Mitigating the security risks posed by a near-nuclear Iran

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Tehran launched nearly two hundred missiles at Israel on Tuesday. Atlantic Council experts consider the ways that the barrage—which was largely ineffectual—offers a window into Iranian thinking.
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Mitigating the security risks posed by a near-nuclear Iran

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It’s time Iran’s artists be considered as human rights defenders

By Sanjay Sethi and Johanna Bankston

International recognition of the acute risk creatives face in Iran is necessary to ensure their vital role in advocating for human rights continues.
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Mitigating the security risks posed by a near-nuclear Iran

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Experts react: Hassan Nasrallah is dead. What’s next for Hezbollah, Israel, and Iran?

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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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2025 will be a decisive year for Iran’s nuclear program

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How to wrestle with an ayatollah 

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Nov 18, 2014

Mitigating the security risks posed by a near-nuclear Iran

By Matthew Kroenig

Deal or no deal, Iran will still pose a destabilizing nuclear security threat, writes Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig As worldwide attention focuses on the international negotiators rushing to finish a nuclear deal with Iran before a self-imposed November 24 deadline, we are in danger of overlooking the fact that Iran’s extant nuclear capability already presents […]

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Nov 17, 2014

Column: Crunch Time for Iran Nuclear Talks

By Barbara Slavin

With only one week to go before a self-imposed deadline, the nail-biting is accelerating over whether Iran will reach an agreement with the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) that curbs its nuclear program for years to come in return for sanctions relief.

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Nov 14, 2014

Column: ‘Rosewater’ Shows ‘How Ridiculous’ Iran Can Be

By Barbara Slavin

Jon Stewart’s new movie, “Rosewater,” was conceived out of guilt and is being born at a potentially pivotal time for U.S.-Iran relations.

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Nov 11, 2014

Slavin: Sanctions, Politics Complicate Iran Nuclear Deal

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al Jazeera America on a potential agreement with Iran over its nuclear program: 

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Nov 11, 2014

Slavin on Rhetoric from Iran’s Supreme Leader

By Barbara Slavin

The Daily Caller quotes South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin on nuclear negotiations between the P5+1 countries and Iran:

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Nov 10, 2014

Slavin on New Movie on Iran

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al-Monitor on a new film about 2009 Iranian political protests: 

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Nov 10, 2014

Reassuring the Supreme Leader?

By Frederic C. Hof

The Wall Street Journal published a report by Jay Solomon and Carol Lee on November 6, saying that in mid-October of this year President Barack Obama dispatched a secret letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

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Nov 8, 2014

Hof on Iran’s Involvement in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

Al Arabiya quotes Rafik Hariri Center Senior Fellow Frederic Hof on President Obama’s letter to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei:

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Nov 7, 2014

Column: Will US Election Results Undermine Iran Nuclear Talks?

By Barbara Slavin

Foreign policy – apart from scaremongering about Ebola and terrorism – was not a major issue in U.S. midterm elections. But the imminent Republican takeover of the Senate could impact whether the international community and Iran agree to a landmark deal in talks that are nearing a November 24 deadline.

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Nov 7, 2014

Silent Partner

By Bilal Y. Saab

How Oman Became the Middle East’s Indispensable Nation To many Omanis, it is offensive to openly contemplate life after Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, the widely admired albeit absolute monarch who has been receiving medical treatment in Germany since July. But policymakers elsewhere in the world have no choice but to do just that. The 73-year-old Qaboos is […]

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