Sanctions Are Only a Stop-Gap
To judge the effectiveness of Western sanctions against Iran, it is important to first establish their purpose. U.S. officials and their European counterparts have set out a number of different goals...
View ArticleAll to play for in Moscow
This is turning into a roller-coaster year for those who pray that the Western fear of Iran’s uranium enrichment programme will not result in conflict. The year opened with Israeli leaders baying for...
View ArticleUnresolved Iran Nuclear Talks
Multiple rounds have been held. Istanbul technical talks just concluded. Breakthroughs haven’t happened. How can they when Washington blocks them. Nuclear talks are a subterfuge. Washington, European...
View ArticleBadi Soch: France’s bid for relevance
The second Geneva round of the P5+1 talks with Iran that begins on November 20 comes with high hopes for a breakthrough deal. The U.S. and Iran have acknowledged the need for an agreement to end...
View ArticleIran-P5+1 interim accord: An assessment
The understandings reached by the foreign ministers of Iran, the U.S., Russia, UK, France, China and Germany, as well as the High Representative of the European Union, in the early hours of November...
View ArticleChina, India diverge on Iran oil imports
Following the signing of a historic interim deal with the P5+1 on its nuclear program last year, the Islamic Republic of Iran received limited sanctions relief. A consequence of this deal was that the...
View ArticleThe rebirth of Iran through diplomacy
In the last hours of the night of April 2, a historic primary agreement over Iran’s nuclear program, known as the framework for the Comprehensive Joint Plan of Action(JCPOA), was announced by Iranian...
View ArticleIran deal: hardliners in Tehran
Iran and six world powers are close to signing a comprehensive agreement that can put an end to more than 12 years of conflict over Tehran’s nuclear programme. But as that day dawns, Israeli hawks and...
View ArticleCritics 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 ArticleHuman rights in Iran
More than a month after the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action between Iran and the P5+1 countries (China, Russia, France, UK, U.S., and Germany) was concluded, Iranian human rights activists are still...
View ArticleUnresolved Iran Nuclear Talks
Multiple rounds have been held. Istanbul technical talks just concluded. Breakthroughs haven’t happened. How can they when Washington blocks them. Nuclear talks are a subterfuge. Washington, European...
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 ArticleIran-P5+1 interim accord: An assessment
The understandings reached by the foreign ministers of Iran, the U.S., Russia, UK, France, China and Germany, as well as the High Representative of the European Union, in the early hours of November...
View ArticleWhat the Iran deal means for India
The P5+1 agreement with Iran is a historic breakthrough. India will gain economically and strategically from a re-integrated Iran. The immediate benefits will flow to India’s pharmaceutical exports,...
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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