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By Sina Toossi “I think Iran and [Donald] Trump are close to a win-win agreement,” veteran Iranian journalist and BBC Persian correspondent Masoud Behnoud recently tweeted on August 8. “Trump ha...
By Sina Toossi “Americans should not blame others in vain,” Iranian general Esmail Gha’ani has declared, “this is a fire they have lit and today has engulfed them.” Gha’ani, a veteran mili...
By Sina Toossi U.S. President Donald Trump said on June 5 that Iran should not wait until after the presidential election “to make the Big deal,” but can get a “better deal” with him now. Trum...
By Sina Toossi Former national security adviser John Bolton’s new book gives a window into President Donald Trump’s preferred style of negotiation. Bolton paints a picture of a Trump who wants dea...
By Jamal Abdi and Ryan Costello In 2017, Donald Trump inherited a better position on Iran than any U.S. President over the last four decades, with Iran’s nuclear program restrained and an opportunit...
By Assal Rad I was disappointed when this year’s Pride was first canceled due to the coronavirus, having planned to attend for the first time in my life. But there is something extraordinary happeni...
By Shervin Ghaffari Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addressed June 10 his Cabinet and spoke about the country’s recent struggles, saying that “the resilience of the Iranian people” ...
By Sina Toossi President Donald Trump is unwavering in his commitment to a “might is right” approach to international relations. His administration has explicitly had it out for multilateral arran...
By Shervin Ghaffari For the past few decades, the Persian Gulf has lurched from crisis to crisis, interrupted by occasional periods of uneasy calm. However, a convergence of factors over the preceding...
By Assal Rad To no one’s great surprise, President Donald Trump vetoed a bipartisan resolution last week passed by the Senate and the House to prevent him from starting an unauthorized war with ...
By Sina Toossi The United States is adrift in the Middle East. Its actions do not reflect coherent goals or strategies to attain them. The centerpiece of the Trump administration’s approach to the r...
By Sina Toossi The United States has for decades been reliant on Israel and a host of autocratic Arab regimes to solidify a U.S.-led security order in the Middle East. This order has proven to be unsu...