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Jul 23, 2018

Slavin Quoted in The Hill on Trump’s Threat to Iran

By Barbara Slavin

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Jul 23, 2018

US Policies Undercut ‘Support’ for ‘Iranian Voices’

By Barbara Slavin

Among the oddest features of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s address at the Reagan Library on July 22 — billed as “Supporting Iranian Voices” – was the absence of any actual Iranian on the dias. Pompeo was introduced by Fred Ryan, chairman of the board of the Reagan Foundation, and by Sen. Tom Cotton, a […]

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In the News

Jul 22, 2018

Dagres Joins BBC to Discuss Trump’s Iran Tweet and Pompeo’s Iran Speech

By Holly Dagres

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In the News

Jul 22, 2018

Slavin in Axios: Pompeo invokes human rights to defend administration’s Iran policy

By Barbara Slavin

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In the News

Jul 22, 2018

Slavin in AXIOS: Pompeo invokes human rights to defend administration’s Iran policy

By Barbara Slavin

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Jul 20, 2018

Director of US National Intelligence: Russia’s ‘Actions have Been Pretty Nefarious Towards Us’

By Dan Coats and Andrea Mitchell, Aspen Institute

Excerpts from Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats interview with NBC Chief Correspondent Andrea Mitchell, July 19, 2018.

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Jul 20, 2018

Tehran struggles with terrorism financing bill

By Nader Uskowi

The Supreme Leader and hardliners will have a choice to make: continue supporting and commanding the armed militia groups and accepting questionable cash flow out of the country, or take action for the sake of their government’s future.

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Jul 19, 2018

Oil and Iran: How renewed sanctions will affect Iran and world markets

By Global Business & Economics Program

On July 18, the Atlantic Council’s Future of Iran Initiative in the South Asia Center, Global Energy Center, and Global Business & Economics Program co-hosted a panel discussion on the likelihood and effect of renewed US sanctions on Iran.

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Jul 19, 2018

Slavin in AXIOS: Trump’s Iran sanctions could lead to volatile gas prices, recession

By Barbara Slavin

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Jul 19, 2018

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By Ole Moehr

The Trump Administration’s “maximum pressure” approach against Iran to reduce Iranian crude oil exports to zero as soon as possible is expected to rattle markets and could undermine the credibility and effectiveness of US sanctions. This edition of the EconoGraphic outlines how re-imposed US sanctions against Iran will affect the global oil market, the price of oil, US consumers, and the American economy.

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