“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.
“How would Iran react? Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian official who stays in close touch with his ex-colleagues, told me recently that if Trump doesn’t certify, but Congress doesn’t re-impose sanctions, and the other P5+1 negotiators assure full implementation, then Iran may continue to adhere to the agreement. But he cautioned that this line is opposed by some political factions in Iran that argue for suspending the pact if Trump challenges Iranian compliance.
As for the administration’s hope of forcing Iran to renegotiate the ‘sunset’ provisions and other details of the agreement, Mousavian says that’s a nonstarter in Tehran.”
“The nuclear issue isn’t the real Iranian challenge,” David Ignatius, The Washington Post, October 5, 2017.
“There is 24-hour surveillance, and we don’t have more than 24 hours in a day,” said Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian nuclear negotiator, now a scholar at Princeton University. “If the IAEA needs something more, they would raise it with Iran.”
“’World’s most robust’ nuclear inspection program under fire as Trump tries to rewrite the Iran deal,” Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times, October 4, 2017.
A conversation with:
Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar, Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington
Hossein Mousavian, Middle East Security and Nuclear Policy Specialist, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Kadir Ustun, Executive Director, SETA Foundation at Washington, DC
Moderated by: Barbara Slavin, Director, Future of Iran Initiative, Atlantic Council
Video of Ambassador Mousavian’s Remarks
“How Europe and Iran’s Neighbors View the Nuclear Deal Future,” Atlantic Council, September 25, 2017.
“As Iranian President Hassan Rouhani responds to Trump at the UN, former Iranian diplomat Seyed Hossein Mousavian says that an American withdrawal from the nuclear deal would lead Iranians to no longer trust the U.S.”
“Trump is Threatening More than Just the Iran Deal,” The Real News, September 20, 2017.
“An informed source in Washington who asked to remain anonymous told Al-Monitor that the White House is seeking ways to accuse Iran of technical noncompliance and material breaches of the deal, such as pressuring the International Atomic Energy Agency into demanding access to sensitive military facilities in Iran and using an Iranian rejection as a pretext for withdrawing from the deal; renegotiating the deal to get zero uranium enrichment in Iran or make the current limits on the Iranian nuclear program permanent; and trying to validate a 2016 German intelligence report claiming Iran continued “illegal proliferation-sensitive procurement activities,” despite the fact it was already dismissed by the Barack Obama administration and independent experts.”
“Trump’s options on the nuclear deal with Iran,” Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Al Monitor, August 1, 2017.
War and military aggression would not lead to establishing security, Mousavian said in a televised forum hosted by CGTN (China Global Television Network). Diplomacy should have been put on Saudis’ agenda from the very beginning of the conflict in order to reach peace through dialogue, according to Mousavian.
“War not bringing security for S.Arabia: Former Iranian diplomat,” IRNA, July 29, 2017.
Tonight’s panel has the latest on the crisis and its symptoms:
Sama’a Al-Hamdani, a Yemeni political affairs commentator
Abdulateef Al-Mulhim, He is a columnist for the Saudi daily newspaper, AlYaum and The Arab News
Seyed Hossein Mousavian, former Iranian diplomat is a Middle East expert at Princeton University
Radhya Almutawakel, president of the Mwatana Organization for Human Rights that monitors events in Yemen
“The Heat: Yemen crisis,” CGTN, July 27, 2017.
Tonight’s panel has the latest on the crisis and its symptoms:
Sama’a Al-Hamdani, a Yemeni political affairs commentator
Abdulateef Al-Mulhim, He is a columnist for the Saudi daily newspaper, AlYaum and The Arab News
Seyed Hossein Mousavian, former Iranian diplomat is a Middle East expert at Princeton University
Radhya Almutawakel, president of the Mwatana Organization for Human Rights that monitors events in Yemen
“The Heat: Yemen crisis,” CGTN, July 27, 2017.
Contrary to the Trump administration’s claim that Iran is destabilizing the region and pursuing hegemony, Iran has in fact been a victim of regional instability—which has largely been a legacy of U.S. policies—and has legitimate security threats and needs. As one Iranian military officer has said, roughly 60 percent of Iran’s border are “not controlled by the neighboring country.”
“The Real Security Threats on Iran’s Periphery,” Seyed Hossein Mousavian, LobeLog, June 30, 2017.
