Warren Proposes Return to JCPOA in Senate Hearing
“If Iran maintains itself in compliance, then I believe the President should reverse his reckless decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions because the deal makes America safer and the world safer,” declared Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) at a Senate Armed Services Committee nomination hearing on Tuesday morning.
Trump’s Iran Tweet May Trap US in Another War
The world has become so numb to the words of the President of the United States that it even dismisses threats of war as either a political distraction or a Trumpian negotiation tactic. But there are five reasons why a pivot from threats to diplomacy with Iran will be much harder — and why Trump’s reckless threats may trap the United States in yet another war.
NIAC: Trump’s Reckless Decision Puts US on Path to War with Iran
Washington, DC – NIAC President Trita Parsi issued the following statement after President Trump declared he would not extend a key sanctions waiver as obligated by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Iran nuclear deal:
NIAC Condemns Trump’s Divisive Address
Trita Parsi, President of the National Iranian American Council, released the following statement in response to tonight’s State of the Union address: “President Trump’s first year in office was spent dividing our union and undermining American credibility abroad. Far from taking actions to restrain a President woefully unfit for the job […]
Cotton, Pompeo And Trump Are A Recipe For War With Iran
Pompeo and Cotton are close ideological allies on foreign policy and can do untold damage to U.S. national security.
House Committee Renews Attack on Aircraft Sales to Iran
“It would lead to the noncompliance of the JCPOA,” warned Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) of a new bill (H.R. 4324) targeting the sale of aircraft to Iran under the nuclear deal. “[T]he U.S. has committed to allow commercial passenger aircraft sales to Iran. This particular bill imposes additional requirements that could lead us to failing to meet that obligation.”
Peace Corps Iran Association: Annapolis Conference and Reunion Event – The Current State of Iranian-American Relations
A riveting discussions about the current state of Iranian-American relations. Panelists included Ambassador John Limbert, Trita Parsi, National Iranian American Council; and Barbara Slavin, Atlantic Council. Moderator was Tom Huf.
Alternet: How Trump’s CIA Used Bin Laden Files and a Neocon Think Tank to Escalate Tensions With Iran
“As the nuclear issue has been resolved and cannot be used as a casus belli since the Iranians are abiding by the agreement, there is a search for another pretext to drive the situation towards a confrontation,” said Parsi, the author of Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy, a detailed insider’s account of the Iran deal negotiations.
Cotton-Corker Bill Still Up in the Air
On Oct. 13, President Trump decertified the Iran nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in what many viewed as the first step towards tearing up the agreement. Instead of reimposing sanctions and violating the deal himself, however, Trump called on Congress to dictate new terms for the nuclear accord via legislation and vowed to terminate the deal if Congress did not do so
How Trump has propped up Rouhani
Now that US President Donald Trump has decertified Iran’s compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — despite all evidence to the contrary — much attention has been focused on the reverberations in Washington and within the Transatlantic alliance.
NIAC Panel Addresses Trump’s Threats to Iran Deal on Capitol Hill
“I actually disagree with the notion that we need to constantly have the assumption, and the presumption that Iran is just doggedly in pursuit of a nuclear weapon,” argued John Glaser of CATO. Glaser raised concerns that there is a biased perception on both sides of the political spectrum in the U.S. that Iran is single-mindedly pursuing a nuclear weapon, arguing that Iran has, in fact, made the decision to engage with the world by trading more extensively with Europe
Between the Lines: Trump’s Decertification of Iran Nuclear Deal Isolates and Weakens U.S.
“By decertifying, it doesn’t do anything on its own. But what it does is it kicks off a 60-days period in Congress where there are expedited rules to introduces sanctions legislation to snap back the sanctions that were eased under the nuclear deal,” said Jamal Abdi.