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Las medidas aterradoras de Trump (Eight Reasons Why Trump’s Start on the Middle East is Frightening)

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“A hope had emerged for U.S.-Iran peace in recent years that Trump’s actions are set to destroy. The United States and Iran and both regional heavyweights, and a confrontation between them would be severely destabilizing for the entire region. The extent to which Trump’s executive order runs counter to international values and laws, the fight against terrorism and the cause of international peace and stability, can be encapsulated in eight points.”

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“Las medidas aterradoras de Trump,” Seyed Hossein Mousavian, El Pais, February 9, 2017.

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What kind of Syria awaits the war-ravaged?

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“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.’”

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“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

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“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.”

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“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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What Trump Needs To Know About Iran

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“Trump has the option of engaging Iran and bringing stability to a region that has not known it for decades. While distrust between the two countries remains thick in the aftermath of the nuclear deal, the key to broader cooperation is to abandon self-defeating aspirations for regime change and engage in diplomacy based on mutual respect, shared interests and non-interference in each other’s political affairs.”

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“What Trump Needs To Know About Iran,” Seyed Hossein Mousavian, The Huffington Post, January 6, 2017.

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In der Ara Trump Braucht Iran Europa (EU-Iran Relations in Trump Era)

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“[T]he circumstances of Trump’s election require a new road map for Iran and the EU that would safekeep Obama’s engagement policy, ensure an EU-Iran relationship that is sustainable, and prevent escalation in U.S.-Iran relations.”

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“In der Ara Trump Braucht Iran Europa (EU-Iran Relations in Trump Era),” Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Frankfurter Allgemeine, December 12, 2016.

 

 

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Seyed Hossein Mousavian ─ Iran and the United States: What Lies Ahead in the Trump Era

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“Former diplomat and Princeton University visiting scholar Seyed Hossein Mousavian will deliver a lecture titled “Iran and United States: What Lies Ahead in the Trump Era,” as part of the Security Seminar Series. With uncertainty surrounding President-elect Donald Trump’s stance Iran-U.S. relations, Mousavian will discuss what foreign policies we might expect.”

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“Iran and United States: What Lies Ahead in the Trump Era,” Lecture by Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Brown University Watson Institute, December 5, 2016.

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How Trump can deal with Iran-GCC conflict

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The Helsinki Accords started a process whereby the states of NATO and the Warsaw Pact, as well the neutral states of Europe, could sit down without preconditions and discuss their security concerns … The West must use its leverage with its GCC allies to encourage them to engage Iran. Only through such talks aimed at an established regional cooperation system akin to the OSCE — where local powers take into consideration each other’s interests and cooperate against common threats — can a durable peace be reached in the Persian Gulf.

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“How Trump can deal with Iran-GCC conflict,” Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Al Monitor, November 29, 2016.

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Deal Maker or Deal Shredder: Billions Ride on Trump Iran Policy

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“While Trump is unlikely to tear up the deal, Congress can ‘practically undo’ it, Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian diplomat and now a scholar at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, said at a conference in Frankfurt last week.”

“Deal Maker or Deal Shredder: Billions Ride on Trump Iran Policy,” Bloomberg, November 21, 2016.