Handjani Quoted by Bloomberg on Trump’s Threats on Iran’s Missile Test

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Jul 1, 2025

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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Handjani Quoted by Bloomberg on Trump’s Threats on Iran’s Missile Test

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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Handjani Quoted by Bloomberg on Trump’s Threats on Iran’s Missile Test

Fast Thinking
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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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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Feb 2, 2017

Handjani Quoted by Bloomberg on Trump’s Threats on Iran’s Missile Test

By Amir Ali Handjani

Read the full article here.

Iran Missile Defense

Congressional Relations

Feb 1, 2017

Iran Symposium: Does the Iran Nuclear Deal Help or Harm US Interests in the Middle East

By Future of Iran Initiative

On Monday, January 30, 2017, the South Asia Center’s Future of Iran Initiative co-hosted a half-day symposium with The Iran Project. The event focused on the record of the Iran nuclear deal and its likely fate under the Trump administration. The intent was to help forge a bipartisan path forward that will preserve the non-proliferation gains […]

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Congressional Relations

Feb 1, 2017

Trump’s Immigration Ban Will Have ‘Catastrophic Implications’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) sees order as a ‘gift’ to hardliners in Iran US President Donald Trump’s executive order that curtails immigration and the rights of refugees is illegal, has “catastrophic implications” for the United States, and is a “gift” to hardliners in Iran as it paints all Iranians as a security threat to the […]

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In the News

Jan 30, 2017

Slavin in Voice of America: An Unwarranted Sanction against Iran

By Barbara Slavin

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Event Recap

Jan 30, 2017

Iranian Attitudes About US-Iran Relations in the Trump Era

By Future of Iran Initiative

On Wednesday, January 25, the South Asia Center’s Future of Iran Initiative co-hosted a panel discussion entitled Iranian Attitudes on Iran-US Relations in the Trump Era with the University of Maryland’s Center for International and Security Studies, featuring Dr. Ebrahim Mohseni, Research Scholar, Center for International and Security Studies, University of Maryland, Ms. Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, […]

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IranSource

Jan 30, 2017

Trump Order Initiates Unnecessary Conflict and Ends a New Horizon with Iran

By Mehran Haghirian

Iranians are in shock and dismay following the implementation of President Trump’s executive order halting refugee acceptance and banning entry of people from seven Muslim majority countries: Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Yemen, Libya, and Somalia.

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In the News

Jan 25, 2017

Slavin in Al-Monitor: Iranians Believe Trump Will Violate Nuclear Deal

By Barbara Slavin

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In the News

Jan 24, 2017

Hof Joins VOA to Discuss the Syrian Crisis and Trump Administration

By Frederic C. Hof

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In the News

Jan 23, 2017

Itani Quoted by Bloomberg on Syrian Peace Talks

By Faysal Itani

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Iran Russia

In the News

Jan 22, 2017

Cohen Joins Khabar to Discuss the Syrian Negotiations in Astana

By Ariel Cohen

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