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

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Donovan and Nikoladze cited in the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission’s annual report on the cooperation between Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea

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Nov 20, 2024

Dispatch from the desert: Trump’s first global test is Iran

By Frederick Kempe

Iran hasn’t been this weak in decades. But does the US president-elect sense this opportunity and want to explore whether a major deal is possible?

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Nov 15, 2024

Donovan quoted by Reuters on how the incoming Trump administration could utilize sanctions

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Trump is inheriting a more dangerous world

By Frederick Kempe

China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran are coordinating in unprecedented ways, posing new challenges to the incoming US president.

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Nov 12, 2024

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Our experts explain the foreign malign interference operations targeting the 2024 US elections and how they might continue after Election Day.

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