“Rouhani, said publicly that Iran condemns the use of chemical weapons in Syria because they suffered similar attacks in Iran. He said the international community should unite against use of che...
"I think an important first step for Washington to take would be maybe offer a little more at the negotiating table and see how the Iranians respond, and then in return the Iranians could respond...
"With the new negotiating team in Iran if the U.S. & the E.U. don't have a new negotiating team as well then hopefully the negotiators that will continue the process on the end of the West will b...
"The track record over the past 15 years is clear," said Reza Marashi, research director for the National Iranian American Council. "Eased foreign tension empowers Iranian centrists and moderates...
"The sanctions that have been put in place by the United States and other Western countries, Australia included, increasingly are the primary reason why life has become so much more difficult tha...
Twenty-nine prominent former government officials, diplomats, military officers, and national security experts are calling on the White House to pursue direct negotiations with Iran once the coun...
Trying to predict political developments in Iran can be a humbling experience, even for the most seasoned students of Iranian politics. The unexpected electoral victory of centrist Hassan Rouhani...
"The election of Mr. Rouhani can go a long way towards empowering people in Washington that are more pro-diplomacy," said Reza Marashi. ...
"Rouhani's win firmly puts the ball back in Washington's court. You say you want a moderate voice? Here you have a former nuclear negotiator that, by all accounts, is tough but fair, somebody tha...
"Now you have a new face, somebody who's smiling and blowing kisses to people who voted for him, and it doesn't mean that things are going to get better over night because diplomacy in itself is ...
"Rouhani's victory in 2013 is the Iranian equivalent to Obama's victory in 2008: an electorate that voted overwhelmingly for hope and change, understanding that the process will be a marathon, no...
"Rouhani's victory represents the triumph of hope and change," Said Reza Marashi. "don't think it's a question of whether or not changes will come; I think it's a question of the degree to which ...