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

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Ward Joins the Axis to Discuss US-Iran Relations

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Jun 26, 2025

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

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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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Ward Joins the Axis to Discuss US-Iran Relations

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The big lessons from 12 days of war with Iran

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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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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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Feb 10, 2017

Ward Joins the Axis to Discuss US-Iran Relations

By Alexander Ward

Watch full interview here.

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New Atlanticist

Feb 9, 2017

Iran Tests Trump

Iran is testing the weight of US President Donald J. Trump’s words with its latest missile tests, said an Atlantic Council analyst. Tensions between Iran and the United States have been ratcheted up as Trump and his National Security Advisor Michael Flynn said they were putting the Islamic Republic “on notice” in response to Iran’s […]

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In the News

Feb 9, 2017

Handjani Quoted by Bloomberg on Trump’s Stance on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard

By Amir Ali Handjani

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MENASource

Feb 9, 2017

Strategic Thinking About the Middle East

By Stephen Blank

In its first weeks, the Trump Administration openly castigated terrorism as America’s primary threat and underlined it anti-Iranian orientation. It also announced its intention to relocate the US embassy to Jerusalem and its readiness for a partnership with Russia against the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL). Unfortunately, taken together these moves are mutually contradictory. If […]

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In the News

Feb 7, 2017

Slavin in VOA: Back to the ‘Axis of Evil’ on Iran

By Barbara Slavin

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Feb 6, 2017

Shaffer in the Hill: US Can Exploit Fault Lines to Drive Wedge between Iran, Russia

By Brenda Shaffer

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Feb 3, 2017

Slavin in Al Monitor: US Wrestlers Barred from Iran in Retaliation for Trump Visa Ban

By Barbara Slavin

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IranSource

Feb 3, 2017

US-Iran Tensions Could Boost Hardline Presidential Candidates

By Adam Weinstein

This week a photo of former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appeared on social media in front of the ruins of Persepolis. Ahmadinejad’s supporters quickly spread the photograph on Facebook and Twitter with election-like endorsements, even though his candidacy for another term as president has been tacitly barred by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

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Feb 3, 2017

Slavin Joins KCRW to Discuss US-Iran Relations

By Barbara Slavin

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New Atlanticist

Feb 2, 2017

On Iran Deal, Trump Should Leave Good Enough Alone

By Barbara Slavin

Since his election, US President Donald Trump has taken steps that harm the Iranian people by suspending visas to the United States. Trump has also adopted harsh rhetoric toward the Iranian government over missile tests and attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels. So far, however, he has not carried out a threat to dismantle the landmark […]

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