The intelligence services would probably be in a better position to make an assessment of the advancement of the Iranian nuclear program than Podhore…

- Trita Parsi

Beyond that is the fear that the United States will end up negotiating and agreeing to a deal with Iran. The Israelis do not like that either because…

- Trita Parsi

From the Israeli perspective, the fear is that if pressure is off of Iran, Israel would be left having to accept the balance of power in the region s…

- Trita Parsi

There seems to be a consistency, in that people who have had access to the Iranian program - people who actually have had boots on the ground and hav…

- Trita Parsi

NIE presents a major obstacle to those who are pushing for military confrontation. In many ways it is a severe blow to their agenda. However, I would…

- Trita Parsi

The United States has weakened itself with Iraq; Iranians feel victorious - they feel capable of filling the void. I think from the very outset the n…

- Trita Parsi

Iran has, by virtue of its growth and by virtue of the United States' mistakes in Iraq, tilted the balance of power in the Middle East. That is the c…

- Trita Parsi

Unfortunately, every time the United States has tried to pursue a peace deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians by beating back Iran and tryin…

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I do believe that the very tense relationship between the United States and Iran presents a challenge to the United States. But to discuss Iran as th…

- Trita Parsi