Nuclear Issues

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Analysis & Opinions - The New York Times

What We Can Learn From Britain About Iran

    Author:
  • Vali Nasr
| Apr. 05, 2007

Through the capture of and subsequent announcement that it would release 15 British sailors and marines, the Islamic Republic of Iran sent its adversaries a pointed message: just as Iran will meet confrontation with confrontation, it will respond to what it perceives as flexibility with pragmatism. This message is worth heeding as the United States and Iran seem to be moving inexorably toward conflict.

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Analysis & Opinions - International Herald Tribune

Iran's Volatile Ethnic Mix

| June 2, 2006

Western policy makers should consider the response of ethnic minorities when assessing regime stability in Iran. Policy toward Iran should include strategies to deal with the political demands of Iranian ethnic groups — demands that are only likely to grow.