March 3, 2025
NORTHAM: Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a Mideast security and nuclear policy specialist at Princeton University, says it’s also a mistake to think that Iran will agree to anything just because it’s had a string of setbacks.
SEYED HOSSEIN MOUSAVIAN: Iranians, always they are very sensitive not to negotiate, not to make a deal, as long as the other side has a feeling of weakness on the Iranian side.
NORTHAM: Mousavian says Trump should think of Iran like an investment opportunity, especially with the country’s vast oil and gas resources.
MOUSAVIAN: The real game changer in U.S.-Iran relation is economic engagement because Iran has been under sanctions for 40 years and needs trillions of dollars in investment for economic cooperation.
NORTHAM: And as Trump has shown, nothing is off the table.
Jackie Northam, NPR News.
