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July Could Be the Last Month to Save the Iran Nuclear Deal
Domestic politics in Tehran and Washington are gradually closing the door. → Read More
Gaslighting Can’t Obscure Trump’s Iran Failures
The Biden administration must make a firm break from Trump’s approach and restore the status quo ante. → Read More
Did Trump Just Sign Up to His Own 'Forever War'?
If Trump continues his march to war with Iran, a nation far more populous and prepared Saddam Hussein's hobbled Iraq in 2003, another American generation could be doomed to endless war in the Middle East. → Read More
Why is Booker Parroting Trump on Iran? –
by Ryan Costello Nine out of ten Democrats on the debate stage last night announced that they favor returning to the Iran nuclear deal, which should be commended. Trump’s efforts to kill the deal j… → Read More
Donald Trump Holds Back his Hawks on Iran—But Is it Too Little, Too Late?
President Trump sounds as if he is searching for a way out of the trap that the hawks in his administration have set for him. Will he make it out in time? → Read More
Trump's Botching of the Nuclear Deal Destroyed U.S. Leverage on Iran
The 2020 Democrats have to bring back the deal. → Read More
The Slender Path Back to the Iran Nuke Deal — and Away from War
U.S. policymakers outside the administration must speak up about the need to rejoin the JCPOA, paving the way for Trump's successor to do so. → Read More
Mohammed bin Salman Is the Next Saddam Hussein
In the 1980s, the United States embraced a brutal Middle Eastern tyrant simply because he opposed Iran. Washington should not repeat the same mistake today. → Read More
Risks Rise As US Reimposes Sanctions on Iran
Several undesirable consequences are becoming more likely. → Read More
Dollar-Clearing Battle: First Step to Killing Iran Nuclear Deal –
by Ryan Costello Lawmakers and advocacy groups undertook many steps to weaken the Iran nuclear deal during the Obama era to set up President Trump’s unilateral termination. Last week, Republicans o… → Read More
Ryan Costello
Ryan Costello is Assistant Policy Director for the National Iranian American Council. → Read More
Trump Vindicates Iranian Hardliners And Victimizes Ordinary Citizens –
by Trita Parsi and Ryan Costello When the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was announced in 2015, the Iranian people poured into the streets to celebrate what they thought was the beginning of a … → Read More
Trump Vindicates Iranian Hardliners And Victimizes Ordinary Citizens
Those who said the United States could never be trusted have been proved right. → Read More
That Was No Typo On Iran’s Nuclear Program
Many were surprised Monday night when, responding to Netanyahu’s presentation digging up old details of Iran’s nuclear program, the White House issued a statement claiming the details verified what the U.S. has long known: that “Iran HAS a robust, clandestine nuclear weapons program that it has tried and failed to hide from the world and … → Read More
Pompeo Is Not Going to Save the Iran Deal –
by Ryan Costello As Mike Pompeo’s confirmation vote in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee teeters on the brink of rejection, hawks eager to salvage his confirmation on the Senate floor ar… → Read More
Top Five Takeaways From Mike Pompeo’s Nomination Hearing
At his confirmation hearing to become President Trump’s next Secretary of State, CIA Director Mike Pompeo offered little reassurance that he has tempered his hawkish inclinations on Iran or distanced himself from past bigoted remarks. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is planning to vote on Pompeo as soon as next week, and there is a … → Read More
Ryan Costello
Ryan Costello is Assistant Policy Director for the National Iranian American Council. → Read More
Don’t Let Trump Turn Iran into North Korea
Unless Congress, Europe, and other parties step up to protect the West’s nuclear deal with Iran, it will collapse, unshackling Tehran’s nuclear efforts. → Read More
Don’t Let Trump Turn Iran into North Korea
Unless Congress, Europe, and other parties step up to protect the West’s nuclear deal with Iran, it will collapse, unshackling Tehran’s nuclear efforts. → Read More
Don’t Let Trump Turn Iran into North Korea
Don’t Let Trump Turn Iran into North Korea By Ryan Costello March 6, 2018 Thirteen months into Trump’s presidency, the Iran nuclear deal is alive but wounded. Ironically, while many in the U.S. argued that Iran could not be trusted to abide by its terms, it is the U.S. under Trump that has violated the agreement on multiple occasions. Ominously, Iran has warned that if the status quo does not… → Read More