Iran Nuclear Deal
Have Iran’s Protesters Won Against the Regime?
As the women-led protests sparked by the killing of Mahsa Amini by Iran’s infamous morality police begin to quiet down, it is not clear what the protests can actually achieve...
Iran Has Everything to Lose by Going Nuclear
Concerns about the Iranian nuclear program are at their height today. Some observers wonder if Tehran has deliberately dragged out negotiations on reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)...
The Final Hurdle: How to Secure the Iran Nuclear Deal
Despite optimism that a breakthrough was imminent in the talks to revive the Iran nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), indirect talks between Washington...
The Real Cost of Breaking Saudi-U.S. Ties
In late August 2001, then-Saudi crown prince Abdullah sent a fiery letter to President George W. Bush threatening to freeze political, military, and security cooperation with the United States unless...
Iran’s Crackdown Must Be the Last Straw for Nuclear Talks
While over 200 Iranians have been killed in the crackdown since the tragic death of Mahsa Amini last month at the hands of the “morality” police, the unrest is likely...
Is This the End of the U.S.-Saudi Partnership?
Just weeks before the U.S. midterm elections, in an attempt to hike oil prices, Saudi Arabia and Russia, leaders of the OPEC + energy cartel, agreed to their first big...
The U.S. Must Listen to Its Middle East Allies on Iran
The Middle East catapulted back into the center of American politics this week with two startling events that put the United States into a place reminiscent of 1979, when the...
Can Liz Truss Save the Iran Nuclear Deal?
Liz Truss was elected last week as Boris Johnson’s successor, making her the United Kingdom’s third female prime minister. Some analysts believe that she will take a tougher stance against...
Israeli Prime Minister Lobbies Against Iran Nuclear Deal in Berlin
Israeli prime minister Yair Lapid traveled to Germany on Sunday as part of a campaign to urge Western nations not to adopt a renewed nuclear agreement with Iran, days after...
Waiting for Thermidor: America’s Foreign Policy Towards Iran
THE BIDEN administration is stumped by Iran. Upon inauguration, President Joe Biden and the best and the brightest of the Democratic Party assumed that reviving the Iran nuclear deal would...
Nuclear Roadblock? Iran’s Raisi Demands End to IAEA Nuclear Probe
Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi claimed on Monday that Iran could not agree to a nuclear accord with the international community until the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN-affiliated nuclear...
U.S. ‘Encouraged’ by Iran’s Willingness to Reach Nuclear Deal
Biden administration officials said on Monday that they were “encouraged” by Iranian negotiators’ willingness to drop several of their demands in the ongoing nuclear negotiations in Vienna, claiming that the...