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Mousavian: It is in the interest of both the United States and Iran to end hostility

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The Tällberg Foundation: A NEW IRAN?
During the summer, Iranians elected a new president: Masoud Pezeshkian, a cardiac surgeon, who is considered to be a political reformer. His victory surprised at least many foreign observers who are skeptical about all things Iranian, not the least that anyone could win an election against so-called hardliners. But Pezeshkian did exactly that.

Did he win in spite of or with the support of Iran’s Supreme Leader and of the powerful Iranian Revolutionary Guards? Can he cope with the profound challenges facing his country, domestically and internationally? Does he have the needed room to maneuver to reduce the crushing Western sanctions that make life so difficult for ordinary Iranians? What does “reformer” even mean in the complicated Iranian context?

The best answers to those questions should probably come from an Iranian. Hossein Mousavian, a scholar and author at Princeton University, was a long-serving Iranian diplomat who worked on his country’s nuclear negotiations with the West, among other assignments. Listen as he describes the new President and assesses the possibility for new directions in Iran’s trajectory.

Tell us what you think: should the West restart negotiations with Iran over its nuclear arms policies and reduce or even eliminate sanctions?
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سید حسین موسویان در مصاحبه با بی.بی.سی: بعد از ترور اسماعیل هنیه، اسرائیل به دنبال طولانی کردن مذاکرات آتش بس است تا پاسخ انتقامی ایران به تعویق افتد

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موسویان در پاسخ به سئوالی در مورد شانس موفقیت مذاکرات جاری سه کشور آمریکا، قطر و مصر با اسرائیل و حماس گفت:  من متاسفانه خوشبین نیستم. نتانیاهو دنبال خرید زمان است تا انتخابات ریاست جمهوری آمریکا. او فکر میکند اگر ترامپ پیروز شود، اهدافش را بهتر به پیش خواهد برد. او با بحران داخلی، رای دیوان بین المللی دادگستری در مورد نسل کشی و احتمال بازداشت و فشار بیسابقه افکار عمومی جهان مواجه است. لذا او بدنبال کشاندن آمریکا به جنگ با ایران است. بعد از ترور اسماعیل هنیه نیز، اسرائیل بدنبال طولانی کردن مذاکرات آتش بس است تا پاسخ انتقامی ایران به تعویق افتد

مصر و آمریکا و قطر براساس طرح صلح بایدن مذاکرات را دنبال میکنند، طرحی که چند ماه قبل در ماه می ارائه شد، حماس آن را پذیرفت و نتانیاهو رد کرد. نتانیاهو یک روز بعد از طرح بایدن، گفت جنگ متوقف نمیشود تا اینکه اهداف اسرائیل تامین شود

حقیقت این است که تنها نتیجه ملموس و عملی بعد از طرح بایدن، ترور اسماعیل هنیه و بیشترکشته وآواره شدن فلسطینی ها و ادامه کمکهای تسلیحاتی آمریکا به اسرائیل بوده است. اخیرا هم آمریکا با صدور 20 میلیارد دلار تسلیحات به اسرائیل موافقت کرد

ایران نیز بدنبال یک پاسخ محکمی است که بازدارندگی آن بحدی قوی باشد تا مانع تکرار تجاوزات اسرائیل و نقض حاکمیت ملی ایران شود

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Interview with BBC on Ceasefire talks in Doha

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16 August 2024

Mousavian: I am not optimistic because Netanyahu wants to buy time until after the U.S. elections. He hopes that if Trump wins, he can push forward his agenda. He is facing with ICJ ruling on Genocide and possible warrant arrest. He is facing a domestic crisis, international isolation, and unprecedented pressure from global public opinion. Therefore, he is trying to drag the U.S. into a regional war. And recently, he is trying to prolong the negotiations to increase international pressure on Tehran, preventing it from launching a military attack in retaliation of Haniyeh assassination in Tehran

The fact is that Qatar, Egypt and the US initiative is based on a plan proposed by US President Joe Biden in May which includes ceasefire, withdrawal of Israeli forces from all populated areas of Gaza, exchange of hostages, major reconstruction plan for Gaza. Hamas accepted the Plan but Netanyahu rejected. He said no Gaza ceasefire until Israel’s war aims are achieved.

Since Biden’s Plan in May 2024. the only tangible results have been the assassination of Hamas peace negotiator, Haniyeh, shipping US weapons to Israel and killing and displacing more Palestine. Just last week, the US agreed to ship selling $20bn worth of weapons to Israel, one of the largest military packages since the beginning of the Gaza war.

On Haniyeh assassinations in Tehran Iran wants to have a significant response to prevent Israel from future invasion of Iranian territory and violating Iran’s sovereignty. However, Iran does not want to engage in a war with the US.

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Dr. Mousavian’s Interview with Al-Monitor.

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Iran deal becomes latest casualty of Russia’s war in Ukraine

US, European and Iranian diplomats explain how the negotiations on a return to the Iran nuclear deal have been eclipsed by Russia’s war on Ukraine.

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https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/01/iran-deal-becomes-latest-casualty-russias-war-ukraine
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Dr. Mousavian’s Book ““A Middle East Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction: A New Approach to Nonproliferation” is quoted in the New York Times article.

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One face-saving way out for Iran would be to turn its uranium enrichment facilities into a multilateral consortium with an international staff, modeled after Urenco, which could supply nuclear fuel to power plants across the region — an idea floated by Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian diplomat who is now a nuclear policy specialist at Princeton University and co-author of “A Middle East Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction: A New Approach to Nonproliferation.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/12/opinion/sunday/iran-nuclear-deal.html