Trita Parsi
Trita Parsi is founder and president of the National Iranian American Council and an expert on US-Iranian relations, Iranian foreign politics, and the geopolitics of the Middle East. He is author of Losing an Enemy - Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy; A Single Roll of the Dice - Obama's Diplomacy with Iran; and Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the United States.
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Views Thursday, November 06, 2014 Act of Congress: Israel, Iran, and the Republican Victory The Republicans’ Senate victory offers Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu new hope for outmaneuvering President Barack Obama on Iran; in the coming weeks, he could use a Republican-led Congress to sabotage negotiations with the Islamic Republic on its nuclear program. But the victory would... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Will US Sanctions Scuttle a Nuclear Deal with Iran? It is clear that any final nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 will require deep and creative thinking on how to provide the US and its European partners confidence in the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear program, all the while respecting Iran’s nuclear rights. Understandably, lots of expert opinion has focused on forging a delicate balance between the parties and their respective interests in this regard. Read more |
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Views Wednesday, January 01, 2014 The Wrong Path to Peace with Iran As American and Iranian negotiators prepare to implement their historic interim nuclear deal, a handful of hawkish lawmakers are on the cusp of destroying the last remaining pathway to peace. Read more |
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Views Thursday, December 19, 2013 Which Iran Will We Choose? The historic interim agreement between the permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) and Iran over its nuclear dispute is not just about enrichment, centrifuges and breakout capabilities. Ultimately, it will help determine who and what will define Iran's foreign and domestic policies for decades to come. Will it be the security-oriented, confrontational and internally repressive orientation preferred by the Iranian hardliners? Read more |
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Views Tuesday, November 26, 2013 Nuclear Deal Will Define Future Iran Read more |
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Views Wednesday, November 06, 2013 Iran Talks: Do We Want a Deal or a War? Talks with Iran over its nuclear program resume Thursday. Make no mistake: The deal the Obama administration is pursuing with Iran over its nuclear program is a good deal. It will leave Iran with neither a nuclear weapon nor an undetectable breakout capability. Read more |
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Views Tuesday, September 03, 2013 Syria: What Happened To Diplomacy? There is a bizarre quality to the U.S. public debate about bombing Syria . Read more |