3
Shared Docs
3
Same-Page
9 / 6
Mentions
n a telephone interview. But even more present in the minds of today's Iranians, according to Mousavian, was Washington's bias in the 1980s toward Saddam Hussein's Iraq after it invaded Iran. Mousavian said that some 300,000 Iranians were killed or injured in the eight years of war that ensued and that U.S. p
been more successful than that of many other former parts of the Eastern Bloc. This "constitutional moment" was lost in Iraq after the toppling of Saddam and in Afghanistan after the toppling of the Taliban in part because of heavy-handed American drives to shape the constitutions in ways that the U.
was Washington's bias in the 1980s toward Saddam Hussein's Iraq after it invaded Iran. Mousavian said tha
last Tuesday at the Brookings Institution. Iran's former nuclear spokesman and a member of the Iranian nuclear negotiating team from 2003 to 2005, Mousavian was later arrested and tried for espionage by the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Today, Mousavian is a research scholar at Princeton
egotiating team from 2003 to 2005, Mousavian was later arrested and tried for espionage by the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Today, Mousavian is a research scholar at Princeton University's Program on Science and Global Security. Everyone recalls that regime change was the stated U.S. pol
owever, is not only to legitimate Iran's quest for nuclear weapons but also accelerate it. That's precisely what happened when the Israelis struck Saddam Hussein's plutonium reactors in 1981. And the Israelis know that, too. 3. Let America do it What the Israelis really want is to persuade the United States t
precisely what happened when the Israelis struck Saddam Hussein's plutonium reactors in 1981. And the Isr
ly what happened when the Israelis struck Saddam Hussein's plutonium reactors in 1981. And the Israelis kn
. This intriguing proposal lacks official Iranian support, but it would address Israel's biggest concern and would surely interest U.S. officials. Mousavian also notes Iran's willingness to allow much wider inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) into what are known as "possible mil
tic needs, and any enriched uranium would either be converted immediately to the needed fuel rods or panels, or it would be exported. In exchange, Mousavian argues, the P5+1 would recognize Iran's right to enrich uranium and would gradually lift sanctions. This intriguing proposal lacks official Iranian
however, is not only to legitimate Iran's quest for nuclear weapons but also accelerate it. That's precisely what happened when the Israelis struck Saddam Hussein's plutonium reactors in 1981. And the Israelis know that, too. 3. Let America do it What the Israelis really want is to persuade the United States t
precisely what happened when the Israelis struck Saddam Hussein's plutonium reactors in 1981. And the Is
ly what happened when the Israelis struck Saddam Hussein's plutonium reactors in 1981. And the Israelis kn
. This intriguing proposal lacks official Iranian support, but it would address Israel's biggest concern and would surely interest U.S. officials. Mousavian also notes Iran's willingness to allow much wider inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) into what are known as "possible mil
_R1_02211647 EFTA02724641 uranium would either be converted immediately to the needed fuel rods or panels, or it would be exported. In exchange, Mousavian argues, the P5+1 would recognize Iran's right to enrich uranium and would gradually lift sanctions. This intriguing proposal lacks official Iranian
Entities connected to both Saddam Hussein and Mousavian

Barack Obama
PERSON
George W. Bush
PERSON
United States
LOCATION
Bill Clinton
PERSON
Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
Jeffrey Epstein
PERSON
Lebanon
LOCATION
Marc Rich
PERSON
Benjamin Netanyahu
PERSON
Middle East
LOCATION
Jerusalem
LOCATION
Yemen
LOCATION
Terje Rod-Larsen
PERSON
Cairo
LOCATION
Samantha Power
PERSON
Baghdad
LOCATION
Bahrain
LOCATION
Ehud Barak
PERSONSinai
LOCATIONDoug Band
PERSON