“The potential fallback after open letter from US Senators to Tehran,” interview with Hossein Mousavian, CCTV America, March 12, 2015. (Video)
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US-Iran relations and the nuclear issue (Video)
“US-Iran relations and the nuclear issue,” interview with Hossein Mousavian, Kayvon Afshari, American Iranian Council (AIC), March 11, 2015. (Video)
On Iran deal, Republicans cut off their nose to spite their face
The partisan struggle in the political corridors of Washington reached unprecedented heights this week, with Iran becoming the focal point for fierce contention between Republican members of Congress and the Barack Obama administration. The latest display of these sharp internal divisions over the Iran talks has come from a provocative letter by 47 Republican senators to the Iranian government. The letter marks a direct interference by US legislators in the negotiations, with senators such as potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul co-signing the message that purported to emphasize the innate fragile nature of any would-be agreement with Iran. However, in their desperate attempt to dissuade Iran from reaching a deal, the Republicans have harmed US credibility on the international stage more than they know, or perhaps even care to understand.
“On Iran deal, Republicans cut off their nose to spite their face,” Hossein Mousavian, Al Monitor, March 11, 2015.
Full Interview with Amb. Seyed Hossein Mousavian About GOP Iran Letter (Audio)
“Full Interview with Amb. Seyed Hossein Mousavian About GOP Iran Letter,” interview with Hossein Mousavian, Ari Rabin-Havt, Sirius XM Radio, March 11, 2015. (Audio)
General Qasem Soleimani: Iran’s rising star
“General Qasem Soleimani: Iran’s rising star,” Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, BBC, march 6, 2015.
Nuke deal ‘could lead to US-Iran cooperation’ on Daesh
“Nuke deal ‘could lead to US-Iran cooperation’ on Daesh,” interview with Hossein Mousavian, Betul Yuruk, Anadolu Agency, March 6, 2015.
The Iran nuclear dilemma: the peaceful use of nuclear energy and the NPT’s main objectives
Note: “The Iran nuclear dilemma: the peaceful use of nuclear energy and the NPT’s main objectives,” by Hossein Mousavian was published in Harald Müller & Daniel Müller (Eds.). WMD Arms Control in the Middle East: Prospects, Obstacles and Options (pp. 35—42). Published by Ashgate Publishing (02/2015).
The Middle East is a hot spot of proliferation. It contains one state assumed to possess nuclear weapons, several states that tried and failed to develop a military nuclear capability, one state under suspicion of trying to do so, and it is the world region that witnessed the most frequent and severe employment of chemical weapons since the end of World War I. Notwithstanding, not a single arms control regime concerning weapons of mass destruction (WMD) covers the region as a whole. Instead we have seen several proliferation-related military operations which have rather contributed to destabilization than served non-proliferation. This volume, written under the auspices of the EU Consortium for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament determines the current state of diplomatic efforts to establish a WMD free zone in the Middle East. In doing so, it provides insights into central actors’ conflicting political positions, thereby explaining the stalemate of efforts to negotiate a WMD-free zone. Chapters written by renowned experts from academia and policy-oriented think tanks, as well as by next-generation Middle East and arms control experts, introduce the subject to the reader, give background information about arms control initiatives, provide technical expertise, and endeavour to make proposals for arms control measures in support of the creation of a Middle East WMD-free zone.
“The Iran nuclear dilemma: the peaceful use of nuclear energy and the NPT’s main objectives,” Hossein Mousavian in Harald Müller & Daniel Müller (Eds.). WMD Arms Control in the Middle East: Prospects, Obstacles and Options (pp. 35—42). Published by Ashgate Publishing (02/2015).
Iran…can play a stabilizing role in the Middle East (Arabic) (Video)
“Iran…can play a stabilizing role in the Middle East,” interview with Hossein Mousavian, Sky News Arabia, March 3, 2015. (Arabic) (Video)
Netanyahu’s speech to the US Congress (Video)
“Netanyahu’s speech to the US Congress,” interview with Hossein Mousavian, VOA International, March 3, 2015. (Video)
Iran nuclear talks: The 5 options for what happens if they fail
As Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, prepares to criticise President Obama’s nuclear talks with Iran in a controversial address to Congress on Tuesday, those negotiations have been making unprecedented progress.
It is realistic that an agreement will be reached by the end of March deadline: Iran has been willing to accept restrictions on its nuclear programme which ensure that it is verifiably transparent and which cut off all potential pathways to developing a nuclear weapon.
If, however, political pressure, whether from Israel or Congress, leads to a failure to reach any kind of nuclear agreement by the end of March, then negotiators will be faced with five options.
“Iran nuclear talks: The 5 options for what happens if they fail,” Hossein Mousavian, The Telegraph, March 3, 2015.
