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April 29,2025

Donald Trump called it the worst deal in history. But can he strike a better one? Iran’s nuclear program is back under the microscope, with the US threatening military action if a new deal isn’t struck. So, could the region be heading for another war? And which countries are agitating from the sidelines?

Guests: Seyed Hossein Mousavian – Former Iranian Senior Nuclear Negotiator and Middle East Security and Nuclear Policy Specialist at Princeton University

Jonathan Conricus – Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and former international spokesperson for the Israeli Defense Forces.

Scott Horton – American international affairs expert, author, and host of the Scott Horton Show.

https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2025/04/30/israeli-sabotage-cannot-be-ruled-out-in-port-blast-former-iranian-nuclear-negotiator-tells-the-national

April 19, 2025

Trump administration running out of time to make nuclear deal with Iran

http://Trump administration running out of time to make nuclear deal with Iran https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=bbHLhQ7HVp8

April 12, 2025

Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a Middle East security and nuclear policy specialist at Princeton University and a former spokesman for Iran in its nuclear negotiations with the West, said he did not believe that if talks this weekend failed to produce such a result that the immediate “alternative would be war.”

Mousavian agreed, saying both sides will be using the indirect talks as an opportunity to “assess each other and the intentions of the other side.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/us-iran-nuclear-talks-sanctions-donald-trump-weapons-israel-rcna200380

April 11, 2025

“Mr. Khamenei’s turnaround demonstrates his long-held core principle that ‘preserving the regime is the most necessary of the necessities,’” said Hossein Mousavian, a former diplomat who served on Iran’s nuclear negotiating team on a 2015 deal and is now a visiting fellow at Princeton University.

Mr. Mousavian, the former nuclear negotiator, said Iran would never agree to demands by Washington and Israel to completely dismantle its nuclear program, adding that such a demand would be a “deal breaker.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/world/middleeast/us-iran-talks-trump-khamenei.html

April 11, 2025

Iranian negotiators are probably seeking a limited agreement with the United States that can be finalized quickly, according to Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian ambassador who served on the country’s nuclear negotiating team.

 “If Trump asks for dismantlement” of Iran’s entire nuclear program, “there is no chance. It’s deal killer,” he said. Netanyahu’s suggestion of a “Libya-style deal,” in which the late Moammar Gaddafi voluntarily gave up a nascent nuclear weapons program in 2003 after the United States threatened to destroy it, he and others suggested, was far beyond the bounds of what Iran would accept.

But if U.S. negotiators are only looking to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, impose greater transparency and set limits on enrichment, the two sides could agree to further talks aimed at reaching a broad “understanding on principles,” said Mousavian, similar to the first phase of the negotiations leading up to the 2015 nuclear deal.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/11/us-iran-nuclear-talks-witkoff-trump/

April 9, 2025

Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a Middle East security and nuclear policy specialist at Princeton University, said he believed there was a chance of success for the negotiations, where both sides leave the table with an outcome they can sell to the people of their countries, including one in which Iran submits to regular inspections.

“Steve Witkoff, to my understanding, he really wants to make a deal. He really doesn’t want war, and he has the same mind-set as President Trump,” Mr. Mousavian said. “Therefore, I see the chance. But the reality is that Iran and the U.S. have 45 years of hostilities to resolve and to agree is very complicated.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/us/politics/trump-iran-nuclear-deal.html

April 9, 2025

Why Iran-US indirect talks can lead to direct talks

https://www.lemonde.fr/article-offert/577b4fbea569-6593159/l-iran-affaibli-sur-la-scene-regionale-est-pousse-a-des-negociations-avec-les-etats-unis