Ali Safavi, The Hill, 9 February 2017 By testing their ballistic missiles in a provocative act last month, Iran’s ayatollahs also tested the resolve of the new U.S. president. National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s promise of swift action should…
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Rafsanjani’s Death Could End 3 Decades Of Western Fantasies About Iran
Feb 3, 2017, 9:52 PM 0
Ali Safavi, Forbes, 3 February 2017 In autumn of 1985, I attended a hearing on Iran at the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “Who is this Iranian leader who wants to change Iran’s policies?” one lawmaker asked the expert, referring…
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Former U.S. Officials Urge Trump Administration to Work with Iran Opposition
Jan 23, 2017, 6:06 AM 0
Eric Shawn & Ben Evansky, Fox News, 15 January 2017 Watch the latest video at <a href=”http://video.foxnews.com”>video.foxnews.com</a> Facebook Twitter Email Print Facebook Twitter Email Print EXCLUSIVE: Nearly two dozen former top U.S. government officials have urged President-elect Donald Trump…
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Prominent Bipartisan Group to Trump: We Need a ‘Revised’ Iran Policy
Jan 23, 2017, 5:39 AM 0
By Patrick Goodenough, CNS News, 16 January 2017 A bipartisan group of prominent Americans including former senior administration officials, diplomats and generals, has handed President-elect Donald Trump a letter calling for a new approach towards Iran that includes opening a…
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Group Urges Trump to Counter Iran Deal, Maryam Rajavi Meets with U.S. Supporters; From left, Tom Ridge, Rudy Giuliani, and Robert Pittenger
Jan 23, 2017, 5:12 AM 0
John Gizzi, Newsmax, 16 January 2017 A bipartisan group of former top U.S. officials is calling on Donald Trump to establish a dialogue with Iranian exiles to counter the deal Obama made with Iran. In a three-page letter to the…
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Why Rafsanjani’s Death Offers the US a Unique Opportunity to Reshape Its Iran Policy
Jan 13, 2017, 12:20 PM 0
Alireza Jafarzadeh, Fox News, 13 January 2017 Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, one of the founding fathers of the Iranian regime, died last week on January 8. He served as President, Speaker of Parliament, Deputy Commander of the Armed Forces,…
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A Trump Administration’s Effective Iran Policy Should Have an Eye to the Mullahs’ Weakening Grip
Jan 12, 2017, 5:34 AM 0
Soona Samsami, IJR, 12 January 2017 Earlier this month, it was reported that the Iranian judiciary had granted temporary release to Golrokh Ebrahimi. A political prisoner, Ebrahimi made international headlines after she was brought up on charges stemming from the “dissident” sentiments…
Ali Safavi, TheHill, 30 December 2016 Nearly a year after the implementation of the nuclear deal with Iran, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and the ensuing fanfare regarding the possibility of an age of reform within…
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Obama’s Mideast Paradox Opposing Violence While Revitalizing Revolutionary Iran is Contradictory
Nov 27, 2015, 8:26 AM 0
Soona Samsami, Washington Times, 27 November 2015 Most students of Physics 101 have been exposed to a well-known thought experiment called “Schrodinger’s Cat.” In this experiment, renowned Danish physicist Erwin Schrodinger illustrates an absurd feature of quantum theory that allows…
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Panel on Iran: Nuclear Agreement, Challenges, Verification & Policy Options
Jul 8, 2015, 9:07 AM 0
By NCR-Iran.org, 8 July 2015
In an online question and answer session, the issue of the Iran nuclear agreement was discussed. The panel, moderated by R. Bruce McColm, President of the Institute for Democratic Strategies, included Ambassador Robert G. Joseph,…