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Is peace possible?

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“With the May 8 announcement by President Donald J. Trump that the U.S. would withdraw its support for a 2015 nuclear nonproliferation agreement with Iran, the Middle East, and the world at large, are entering a dangerous new era … That was the assessment of Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former nuclear negotiator for Iran and current nuclear policy specialist at Princeton University, who spoke to the Windham World Affairs Council on May 11 at Centre Congregational Church.”

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“Is peace possible?” Randolph Holhut, The Common Online, May 16, 2018.

 

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The Strategic Disaster of Leaving the Iran Deal

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“Trump’s decision undoes the signature foreign policy achievement of his predecessor, Barack Obama, and represents an affront to the United States’ European allies, which had strongly lobbied the Trump administration to remain in the deal. But the more enduring impact will be in Tehran, where Trump’s nixing of the JCPOA—and Europe’s response—will push Iran’s leaders to move decisively into the camp of the United States’ geopolitical rivals. It will also shift the policy debate among Iran’s elites, who have for several years argued over the merits of dialogue with the United States. Now, that debate is settled. Iran has learned that negotiating with Washington is a dead end. Instead, it will seek to strengthen its ties with non-Western powers, including China and Russia.”

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“The Strategic Disaster of Leaving the Iran Deal,” Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Foreign Affairs, May 10, 2018.

 

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Iran to negotiate with Europeans, Russia and China about remaining in nuclear deal

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A day after Donald Trump withdrew the US from the Iran nuclear deal Europe, Russia and China are pulling out all diplomatic stops to try and save it.

 

Iran says it’s open to staying in the nuclear deal but its leadership has also warned Iran will start enriching uranium at uncapped levels if those diplomatic talks fail.

 

US President Donald Trump meanwhile is not stepping back but says the US will try to negotiate a better deal.

 

Efforts to salvage the agreement will continue next week with Iranian officials set to meet their counterparts from France, Britain and Germany.

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“Iran to negotiate with Europeans, Russia and China about remaining in nuclear deal,” RN, May 10, 2018.

 

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Iranians fear the future after Trump exits Iran nuclear deal

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“Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a Middle East security and nuclear policy specialist at Princeton University who is a former spokesman for Iran in its nuclear negotiations with the West, said it was inevitable that Iranians would lose trust in the U.S. because of Trump’s decision to violate the agreement.

He predicted that the country would no longer be prepared to “engage with the U.S. to negotiate on other disputed issues like weapons of mass destruction, terrorism and the regional conflicts.”

 

Mousavian also suggested that Iran is now likely to turn its back on the West and instead build closer diplomatic and trade ties with Russia and China.”

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“Iranians fear the future after Trump exits Iran nuclear deal,” NBC News, Ali Arouzi and Saphora Smith, May 10, 2018.

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Mark and Denise in the Mornings

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“Unpacking the morning news we started talking about the Iran Nuclear Deal and President Trump’s announcement to withdraw from the agreement. To break that down, we welcomed to the phone lines Dr. Marc Lamont Hill www.marclamonthill.com to go into details. The 8 o’clock hour, sponsored by POWER, continued the conversation on the Iran Nuclear Deal as we brought to the show for the first time Mr. Seyed Hossein Mousavian Middle East Security and Nuclear Policy Specialist from Princeton University to get world reaction.”

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“Mark and Denise in the Mornings,” WWDB-AM Talk 860, May 9, 2018.

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A dangerous new US-Iran escalation

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“By trying to undo the JCPOA, Trump discredits the notion of US-Iran diplomatic engagement and radicalizes Iranian policies. Indeed, Trump has officially declared a regime-change policy towards Iran, as his speech made clear, setting himself on an all-out confrontational path against Iran. A dangerous new US-Iran escalation will now ensue, and it will have the real potential of resulting in a devastating war that will make the costs of the Iraq War pale in comparison.”

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“A dangerous new US-Iran escalation,” Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May 9, 2018.

 

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Iran must engage in NPT subject to full JCPOA implementation

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On Trump’s views about amending the JCPOA, Seyed Hossein Mousavian told PD: “Trump’s demands to amend the JCPOA have no legal and logical basis; because the agreement has been backed both by the UN Security Council and the IAEA.” To the question of what Iran will decide if Trump withdraws from the JCPOA, he answered: “I am not aware of the decisions made by Iranian authorities, but I believe Iran should use the guidelines provided in the JCPOA and take its grievances to the mutual commission set up with the P5+1 signatories.”

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“Iran must engage in NPT subject to full JCPOA implementation,” Persia Digest, May 5, 2018.

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Commentary: How Bullying Iran Could Backfire for Trump

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“Implicit in Trump’s approach is that he can bully and pressure Iran into meeting his demands. However, the track record of U.S.-Iran relations since the 1979 Iranian revolution leaves little room to believe that Iran concedes to pressure. As a former Iranian diplomat who served as the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of Iran’s National Security and spokesman for Iran’s nuclear negotiating team, I know from firsthand experience that Tehran responds to pressure by doing everything it can to produce leverage for itself.”

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“Commentary: How Bullying Iran Could Backfire for Trump,” Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Reuters, May 1, 2018.

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The Nuclear Deal: A Crossroad or Deadlock in Relations with Iran

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“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.”

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“The Nuclear Deal: A Crossroad or Deadlock in Relations with Iran,” Seyed Hossein Mousavian and Younes Mahmoudieh, International Studies Journal, Spring 2018.