“[D]uring the Trump administration and with taking this opportunity, the unified Tel Aviv-Riyadh-Abu Dhabi lobby has fully succeeded in imposing its demands on the decision-making system in Washington against Iran, and they are not facing serious obstacles.”
“Unprecedented Anti-Iran Tendencies Gain Momentum in White House,” Iran Front Page, December 1, 2017.
“It has been months that the lobbyists from Riyadh, Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi are urging the White House to cut off the tail of the region’s snake (the Lebanese Hezbollah movement) before cutting off Iran’s head. There are signs that a triangle comprising Washington, Tel Aviv and Riyadh is taking shape to counter Iran in the region, including efforts to deal a blow to the Iran nuclear deal (known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the JCPOA) …”
“US, UAE, Saudi Arabia Forming Alliance against Iran,” Iran Front Page, December 2, 2017.
“It appears there is a new scenario being drawn for Iran,” said Hossein Mousavian, a former spokesman for Iran’s team of nuclear negotiators and a Middle East security analyst at Princeton University. The emerging alliance “needs to be taken seriously and it will have consequences,” he said. “We need to think of ways to improve relations” with the Saudis.
“Iran Sees Its Rivals Uniting as Israel Talks Up Saudi Ties,” Ladane Nasseri and Marc Champion, Bloomberg, November 23, 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.
SPEAKERS -Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Middle East Security and Nuclear Policy Specialist, Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University
Banafsheh Keynoush, Foreign Affairs Scholar and Author
Fred H. Lawson, Senior Fellow, Centre for Syrian Studies, University of St. Andrews
MODERATOR: Jessica Tuchman Mathews, Distinguished Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
“US, Iran, Saudi Arabia: A New Diplomatic Calculus?” World Affairs Council, June 27, 2017.
Mousavian rejects the accusations of Pres. Donald Trump that Iran supports terrorism in the Middle East, arguing that they are both fighting the same enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan. The same two countries have accused Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, respectively, of sponsoring terrorism.
“Iran’s Next Challenges,” Red Dirt Report, June 16, 2017.
“The reality is that the Tehran attacks highlight the common threat faced by nations across the world from groups such as ISIS. Whether in San Bernardino, London, Paris, Baghdad, Kabul or the heart of Iran, innocent people everywhere are in the same boat in the face of this barbarity. Iran, seemingly unbeknownst to Trump, has since its 1979 revolution been a chief victim of both terrorism and state violence.”
“Tehran Terrorist Attacks Risk Unleashing All-Out War Between Iran And Saudi Arabia,” Seyed Hossein Mousavian, The Huffington Post, June 8, 2017.
