Interviews, مقاله ها

What kind of Syria awaits the war-ravaged?

“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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West Minus US: Hashemi Rafsanjani’s foreign policy in an interview with Hossein Mousavian

“In 1990, when I was about to leave Iran for the mission to Germany, Ayatollah Hashemi told me that the Supreme Leader’s policy, hence our benchmark policy, was ‘West minus US’. Utmost efforts had to be taken to improve ties with Europe. In the meantime, if an opportunity came up for détente with the US, it had to be seized.”

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“West Minus US: Hashemi Rafsanjani’s foreign policy in an interview with Hossein Mousavian,” The Iran Project, January 19, 2017.

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What does Rafsanjani’s death mean for Iran?

Al Jazeera Inside Story Discussion on Former Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani:

Guests:

Seyed Hossein Mousavian – Middle East security and nuclear policy specialist at Princeton University.

Sadegh Zibakalam – Professor of political science at the University of Tehran.

Ellie Geranmayeh – Fellow who specialises in Iran at the European Council on Foreign Relations.

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What does Rafsanjani’s death mean for Iran?” Al Jazeera, Inside Story, January 10, 2017.

Lectures

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

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

“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.