Critics of Iran nuclear deal press on
The Iran nuclear deal is U.S. President Barack Obama’s biggest foreign policy gamble, one that his administration has spent considerable political capital crafting and defending. But critics say the...
View ArticleIran’s time has come
On July 14, Iran and the UN Security Council’s permanent members, and Germany arrived at a landmark agreement, regarding Iran’s nuclear programme. The deal, negotiated over nine years, the last two of...
View ArticleIran sanctions: journey’s end
More than three years ago, I wrote in my column for Gateway House, that “There are signs that the U.S., UK and Germany, if not France under President Sarkozy, are moving towards the Russian and Chinese...
View ArticleIran after the deal
It’s been a month since President Hassan Rouhani, a moderate diplomat and cleric who came to power in Iran in 2013, delivered on his election promise of “constructive engagement” with the international...
View ArticleIndia’s Iran opportunity
On December 15, Iran will emerge from 36 years of global isolation. The country’s leadership will have assured the world that its nuclear centrifuges are dismantled, and the process of lifting the...
View ArticleGeostrategic shifts in West Asia
You can read an excerpt of M.D. Nalapat’s response “Is Turkey the next Pakistan?” here. The post Geostrategic shifts in West Asia appeared first on Gateway House.
View ArticleFilling two vacancies in Iran
Iran’s former president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has been disqualified from contesting the May 2017 presidential election by the 12-member Guardian Council, which vets candidates for all major elections...
View ArticleUNSC and sanctions: a balanced role
The E3 +3 countries[1] and Iran, on 14 June 2015, powered through the diplomatic impasse on Iran’s nuclear programme and signed the landmark Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. The JCPOA allows Iran to...
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Trump’s Iran sanctions hit India
On Tuesday, May 8, U.S. President Donald Trump fulfilled an election promise that will end up costing India billions of dollars. Trump ‘tore up’ the Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint...
View ArticleHow Iranians see Trump’s hit to the Iran Deal
United States President Donald Trump’s decision to unilaterally decertify the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – the Iran Deal – was no surprise to Iranians and the international community....
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