Despite the increasing economic pressure induced by Western sanctions, Ayatollah Khamenei has demonstrated little willingness to engage in substantive negotiations regarding the Iranian nuclear program.
Continued U.S. inaction in Syria risks leaving the country at the mercy of Iran and Sunni extremists—whose hatred of the United States dwarfs concerns they may have about Syrians’ well-being.
A comprehensive P5+1 Iran deal that included a Russo-Iranian agreement on nuclear cooperation could give Moscow a powerful incentive to work with the West and open a sustainable path for Iran toward commercial nuclear power development.
The North Korean crisis shows that limiting IAEA authority to assure that Iran is not hiding nuclear activities will hurt efforts to end the Iranian nuclear crisis.
In anticipation of this week's meeting between Iran and the IAEA, there has been some talk about what should happen with the IAEA's file on "possible military dimensions" of Iran's nuclear program if the United States decides to strike a deal with Iran.
Over the last decade, specialists have been quietly changing the architecture of the IAEA safeguards system, but they haven’t explained things to the outside world—including the IAEA’s member states.
If the IAEA doesn't ask Iran tough questions, it may be easier to end the Iranian nuclear crisis. But would that stop Iran from secretly developing nuclear weapons?
By ignoring long-standing grievances, playing the sectarian card, and unequivocally treating the opposition as Iranian-backed radicals, Saudi Arabia is aggravating the very situation that it would like to defuse.
The public revelations of Iran's clandestine nuclear activities in August 2002 unleashed one of the most intensive and highly publicized inspections in the history of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The Iran Project will launch their new report “Weighing Benefits and Costs of International Sanctions Against Iran.” William Reinsch, Lieutenant General Gregory S. Newbold, and George Perkovich will offer remarks. Ambassador Thomas Pickering will moderate.
















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