Nia in Just Security: “Will Iran’s New President be Held Accountable?”

New Atlanticist Jul 1, 2025

The US must enforce sanctions to prevent Iran from rebuilding its nuclear program

By Kimberly Donovan

To ensure that Tehran cannot get its hands on the financial resources it would need to rebuild its nuclear program, Iran sanctions enforcement should start with China.
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Nia in Just Security: “Will Iran’s New President be Held Accountable?”

New Atlanticist Jun 26, 2025

What really happened to Fordow? Three possible futures for Iran’s nuclear program after US strikes.

By Amir Asmar

The condition of Fordow will have a direct impact on the likelihood of Iran giving up its nuclear program versus resuming its pursuit of nuclear weapons.
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Nia in Just Security: “Will Iran’s New President be Held Accountable?”

Fast Thinking Jun 24, 2025

The big lessons from 12 days of war with Iran

By Atlantic Council

A tentative cease-fire is underway in the war between Iran and Israel. But where did the conflict leave Iran, Israel, and the United States?
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A bipartisan Iran strategy for the next US administration—and the next two decades

As tensions spike in the Middle East, how should the next US president approach Iran and its network of proxies including Hezbollah and Hamas? With a strategy that can be maintained for decades, by administrations of either party. A bipartisan, expert working group lays out the details.

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Jul 8, 2021

Nia in Just Security: “Will Iran’s New President be Held Accountable?”

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Jul 8, 2021

Raisi’s proposed economic policy plan for Iran doesn’t make sense

By Ebad Ebadi

It is important for the incoming Raisi administration and hardline-dominated government branches to use their one-party views to make necessary economic reforms with comprehensive and consistent economic plans to address major economic challenges in Iran. Whether that will ever happen is hard to say.

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Jul 7, 2021

Slavin quoted in Alhurra on reviving the nuclear deal

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Jul 7, 2021

Iran faces its driest summer in fifty years

By Omid Shokri

Only by redefining Iran’s agricultural policy and improving water conservation can Iran begin to resolve this worsening crisis.

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Jun 30, 2021

Fontenrose quoted in Cleveland Jewish News on Iran’s intentions to acquire a nuclear bomb in the future

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Jun 29, 2021

Ashford in Reuters: Undeclared conflict? America’s battles with Iran-backed militia escalate, again

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On June 29, Emma Ashford was quoted in Reuters on US strikes against the Iran-backed militias in Syria and Iraq. “A lot of people suggest that the term ‘forever war’ is just emotive, but it’s actually a decent descriptor of the kind of strike we saw again (Sunday): no strategic goal, no endpoint in sight, […]

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Jun 29, 2021

If Raisi wants to improve the Iranian economy, price controls are where to start

By Amin Mohseni-Cheraghlou

Lawmakers and government officials in Iran repeatedly revert to the same set of failed populistic economic policies, failing to make short-term sacrifices that benefit the country in the long term. One such policy is price controls, a favorite in the toolkit of Iranian policymakers, who have attempted to control persistently high inflation rates over the past decades, but obviously with no success.

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Jun 28, 2021

FAST THINKING: What Biden’s airstrikes left behind

By Atlantic Council

What does this mean for the future of drone warfare and the US military presence in Iraq? Our experts sort through the fallout.

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Jun 28, 2021

Slavin joins Al Jazeera to discuss the prospects for reviving the Iran Nuclear Deal

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Jun 28, 2021

Tavakol quoted in MENAFN on Iran’s economic situation under Raisi

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