Mousavian Optimistic About Joint Future Of Iran And The West,” Sarah Hurd, KGOU (NPR), September 18, 2015. (Audio)
“Is Iran too Aggressive in the Middle East? Joshua Landis interviews Hussein Mousavian,” Interview with Hossein Mousavian, University of Oklahoma, September 16, 2015. (Video)
“Iran’s nuclear deal,” Interview with Hossein Mousavian, BBC, July 14, 2015.
“Nuclear Deal is Model for Closing Path to Militarization and Weaponization,” Interview with Hossein Mousavian, Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! July 16, 2015. (Video)
“Iran nuclear deal reached,” Interview with Hossein Mousavian, Becky Anderson, CNN, July 14, 2015. (Video)
