Morningstar in The Hill: Stay in the Iran Nuke Deal to Keep America’s Seat at the Negotiating Table

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

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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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Morningstar in The Hill: Stay in the Iran Nuke Deal to Keep America’s Seat at the Negotiating Table

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.

Iran
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Morningstar in The Hill: Stay in the Iran Nuke Deal to Keep America’s Seat at the Negotiating Table

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Jun 24, 2025

The big lessons from 12 days of war with Iran

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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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May 3, 2018

Morningstar in The Hill: Stay in the Iran Nuke Deal to Keep America’s Seat at the Negotiating Table

By Richard L. Morningstar

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Iran
Nuclear Nonproliferation

IranSource

May 3, 2018

Little Fires Everywhere: The Middle East After Trump’s Iran Deal Decision

By Richard LeBaron

The best-selling novel “Little Fires Everywhere” by Celeste Ng provides an apt title for the next book in the long-running non-fiction history of Middle East conflicts—that which will come after US President Donald J. Trump moves to modify or nullify the Iran nuclear agreement. Those fires, not so little for those directly affected, are burning […]

Iran

Event Recap

May 3, 2018

The Fate of the JCPOA

By Global Business & Economics Program

On Thursday, May 3, 2018, the Atlantic Council’s Economic Sanctions Initiative hosted a private breakfast on US sanctions against Iran and the fate of the JCPOA.

Iran

In the News

May 3, 2018

Alfoneh Quoted in Reuters on Iran Nuclear Scenarios

By Ali Alfoneh

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Iran
Nuclear Nonproliferation

In the News

May 3, 2018

Pham Quoted in The National Interest on Iranian Activity Across the African Continent

By J. Peter Pham

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In the News

May 3, 2018

Charai in The National Interest: Will War with Iran Be the Result of a Poorly Planned Trump Doctrine?

By Atlantic Council

Iran
Middle East

New Atlanticist

May 3, 2018

Little Fires Everywhere: The Middle East After Trump’s Iran Deal Decision

By Richard LeBaron

The best-selling novel “Little Fires Everywhere” by Celeste Ng provides an apt title for the next book in the long-running non-fiction history of Middle East conflicts—that which will come after US President Donald J. Trump moves to modify or nullify the Iran nuclear agreement. Those fires, not so little for those directly affected, are burning […]

Iran
Middle East

In the News

May 3, 2018

Vajdich Quoted in The Atlantic on Ukraine’s Courtship of Trump

By Daniel Vajdich

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Iran
Nuclear Nonproliferation

IranSource

May 2, 2018

Can Russia Serve As An Honest Broker Between Israel And Iran?

By Stephen Blank

Victory in war often brings with it unforeseen challenges and obligations.  Russia is now learning that to sustain its victory in Syria’s civil war it must play a role as an arbiter or honest broker between Iran and Israel lest their rivalry explodes into large-scale combat, engulfs the entire region, and undermines Russia’s newly-acquired position […]

Iran

New Atlanticist

May 2, 2018

Can Russia Serve As An Honest Broker Between Israel And Iran?

By Stephen Blank

Victory in war often brings with it unforeseen challenges and obligations.  Russia is now learning that to sustain its victory in Syria’s civil war it must play a role as an arbiter or honest broker between Iran and Israel lest their rivalry explodes into large-scale combat, engulfs the entire region, and undermines Russia’s newly-acquired position […]

Iran
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