Mardini: Iranians Care About Shia Unity, Not Maliki

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Oct 2, 2024

What is Iran thinking now?

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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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Mardini: Iranians Care About Shia Unity, Not Maliki

IranSource
Oct 2, 2024

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

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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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Mardini: Iranians Care About Shia Unity, Not Maliki

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Sep 28, 2024

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

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On Saturday, Hezbollah confirmed that its leader had been killed in an Israeli air strike. Atlantic Council experts share their insights on what might come next for the already war-torn region.

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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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Blinded Iranian activist Elaheh Tavakolian: ‘We lost our eyes on this path. Let us not lose sight of our goal’

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Holly Dagres

Holly Dagres sits down with blinded Iranian activist Elahe Tavakolian to share her story and discuss the situation in Iran and what the West needs to do.

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Nov 20, 2024

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

By
Danny Citrinowicz  

Diplomatic deadlines and regional factors will force Iran to decide soon whether to strike a deal or seek a nuclear weapon. Either choice will have major ripple effects.

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Nov 20, 2024

How to wrestle with an ayatollah 

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Khosro Sayeh Isfahani

If one looks closely, the ancient Persian sport of wrestling might have answers to understanding how to contain Iran

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Jun 18, 2014

Mardini: Iranians Care About Shia Unity, Not Maliki

By Ramzy Mardini

The Financial Times quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Ramzy Mardini on Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s struggle to retain power as the insurgency in his country spreads:

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In the News

Jun 18, 2014

Mardini on Iran-Iraq Relationship

By Ramzy Mardini

Agence France-Presse quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Ramzy Mardini on Iran’s relationship with Iraq and what role Iran is likely to play in the ongoing crisis:

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In the News

Jun 18, 2014

Mardini on Iran’s Role in Iraq Crisis

By Ramzy Mardini

Bloomberg quotes Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Ramzy Mardini on Iran’s role in the ongoing crisis in Iraq:

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In the News

Jun 18, 2014

Wilson on US-Iran Engagement in Iraq

By Damon Wilson

Atlantic Council Executive Vice President Damon Wilson joins BBC World News to discuss the escalating crisis in Iraq and the White House announcement that it has ruled out military cooperation with Iran:

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MENASource

Jun 17, 2014

ISIS Terrorists: Should Tehran and Washington Cooperate?

By Frederic C. Hof

Military success in Iraq by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has concentrated the minds of political leaders in Washington and Tehran.  Neither the United States nor Iran wishes to see ISIS or any Al-Qaeda franchise prosper or even exist in Iraq.  Neither Washington nor Tehran wishes to see Iraq splinter into multiple […]

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In the News

Jun 17, 2014

Slavin on How Iraq Affects US-Iran Relationship

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin joins PRI’s The World to discuss what the crisis in Iraq means for the US-Iran relationship:

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In the News

Jun 16, 2014

Saab: Blame These Countries for Iraq’s Current Crisis

By Bilal Y. Saab

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab writes for the New Republic on why Iran and Saudi Arabia are responsible for the deteriorating situation in Iraq: 

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Event Recap

Jun 16, 2014

How to Unwind Iran Nuclear-Related Sanctions

By South Asia Center

On June 16, 2014, the Atlantic Council’s Iran Task Force hosted the report launch of two papers outlining options for unwinding nuclear-related sanctions against Iran —a key element of any long-term agreement curbing Iran’s nuclear program.

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Jun 16, 2014

Slavin: United States Could Allow Iran Sanctions to Expire in 2016

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al-Monitor  on a new paper presented at the Atlantic Council which details options for unwinding US sanctions:

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Jun 16, 2014

Slavin on US Cooperation with Iran in Iraq

By Barbara Slavin

South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al Jazeera America on why US-Iran tacit cooperation over the situation in Iraq would be beneficial to the nuclear negotiatons process: 

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