Program: Future of Iran Initiative

Iran’s New Parliament: Fewer Clerics, More Women

By Mehrnaz Samimi

The results of this year’s runoff elections for seats in Iran’s tenth parliament have broken two records. The new parliament — which will officially begin work on May 28 — will host the largest number of women and the least number of clerics since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Iran’s Innovation Economy and the Impact of Sanctions Relief

On April 18, the Atlantic Council’s Future of Iran Initiative hosted a panel discussion on the current state and prospects for high tech ventures in Iran. The panel featured Lily Sarafan, Co-founder and CEO, Home Care Assistance; Nadereh Chamlou, Former Senior Advisor, World Bank; and Christopher M. Schroeder, Entrepreneur, Advisor, and Investor.  Already one of the more diverse economies in the […]

United States and Iran Should Settle, not Escalate Mutual Claims

By Tyler Cullis

The recent decision of the US Supreme Court to uphold the turnover of $2 billion of Iranian assets to US plaintiffs has added one more complication to the nascent relationship between the United States and Iran.  Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif called the decision “highway robbery” and sent a letter to the United Nations Secretary […]

Atlantic Council Event on the Iran Nuclear Deal Featured in Forbes

By Atlantic Council

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قاچاقچیان مواد مخدر شیوه های تازه ای برای قاچاق مواد مخدر از افغانستان به ایران می یابند

By فاطمه امان

اندکی قرون وسطایی می نماید، اما این شگرد تازه قاچاقچیان مواد مخدر در مناطق مرزی ایران-افغانستان است.   سردار رهام بخش حبیبی فرمانده مرزبانی سیستان و بلوچستان می گوید قاچاقچیان، با استفاده از نوعی منجیق که از آهن های نبشی و تیوب خودرو ساخته شده و قادر است با هر پرتاب یک بسته 10 کیلویی را […]

Traffickers Find Novel Ways of Smuggling Drugs into Iran from Afghanistan

By Fatemeh Aman

It sounds like something from the Middle Ages but it’s the latest method for drug traffickers along the Iran-Afghanistan border. The commander of Sistan and Baluchestan’s border guard, Raham Bakhsh Habibi, says that drug traffickers are smuggling drugs into Iran by using a catapult made of special metal fixtures and tire tubes that can toss packages weighing 10 […]

Slavin in Voice of America: Mideast Peace Takes a Back Seat in Race to White House

By Barbara Slavin

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US Can Do More to Help Iran’s Private Sector

By Barbara Slavin

More than 100 days after the Iran nuclear deal was implemented, Iranians are impatient to see more economic results.

Slavin Quoted by the Washington Examiner on Saudi Arabia’s Decision to Keep Pumping Oil at a Maximum Level

By Barbara Slavin

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Slavin in Al Monitor: Central Bank Governor: Iran Expects Access to US Financial System

By Barbara Slavin

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