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1 week ago |
agsi.org | Ali Alfoneh |Sara Bazoobandi |Behnam Ben Taleblu |Hussein Ibish
On May 29, Gholam-Reza Qassemian – an influential religious cantor and host of Islamic programming on Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting – returned to Iran following his arrest and brief detention in Saudi Arabia. While on pilgrimage, Qassemian posted videos on social media, since deleted, in which he accused the Saudi ruling family of “usurping and commodifying” the custodianship of the Kaaba.
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1 week ago |
agsi.org | Kate Dourian |Hussein Ibish |Aziz Alghashian |Mohammed Baharoon
On May 24, the U.S. government took decisive action to begin implementing President Donald J. Trump’s surprisingly bold decision, announced during his mid-May visit to Riyadh, to lift all U.S. sanctions on Syria. It represents the most significant – albeit benign – aftershock following the political earthquake set off by the sudden collapse of the Bashar al-Assad regime in early December 2024.
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1 week ago |
agsi.org | Ali Alfoneh |Sara Bazoobandi |Behnam Ben Taleblu |Hussein Ibish
Despite the absence of a breakthrough in the fifth round of indirect negotiations between the United States and Iran – particularly regarding Tehran’s assertion of its sovereign entitlement to domestic uranium enrichment – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has expressed optimism about the trajectory of the diplomatic process. Notably, media outlets affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have not launched wholesale critiques of the negotiation framework itself.
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2 weeks ago |
agsi.org | Ali Alfoneh |Sara Bazoobandi |Behnam Ben Taleblu |Hussein Ibish
Following four rounds of relatively uncontentious negotiations between the United States and Iran, both sides are now approaching a strategic inflection point concerning the future of Iran’s uranium enrichment program. Consistent with the latest public statements by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Tehran is asserting its fixed stance on its sovereign nuclear rights, making further diplomatic progress contingent upon U.S. acknowledgment of Iran’s autonomy in this domain.
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2 weeks ago |
agsi.org | Ali Alfoneh |Sara Bazoobandi |Behnam Ben Taleblu |Hussein Ibish
Frustrated by the negotiation style of U.S. negotiators, Iran’s diplomatic apparatus is increasingly voicing grievances over what it characterizes as “erratic, contradictory, and inconsistent signaling.” Beyond mere frustration, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei conveyed overt hostility in commentary May 20 on the state of the negotiations, exacerbating strategic uncertainty and entrenched geopolitical mistrust between Iran and the United States.
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