Assessing Iran's Nuclear Goals

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Assessing Iran's Nuclear Goals

By Karim Sadjadpour

Published on Jan 2, 2008

Source: NPR's All Things Considered

Over the past year, tensions between Iran and the United States have risen to unprecedented levels. At the same time, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad faces more criticism internally than at any time since he took office more than two years ago. Carnegie's Karim Sadjadpour speaks with Mike Shuster with a year-end look at the ongoing controversy and diplomacy surrounding Iran's nuclear program.

Click here to listen to the radio broadcast.

About the Author

Karim Sadjadpour

Senior Fellow, Middle East Program

Karim Sadjadpour is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on Iran and U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East.

Recent Work

Q&A
Iran Wanted to Survive the War. Now What?
- Suzanne Maloney, Aaron David Miller, Karim Sadjadpour
Q&A
What’s Keeping the Iranian Regime in Power—for Now
- Aaron David Miller, Karim Sadjadpour, Robin Wright

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Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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