“There is 24-hour surveillance, and we don’t have more than 24 hours in a day,” said Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian nuclear negotiator, now a scholar at Princeton University. “If the IAEA needs something more, they would raise it with Iran.”
“’World’s most robust’ nuclear inspection program under fire as Trump tries to rewrite the Iran deal,” Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times, October 4, 2017.
“As Iranian President Hassan Rouhani responds to Trump at the UN, former Iranian diplomat Seyed Hossein Mousavian says that an American withdrawal from the nuclear deal would lead Iranians to no longer trust the U.S.”
“Trump is Threatening More than Just the Iran Deal,” The Real News, September 20, 2017.
“Trump’s apparent hope that Iran will offer unilateral concessions is questioned by Iran experts. ‘I don’t believe Tehran would be ready at all to renegotiate the deal,’ said Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian official who now teaches at Princeton University but remains in touch with his ex-colleagues. He called the idea a ‘nonstarter.’”
“The right question to ask about the Iran nuclear deal,” David Ignatius, The Washington Post, September 14, 2017.
War and military aggression would not lead to establishing security, Mousavian said in a televised forum hosted by CGTN (China Global Television Network). Diplomacy should have been put on Saudis’ agenda from the very beginning of the conflict in order to reach peace through dialogue, according to Mousavian.
“War not bringing security for S.Arabia: Former Iranian diplomat,” IRNA, July 29, 2017.
Tonight’s panel has the latest on the crisis and its symptoms:
Sama’a Al-Hamdani, a Yemeni political affairs commentator
Abdulateef Al-Mulhim, He is a columnist for the Saudi daily newspaper, AlYaum and The Arab News
Seyed Hossein Mousavian, former Iranian diplomat is a Middle East expert at Princeton University
Radhya Almutawakel, president of the Mwatana Organization for Human Rights that monitors events in Yemen
“The Heat: Yemen crisis,” CGTN, July 27, 2017.
Tonight’s panel has the latest on the crisis and its symptoms:
Sama’a Al-Hamdani, a Yemeni political affairs commentator
Abdulateef Al-Mulhim, He is a columnist for the Saudi daily newspaper, AlYaum and The Arab News
Seyed Hossein Mousavian, former Iranian diplomat is a Middle East expert at Princeton University
Radhya Almutawakel, president of the Mwatana Organization for Human Rights that monitors events in Yemen
“The Heat: Yemen crisis,” CGTN, July 27, 2017.
There is no effective and determining lobby and “track II diplomacy” between Iran and the United States, or at least, if such lobby exists, it is weaker and less efficient than ever. Even those Iranians with dual citizenship, who on their own discretion make efforts to counter the existing sanctions and pressures against Iran and modify the US public opinion, are not supported and are even under mounting pressure from lobby groups affiliated with Israel, Saudi Arabia and some other Arab countries that are active against Iran.
“The State of Public Diplomacy in Iran’s Foreign Policy,” Interview with Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Iran Review, June 10, 2017.
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.
