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Trump Lit a Fire by Exiting the Iran Deal & Poured Gasoline on it by Assassinating Soleimani - Responsible Statecraft
The first time I heard the name of General Qassem Soleimani mentioned as a possible president of Iran was during the last days of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s presidency, perhaps about 2012. Later it was fashionable in some circles to speculate about a replacement for the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
America’s Maximum Recklessness Policy Against Iran - Responsible Statecraft
Mike Pompeo at the 2019 United Against Nuclear Iran conference (credit: U.S. State Department) In a major speech on Iran on December 19, in reaction to the protests sweeping the country, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo proclaimed support for the protestors and announced new sanctions against Iranian officials and their family members.
Can Rouhani’s Tokyo Trip Spark New U.S.-Iran Talks? - Responsible Statecraft
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s trip to Tokyo on December 20-21 will be the first such trip by an Iranian president since 2000. Rouhani will be reciprocating an earlier trip to Tehran by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last July. While Abe then did not manage to end the U.S.-Iran diplomatic impasse, as was his stated aim, there are 6 significant signs that Rouhani’s trip at this juncture may break the deadlock.
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Hassan Rouhani. Photo credit: (Hamed Malekpour via Wikimedia Commons) The architects of the Trump administration’s Iran policy expect that the “maximum pressure” strategy would force Iran to renegotiate the nuclear deal from a weaker position. Regardless of its impact on Iran’s foreign policy behavior at this stage, this strategy had repercussions for domestic developments with implications for regional politics.
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