Iran Review - On 22 April 2020 Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) successfully launched a small satellite the Noor-1 (Farsi for Light) on a previously unseen satellite launch vehicle called the Qased. Over the course of this week SpaceWatch.Global is running a series of perspectives on the strategic, political, and geopolitical implications ...

IRNA A leading Iranian analyst believes Iran's strategies in the coming few years can significantly affect the fate of the US President Donald Trump's strategies for West Asia and North Africa (WANA). In an artcile published in 'Donya-e Eqtesda' newspaper, Hossein Mousavian wrote that Trump baffled the world by pulling out the US forces from ...

Financial Tribune - The resignation of US Defense Secretary James Mattis and his likely replacement by an Iran hawk could intensify the US pressure on Tehran, a foreign policy expert said. General Mattis was both a proponent of JCPOA [Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or Irans nuclear deal] and an opponent of war, Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian ...

Al-Monitor | Seyed Hossein Mousavian: The UN Security Council convened Dec. 12 to address the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). US Secretary of State Pompeo said that Irans pace of missile activities has not diminished since the JCPOA and that the United States seeks to reimpose ballistic missile restrictions that were ...

IRNA - Iran's ex-diplomat and former nuclear negotiator Hossein Mousavian referred to Iran's capacity for holding talks with the European Union, and said the EU should get permit from the US. 'Iran has political will and has capacity to engage with Europe on broad issues. But even if the Europeans have the political will they do not have the capacity,...

Middle East Eye | Seyed Hossein Mousavian: In arecentop-ed in The New York Times, Thomas Friedman criticised former US President Barack Obama's bet on Iran and President Donald Trumps bet on Saudi Arabia, noting that both countries responded with their worst impulses. Friedman argues thatthe Iran nuclear dealwas a bet worth making, but like many ...

IRNA - Seyyed Hossein Mousavian, a researcher at Princeton University in the United States and a former member of the nuclear negotiating group, says the US has failed over the last forties to realize its policies through sanctions. Asked whether Iran could tolerate losing billions of dollars in oil revenues, Mousavian told Russian RT TV in London ...

Middle East Eye | Jacob Powell: As the United States prepares to re-impose sanctions on Irans oil and banking sectors early next week, experts and analysts say the economic measures may have only a modest effect on Tehrans economy and likely wont alter the countrys activities in the Middle East. Iran has been sanctioned for more than 40 years. It ...

Reuters | Seyed Hossein Mousavian: The next round of economic sanctions on Iran, which willstart going into effect on Nov.4,will mainly target the countrys oil and gas industries. These sanctions were eased after the 2015 signing of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly known as the Iran nuclear deal, but are being phased back in ...

News Week | Seyed Hossein Mousavian: With the stated aim of containing Irans malign behavior and bringing stability to the region, the Trump administration has proposed a collective security pact tentatively known as the Middle East Strategic Alliance (MESA). The MESA would bring about the six countries from the Perdian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) ...

IRNA - Iran's former nuclear negotiator Hossein Mousavian underlined that the Islamic Republic of Iran has never harbored hostility toward the Persian Gulf Littoral States. Mousavian made the remarks addressing a panel hosted by the Persian Gulf states institute in Washington. The meeting was held with the attendance of Ali Alfoneh, senior fellow ...

IRNA - Iran's former nuclear negotiator Hossein Mousavian in a message on Friday said it is time to say goodbye to non-proliferation due to the US and the Zionist regime's hypocritical approach in dealing with this major issue. 'At #UNGA Trump with 6500& Netanyahu with 80 nukes declared #Iran nuclear program as a threat to Intl. peace while Iran ...

IRNA - Iranian ex-diplomat and former nuclear negotiator Hossein Mousavian has reviewd the path to maintain peace with Saudi Arabia and Arab countries. Mousavian recently addressed 'West Asia Conference' on Changing Security Paradigm in West Asia: Regional and Interbnational Responses which was held with the attendance of scores of resident diplomats,...

IRNA - Former Iranian chief nuclear negotiator and Princeton University Professor in a message denigrated US President Donald Trumps illusionary allegations against Iran, saying Iran will never collapse. The #US illusion on #Iran continues.@realDonaldTrump said When I came into here, it was a question of when would they take over the Middle East, ...

IRNA A US-based Iranian specialist has said if the countries in the Middle East accept the same conditions that Iran agreed under the nuclear deal, the region would turn into a nuclear weapon free zone. Iran and major world powersUS, Russia, China, UK, France and Germanysigned the deal, known officially as the Joint Comprehenive Plan of Action (JCPOA),...

IRNA The US has declared economic, political war on Iran by re-imposing sanctions, violating the international law and regulations, a US-based Iranian specialist said in a recent interview. Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (the US, France, Britain, China, and Russia) plus Germany signed the nuclear deal, formally known ...

IRNA - Last year, the current US national security adviser John Bolton who plays the fundamental role in dealing with the Iran issue in the White House, presented a plan for Washingtons withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and implementation of a project to topple the Iranian government to Trump and the countrys national security ...

Reuters |Seyed Hossein Mousavian: While the world has been focusing on Donald Trumps summits with NATO and Russias Vladimir Putin, tensions are escalating dangerously between Washington and Tehran. On Sunday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani cautioned his U.S. counterpart not to play with the lions tail. Using the harshest words of his presidency, ...

IRNA - Iran's ex-diplomat and former nuclear negotiator on Saturday dismissed the idea of direct talks with the US without preconditions and said that negotiations under pressure is not fruitful. Negotiations under the shadow of pressure, humiliation, threats and accusations is a terrible mistake, Hossein Mousavian said in an exclusive interview with ...

IFP - Seyyed Hossein Mousavian, a Princeton University scholar and a former member of Irans nuclear negotiating team, says holding talks with the Trump administration under current circumstances will not serve Irans national interests for a number of reasons. Mousavian, a senior nuclear specialist, used to be the spokesman of the Iranian nuclear ...