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Past Event
Seminar

Where is U.S. Policy Towards Iran Headed?

Open to the Public

During this Iran Project seminar, Sahar Nowrouzzadeh, a joint research fellow with the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center's Iran Project and Project on Managing the Atom and former Director for Iran on the National Security Council at the White House, will explore the future trajectory of U.S. policy towards Iran. This talk will take place following the Trump administration's expected decision to de-certify the Iran nuclear deal to the U.S. Congress and roll-out its comprehensive Iran strategy. The event will be moderated by Iran Project Director Payam Mohseni.

Date: Time: - Location: Taubman Building - Allison Dining Room, 5th Floor
Secretary of State John Kerry and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif shake hands

About

Sahar Nowrouzzadeh is a joint research fellow with the Iran Project and Project on Managing the Atom at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.  Her research focuses on Iran’s leadership decision-making and nuclear program. Beginning her tenure as a career civil servant within the U.S. government in 2005, she has focused on Iran under three U.S. administrations.  She was charged with covering the Iran portfolio on the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff between 2016 and 2017 and served as a Director for Iran and Iran Nuclear Implementation on the White House National Security Council (NSC) Staff from 2014 to 2016.  At the NSC, she was part of President Obama’s team responsible for supporting the negotiation and implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) reached between the P5+1, the European Union and Iran in 2015.  She also previously served as a Team Chief and Senior Analyst at the U.S. Department of Defense and a Foreign Affairs Officer and Persian Language Spokesperson at the U.S. Department of State.  She is the recipient of such awards as the State Department Superior Honor Award, a National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation and the Secretary of Defense Medal for the Global War on Terrorism.