NIAC Congratulates Trump for Firing Bolton
“We congratulate President Donald Trump on what may become the best decision of his Presidency. This single move dramatically reduces the chances of a new, catastrophic war in the Middle East. We have long said that the key first step in resolving the crisis with Iran was for Trump to fire Bolton. So long as Bolton was in the administration, he would always be the fox in the henhouse working to sabotage diplomacy.”
The Day After a Nuclear Deal
The White House worked hard to fence Iran off from the world. But in the wake of a nuclear deal, will the US end up fencing only itself off from Iran?
Iran might re-open for business soon, but don’t expect the Americans to be knocking on the door.
With the U.S. and Iranian negotiating parties expressing confidence in reaching a nuclear deal in the week ahead, the promise of a broad sanctions-easing on Tehran is inspiring hope among the business sector.
That hope, however, might not translate for U.S. companies, who stand to lose out in the race to Iran. Most observers expect the White House to retain large parts of the U.S. trade ban following a nuclear deal. That will prevent U.S. companies from engaging in any significant trade with or investment in Iran.
Escalating Iran Sanctions Could Damage Hopes for New Beginning
On Monday, July 1 new Executive and Congressional sanctions on Iran, put in place before Iran’s recent elections, came into force. These new sanctions target the shipping and automobile sectors, financial transactions involving gold, and holdings of Iran’s currency, the rial. These latest sanctions come amid a growing debate over whether sanctions could undermine diplomatic opportunities […]
Reading the Iran Tea Leaves at the State of the Union
“The leaders of Iran must recognize that now is the time for a diplomatic solution, because a coalition stands united in demanding that they meet their obligations, and we will do what is necessary to prevent them from getting a nuclear weapon,” said the President in his State of the Union address on Tuesday. The […]
Will you sign our thank you card to the White House?
Last week, the White House hosted the first ever Iranian-American roundtable. This was a historic moment for our community to be recognized as a distinct and important constituency. But some would prefer Iranian Americans to be locked out of the White House and punished for the actions of the Iranian government. Just days after the meeting, prominent neoconservative outlets Commentary and Washington Free […]
Washington and Tehran’s Vicious Spin Cycle
The crux of negotiations between the U.S. and Iran is that, at some point, in order to succeed, each side will have to take a deep breath and shake hands on a deal. But thirty years of mutual demonization and fear mongering, means it takes serious political courage to come to the table, and even […]
U.S. Decides to Punish Iranian Regime, Not People
Cross-posted from the Huffington Post Last week countless protesters across Iran made yet another brave stand against their government, in an event that had political reverberations across the world. The continued demonstration of strength by the Iranian opposition has not only showed the increasing isolation of Iran’s ruling elite, but also helped cement a dramatic […]