MEI & Johns Hopkins’ Event: Iraq’s Regional Opportunities: Perspectives from Iraq’s neighbors.
Speakers:
Seyed Hossein Mousavian (Princeton University)
Amb. Fareed Yasseen (Ambassador of Iraq to the United States)
Mohammed Alyahya (The Arab Gulf States Institute)
Lisel Hintz (Johns Hopkins)
Daniel Serwer (Moderator), Scholar, MEI
“Iraq’s Political Compact and Its Regional Priorities,” MEI, October 17, 2017.
MSNBC Interview: Nuclear Deal Fallout
“Nuclear Deal Fallout,” MSNBC, October 15, 2017.
BBC Interview: Trump’s Iran Policy
Full Interview (begins at 17:45)
“California fires, veterans in Puerto Rico, Johnny Clegg’s last tour,” PRI’s the World, October 12, 2017.
“The United States and Iran reverted to their habitual game of chicken, threatening to abandon the nuclear deal and counting on the adversary to be the first to do that. While open hostility has been the most typical feature of their relationship over the past four decades, could it lead to anything extraordinary this time around? To discuss this, Oksana is joined by Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former nuclear negotiator for Iran and nuclear policy specialist at Princeton University.”
“Unclear on nuclear? Seyed Hossein Mousavian, nuclear policy specialist at Princeton University,” RT, October 19, 2017.
“The current U.S. administration policies would contribute to more instability and disorder in the Middle East and beyond,” says Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a senior negotiator in the Iran nuclear issue during the administration of former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, and now a Princeton University visiting research scholar.
“Here’s How Trump is Dragging the U.S. to the Brink of War,” Massoud Hayoun, Pacific Standard, October 13, 2017.
Interview: Trump and the Iran Deal
Full Interview (starts at 4m30s)
“Trump and the Iran Deal,” NOS Public Broadcasting, October 13, 2017.
“Préservons l’accord sur le nucléaire iranien, c’est le modèle à suivre avec la Corée du Nord,” Le Monde, Seyed Hossein Mousavian, October 10, 2017.
Here is how Hossein Mousavian, Tehran’s former Ambassador to the US, explains Iran’s policy: After the revolution, Iran was invaded by Saddam Hussein’s Iraq and, for much of the past decade, chaos on its thousands of miles of borders with Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan – all factors that have compelled it to play a regional role.
“Consequences of nixing the Iran deal,” The Arab Daily News, Ghassan Michel Rubeiz, October 11, 2017.
Seyed Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian Diplomat who has negotiated with Hezbollah and is now a Middle East specialist at Princeton University, tells Al Jazeera why Hezbollah is a positive force and should be backed by the West in the fight against ISIL.
Full Video
“Ex-Iranian diplomat: ‘US position on Hezbollah is wrong,’” Al Jazeera English, October 11, 2017.
Donald Trump calls it “The worst deal ever”. The question is why is he so hell-bent on decertifying a 2015 Iran nuclear agreement when even his own cabinet seems to support it? The move consistent with the US president’s bid to unwind any and all the policies of his predecessor and on the day when Washington’s announced it’s pulling out of Unesco for being too anti-Israel, how far will he go? Few expect the US to walk away from the deal but Trump could stiffen sanctions.
Guests:
Ilan GOLDENBERG Director, Middle East Security Program at CNAS
Seyed Hossein MOUSAVIAN Nuclear policy specialist, Princeton University
Michael PREGENT Former US Intelligence Officer
“Trumps takes on Tehran: What future for Iran nuclear deal?” France 24, October 12, 2017.
