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Iran nuclear talks: The 5 options for what happens if they fail

Posted on March 4, 2015

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.

Interviews

Nuclear deal with Iran gets closer as Netanyahu comes to Washington

Posted on March 4, 2015

“Nuclear deal with Iran gets closer as Netanyahu comes to Washington,” interview with Hossein Mousavian, Carol Morello, Washington Post, February 27, 2015.

Lectures

Golden opportunity to seal a diplomatic deal with Iran

Posted on February 26, 2015

“Golden opportunity to seal a diplomatic deal with Iran,” Princeton University, February 11, 2015.

Articles, Publications

Iran ready for a nuclear deal: Column

Posted on February 10, 2015

In January, Iran and major powers ended five days of nuclear talks in Geneva and Paris, including lengthy meetings between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. Negotiators made “limited progress” at nuclear talks, agreed to step up efforts and meet in February.

Every keen observer of the Iranian scene is fully aware that this progress has enjoyed the blessing — and explicit open support— of the Supreme Leader . Tehran has already made good on its resolve to reach a comprehensive, lasting deal.

The onus is now on the other sides on the two sticky points: Iran’s enrichment capacity and the timetable for lifting sanctions. Given that the contract with Russia to provide fuel for the Bushehr power plant expires in 2021, a 5-7 year limit on the current operational centrifuges would enable Iran to produce the needed fuel domestically on time. Will President Obama exhibit the necessary audacity and decide on the Iran’s practical enrichment capacity and lifting of the UN, multilateral and unilateral sanctions before his departure?

“Iran ready for a nuclear deal: Column,” Hossein Mousavian, USA Today, February 6, 2015.

Articles, Publications