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Interview: U.S. Threatens Nuclear Deal it Admits Iran Respects – How Will Tehran Respond?

Posted on May 1, 2017

Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former senior Iranian diplomat, analyzes the Trump administration’s “review” of the Iran nuclear agreement despite acknowledging that Tehran is fulfilling its obligations, and discusses the threat of a worsening proxy war in Yemen, Iran’s support for Bashar al-Assad, the upcoming Iranian presidential elections, and the possibility for Tehran-Washington cooperation on Syria and other Middle East issues.

“U.S. Threatens Nuclear Deal it Admits Iran Respects – How Will Tehran Respond?” The Real News Interview, April 25, 2017.

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Trump’s Syria Strike Puts America At The Precipice Of Another Middle East War

Posted on April 13, 2017

“Trump’s strike changed the dynamic and put us on a path toward confrontation. His actions in Syria will herald the following 10 consequences and side effects, which, when taken together, could unleash an imbroglio the likes of which could be worse than what followed the Iraq War.”

“Trump’s Syria Strike Puts America At The Precipice Of Another Middle East War,” Seyed Hossein Mousavian, The Huffington Post, April 13, 2017.

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Amb. Mousavian Quoted in Le Monde on Syria Strikes

Posted on April 12, 2017

Ambassador Mousavian Quoted:

“For Iran, it is the responsibility of the UNSC to decide about all issues related to international peace and security and therefore the US cannot determine redlines and take actions unilaterally. The US is making the UNSC irrelevant. ”

“As the US become more unpredictable, Iran would be also more unpredictable.”

Read Full Article (in French)

“L’Iran est encerclé par les Américains,” Caroline Hayek, Le Monde, April 8, 2017.

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Panel Discussion: Syria’s Trajectory and Challenges for the United States

Posted on April 11, 2017

“Syria’s Trajectory and Challenges for the United States,” Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, April 6, 2017.

Hossein Mousavian presenting the Iranian view on the Syrian Crisis (starts the 38m mark)

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L’Iran est encerclé par les Américains (Rea

Posted on March 20, 2017

Hossein Mousavian, chercheur à l’université de Princeton, ancien officiel et diplomate iranien, était l’invité de l’Institut Issam Farès pour les politiques publiques et les affaires internationales à l’AUB, lors d’une conférence, mercredi dernier, portant sur les enjeux du nucléaire dans la région et dans le monde.

“L’Iran est encerclé par les Américains,” L’Orient-Le Jour, Caroline Hayek, March 17, 2017.

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Trump’s ISIS challenge: Given the President’s many impulses, some contradictory, it’s far, far easier said than done

Posted on March 20, 2017

“Trump’s instincts on the need to seriously address the ISIS threat are correct. Indeed, the UN Security Council has also referred to ISIS as a leading global threat. However, Trump will face five major challenges in any attempt to destroy ISIS, which his own contradictory aims and positions only serve to exacerbate.”

“Trump’s ISIS challenge: Given the President’s many impulses, some contradictory, it’s far, far easier said than done,” Seyed Hossein Mousavian, NY Daily News, March 16, 2017.

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Egyptian-Iranian détente a boon for the region and beyond

Posted on March 9, 2017

“Egypt and Iran are the respective powerhouses of the Sunni Arab and Shia worlds. Cooperation between them can play a critical role in managing regional conflict, alleviating Sunni-Shia sectarianism, and containing calamitous regional civil wars. Critically, Iran and Egypt also have principally a similar stance on terrorist groups such as ISIS and al- Qaeda. Therefore Cairo-Tehran have great historical responsibility to establish strategic cooperation to manage devastating crises in the region.”

“Egyptian-Iranian détente a boon for the region and beyond,” Asia Times, Seyed Hossein Mousavian and Yassin El-Ayouty, March 1, 2017.

Exposure:

Al-Ahram

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What kind of Syria awaits the war-ravaged?

Posted on February 20, 2017

“Ambassador Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a Middle-East security specialist and Iran’s nuclear negotiator, offers a five-point solution: ‘Preservation of Syrian unity; sovereignty and rights of minorities; preventing the collapse of the military and security establishment; a power-sharing coalition to run Syria; respecting the will of majority and their right to choose their constitutional leadership through a UN-supervised free election.’”

“What kind of Syria awaits the war-ravaged?” Seema Sengupta, Asia Times, February 9, 2017.

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Trump Cannot Afford To Shut Out Iran If He Wants To Defeat ISIS

Posted on February 6, 2017

“Trump’s current foreign policy approach is not only self-defeating, but also forgoes a golden opportunity to shape a coherent strategy that would allow him to usher in a political solution to the Syrian war, destroy ISIS and repair U.S. ties with the Kremlin. Improved U.S-Russia relations will also open the door to Moscow serving as an interlocutor facilitating mutually beneficial U.S.-Iran engagement.”

“Trump Cannot Afford To Shut Out Iran If He Wants To Defeat ISIS,” Seyed Hossein Mousavian, The Huffington Post, January 31, 2017.

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US-Islamic World Relations: What’s Next?

Posted on December 18, 2016

MEDAYS FORUM 2016 in Tangiers, Morocco. Panel Discussion on “US-Islamic World Relations: What’s Next After the Failure of the Obama Administration?”

“US-Islamic World Relations: What’s Next?” MEDays 2016, Avec Manuel Hassassian, Philip J. Crowley, Hossein Mousavian, Mouafac Harb, Hasni Abidi, Olivier Kempf and Ramadan Abu Jazar. Moderated by Anas El Gomati, December 10, 2016.

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