“If the United States is serious about its war on terrorism, it needs to stop politicizing security and draw on past experiences. If it does so, it’ll realize that Iran is the indispensable partner in the fight against terrorism—if the eradication of terrorism is, indeed, what the United States wants.”
Iran: An Indispensable Ally In The War On Terrorism; Seyed Hossein Mousavaian & Reza Nasri, May 7, 2019. Lobe Log
“The Iranian and US models to promote regional security differs because the former emphasizes engagement with other nations to raise popular forces and the latter solely relies on states.”
“How the US Iranian Regional Security Strategies Siverge.” Seyed Hossein Mousavian, March 22, 2019, Al-Monitor.
“In his State of Union, President Trump focused his comments about the Middle East on Iran, the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS or IS), and the U.S. troop withdrawal from Syria. Despite his negative rhetoric about Iran Trump did identify some potential common ground with the government in Tehran.”
Avoiding War with Iran, Seyed Hossein Mousavian, February 7, 2019, Lobe Log.
In today’s world, sober political analysts now agree that possession of nuclear weapons—once an assurance of security—barely does anything to protect countries from threats and insecurities. Hence, further modernization of nuclear armaments will only serve to undermine the peace and stability of this planet.
Disarmament: The Forgotten Premises of Non-Proliferation; Seyed Hossein Mousavian, December 4, 2018.
The next round of economic sanctions on Iran, which will start going into effect on November 4th, will mainly target the country’s oil and gas industries. There are at least five reasons why Trump’s strategy will fail.
Five Reasons Why Trump’s Iran sanctions will fail. Seyed Hossein Mousavian. October 31, 2018
“The nuclear agreement signed in 2015 marked a diplomatic triumph.
After agreeing to some of the most intrusive inspections in the history of
nuclear energy, Iran was granted a relieve from international sanctions.
The JCPOA between the P5+1, the EU, and Iran represents a triumphant
new method to approaching disagreements in the region and around the
world. Iran had signed an agreement with the US, who had not so long
ago labelled it as part of an “axis of evil.” Diplomacy, not war, won the
day. Now that this agreement is under threat due to President Trump’s
Iran policy, it is worthy of our time to examine the effects and the future
of the JCPOA.”
“The Nuclear Deal: A Crossroad or Deadlock in Relations with Iran,” Seyed Hossein Mousavian and Younes Mahmoudieh, International Studies Journal, Spring 2018.
“In order to decrease tensions and enter into a process of cooperation, Riyadh and Tehran must gain a correct understanding of each other’s national security threats. The cooperation option should entail Riyadh and Tehran to openly and without preconditions enter into bilateral dialogue and put all of their security concerns and aims on the negotiations table.”
“The Widening Saudi–Iran Divide,” Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Cairo Review, Winter 2018.
“This article examines the major factors that brought Iran and the EU3+3 to the negotiating table and led to a successful deal. Those factors included each side’s willingness to cash in its main bargaining chips (a short breakout time for Iran and sanctions for the U.S.), a change in leadership in each country, and a shifting geopolitical context. Foremost, however, was the U.S. willingness to change its demands of Iran from no nuclear enrichment to no nuclear bomb.”
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“Building on the Iran Nuclear Deal for International Peace and Security,” Seyed Hossein Mousavian and Mohammad Mehdi Mousavian, Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, January 2, 2018.
“The former spokesman for Iran’s nuclear negotiators coauthors his views of nuclear engagement from 2013-16 and the valuable lessons for how the two longtime foes can successfully approach each other on other matters in the future, should they decide to do so, and both meet their core objectives.”
“Assessing U.S.–Iran Nuclear Engagement,” with Sina Toossi, The Washington Quarterly, October 5, 2017, pgs. 65-95.
