Slavin joins Sky News to discuss the future of the JCPOA negotiations

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What is Iran thinking now?

By Atlantic Council

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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Slavin joins Sky News to discuss the future of the JCPOA negotiations

IranSource Oct 2, 2024

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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Slavin joins Sky News to discuss the future of the JCPOA negotiations

New Atlanticist Sep 28, 2024

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

By Atlantic Council experts

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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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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Jan 6, 2025

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

By 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 

By 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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Oct 15, 2021

Slavin joins Sky News to discuss the future of the JCPOA negotiations

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Oct 14, 2021

Mohseni-Cheraghlou quoted in Asia Times about how sanctions are impacting foreign investment in Iran

By Josh Lipsky

Read the full article here.

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Oct 13, 2021

Azodi joins Aljazeera to discuss latest developments regarding JCPOA

By Atlantic Council

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IranSource

Oct 12, 2021

Down the ‘Rathole’: How a rapper channels Iran regime change discourse

By Nahid Siamdoust

Both the content of Toomaj Salehi’s hard-hitting rap songs, as well as the debates they have produced, speak to a transformed Iranian media landscape.

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Oct 8, 2021

Iranian war games on the border with Azerbaijan were really a message to Israel

By Abbas Qaidari

The high self-confidence of Azerbaijani authorities today, the coldness of Tehran-Yerevan ties due to Iran’s support of Baku during the Nagoro-Karabakh conflict, and the growing influence of Turkey and Israel in the Caucasus have made Iranian officials concerned about the possibility of a limited conflict in the region.

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Oct 6, 2021

Fontenrose quoted in Washington Times on Iran’s smuggling drones to militant allies

By Atlantic Council

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Oct 6, 2021

Fontenrose quoted in Wall Street Journal on Iran’s armed drones program

By Atlantic Council

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Oct 3, 2021

Azodi in Arms Control Association: “New Iran Leadership Complicates Negotiations”

By Atlantic Council

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Oct 2, 2021

Iran said nuclear talks will continue ‘soon.’ But how ‘soon’ is ‘soon’?

By Nadereh Chamlou

Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian stated that Iran plans to return to the negotiations “soon” after internal assessments of the nuclear file are completed by Raisi’s cabinet, but adding that Iran’s notion of “soon” is different from the West’s “soon.” Two factors may be behind these cryptic comments.

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Sep 28, 2021

Slavin quoted in Alhurra on the future of the Iran nuclear deal talks

By Atlantic Council

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Alan Pino

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Britt Gronemeyer

Program Assistant, Strategic Litigation Project

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Khosro Sayeh Isfahani

Former Researcher

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Carmiel Arbit

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Hagar Hajjar Chemali

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Danny Citrinowicz  

Nonresident Fellow

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

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