Congress Engages in Dangerous Political Games with Humanitarian Waivers and Hostage Diplomacy
While intensive efforts remain underway to secure the release of hostages and extend the temporary ceasefire in Gaza, Congress is set to unravel a prior diplomatic agreement that secured the freedom of Americans held by Iran. At a time when the U.S. is engaging in high stakes and complex diplomatic undertakings across the region, some […]
Iran at a Crossroads – LIVESTREAMING Here
UPDATE: It’s confirmed, we’ll be Livestreaming our conference here at niacINsight tomorrow. So tune in between 9:00 and 2:00 to see what’s happening! Iran used to be a pretty black-and-white issue. You either wanted war, or not. Diplomacy, or not. Regime change, or not. Those days of simple choices between two clear opposites–they’re long gone. […]
Iran Fields Third-Party Enrichment Offers
According to the IRNA news agency, Iran has received offers to provide it with uranium enriched to nearly 20 percent for nuclear reactor fuel use, pursuant to recent proposals outlined in talks for third party enrichment. Western diplomats said Iran had agreed in principle at October 1 talks in Geneva to send about 80 percent […]
Insight into Iranian Government’s Thinking
Iranian government media are quoting Mehdi Mohammadi, a “nuclear expert” inside Iran, in statements that are likely to come to reflect the official government line. Here are snippets of IRNA’s article entitled “The News of Iran’s new Enrichment Installations has left the West Confounded:” “In the past years, the Westerners have repeatedly said that Iran […]
Make Them Wait: The case for a tactical pause with Iran
By Trita Parsi. Cross posted from Foreign Policy Magazine: No one said diplomacy with Iran would be easy. And now, before it even started, the Iranian election crisis has left Tehran politically paralyzed and Washington without a clear diplomatic path ahead. Iranian centrifuges keep spinning, leading some to think that September should be the deadline […]
Nuclear disarmament in exchange for US relations: North Korea official
Kyodo News has reported that North Korea would consider disarming its nuclear arsenal in exchange for a renewal of diplomatic relations with the United States. For those not familiar, North Korea developed nuclear weapons after it pulled out of the NPT in 2003, tested a weapon in October of 2006, and is currently estimated to […]