On Iran, Europeans caught between multilateral and transatlantic realities

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Oct 2, 2024

What is Iran thinking now?

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Tehran launched nearly two hundred missiles at Israel on Tuesday. Atlantic Council experts consider the ways that the barrage—which was largely ineffectual—offers a window into Iranian thinking.

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On Iran, Europeans caught between multilateral and transatlantic realities

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Oct 2, 2024

It’s time Iran’s artists be considered as human rights defenders

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Sanjay Sethi and Johanna Bankston

International recognition of the acute risk creatives face in Iran is necessary to ensure their vital role in advocating for human rights continues.

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On Iran, Europeans caught between multilateral and transatlantic realities

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Sep 28, 2024

Experts react: Hassan Nasrallah is dead. What’s next for Hezbollah, Israel, and Iran?

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On Saturday, Hezbollah confirmed that its leader had been killed in an Israeli air strike. Atlantic Council experts share their insights on what might come next for the already war-torn region.

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Oct 8, 2024

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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Blinded Iranian activist Elaheh Tavakolian: ‘We lost our eyes on this path. Let us not lose sight of our goal’

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Holly Dagres

Holly Dagres sits down with blinded Iranian activist Elahe Tavakolian to share her story and discuss the situation in Iran and what the West needs to do.

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Nov 20, 2024

2025 will be a decisive year for Iran’s nuclear program

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Danny Citrinowicz  

Diplomatic deadlines and regional factors will force Iran to decide soon whether to strike a deal or seek a nuclear weapon. Either choice will have major ripple effects.

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Nov 20, 2024

How to wrestle with an ayatollah 

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Khosro Sayeh Isfahani

If one looks closely, the ancient Persian sport of wrestling might have answers to understanding how to contain Iran

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May 13, 2019

On Iran, Europeans caught between multilateral and transatlantic realities

By Tarja Cronberg

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced on May 8 that Iran may reduce its compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) if the non-US parties to the deal don’t find a way to provide Tehran with promised economic benefits.

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May 10, 2019

Slavin Quoted in Middle East Eye on Potentiality of US and Iran Heading to War

By Barbara Slavin

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May 9, 2019

Dagres Joins ABC News Australia to Discuss Iran Threatening to Withdraw from JCPOA

By Holly Dagres

Listen to the full discussion here.

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May 9, 2019

Former state broadcaster head does tell-all interview about the IRGC

By Maysam Behravesh

While growing US-led pressure on Iran is helping unify the Iranian polity around the flag of nationalism, it is also exposing fault lines among the ruling elite as they search for the key causes of the Islamic Republic’s failures forty years after its birth.

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In the News

May 8, 2019

Dagres Quoted in CNN on Iran’s Partial Withdrawal from the JCPOA

By Holly Dagres

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In the News

May 8, 2019

Slavin Quoted in The Washington Post on Russia’s Benefits from US – Iranian Tensions

By Barbara Slavin

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May 8, 2019

Dagres Joins BBC Newshour to Discuss Iran’s Decision to End Nuclear Compliance and the US’ Reaction

By Holly Dagres

Listen to the full discussion here.

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May 8, 2019

Iran withdraws from certain aspects of the nuclear agreement

By Holly Dagres

A year after the United States withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and six months after it re-imposed sanctions, Iran has said it would reduce its compliance with the 2015 nuclear agreement in sixty days unless the remaining parties take concrete steps to continue trade with Iran.

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In the News

May 8, 2019

Slavin Quoted in Hamodia on A Clear Warning to Iran

By Barbara Slavin

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May 7, 2019

Slavin Quoted in El Comerico on US – Iranian Tensions

By Barbara Slavin

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Alan Pino

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Khosro Sayeh Isfahani

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Hagar Hajjar Chemali

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Danny Citrinowicz  

Nonresident Fellow

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