Vakhshouri Interviewed by Natural Gas Europe on Iran’s Petroleum Contract

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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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Vakhshouri Interviewed by Natural Gas Europe on Iran’s Petroleum Contract

New Atlanticist
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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Vakhshouri Interviewed by Natural Gas Europe on Iran’s Petroleum Contract

Fast Thinking
Jun 24, 2025

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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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 23, 2016

Vakhshouri Interviewed by Natural Gas Europe on Iran’s Petroleum Contract

By Sara Vakhshouri

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Iran

In the News

Feb 22, 2016

Slavin Quoted by ABC News on Iran’s Capacity to Develop Ballistic Missiles

By Barbara Slavin

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Iran

In the News

Feb 21, 2016

Vakhshouri Quoted by Wall Street Journal on Iran’s Oil Investments

By Sara Vakhshouri

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Iran

New Atlanticist

Feb 18, 2016

Saudi-Iran Rivalry Keeps Oil Prices Down

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Gulf states seen eager to put ‘fiscal squeeze’ on Iran The regional rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran—the two main producers in a global oil cartel—has become a significant factor behind the sharp decline in oil prices that has also kept rates at historic lows. Saudi Arabia and other Gulf oil-producing countries have watched with […]

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In the News

Feb 18, 2016

Vakhshouri Quoted by Financial Post on Likelihood of Oil Production Freeze

By Sara Vakhshouri

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In the News

Feb 18, 2016

Atlantic Council Report Quoted by Downstream Business on Post Sanctions Iran and the Global Gas Market

By Atlantic Council

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New Atlanticist

Feb 17, 2016

Iran, Syria, Russia Seen as Top Challenges in the Middle East

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Iran, Syria, and Russia together pose the biggest challenge in the Middle East today, and any notion that there can be an alignment of the interests of Tehran and Washington is unrealistic, three former US officials said at the Atlantic Council on February 16. “We have an Iran-Syria-Russia problem right now in the Middle East,” […]

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In the News

Feb 16, 2016

Stein and Kroenig Join The American Interest to Discuss Turkey’s Many Wars and the Iran Deal’s Future

By Matthew Kroenig and Aaron Stein

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In the News

Feb 15, 2016

Alami Writes for Asharq Al-Awsat on the Impact of the Iran Nuclear Deal on the Country’s Foreign Policy

By Mona Alami

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Feb 15, 2016

Vakhshouri Joins University of Houston Annual Energy Symposium to Discuss Energy Impacts of the Iran Nuclear Deal

By Sara Vakhshouri

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Alan Pino

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Nicholas Hopton

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Britt Gronemeyer

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Khosro Sayeh Isfahani

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Carmiel Arbit

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Hagar Hajjar Chemali

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