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Iran experts Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett wrote: "Absent some agreement with Washington on its long-term goals, Iran's national security ...

... but they're both horrible scenarios," said Steve Clemons, director of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation. ...

Tehran's disclosure that it is building a second uranium enrichment plant near the holy city of Qum has derailed the Obama administration's already faltering efforts to engage with Iran. The United States will now cling even more tightly to the futile hope that international pressure and domestic instability will induce major changes in Iranian decision-making.

It would lead to Iranian support of the Taliban and Afghanistan and lead to the very rapid loss of that war by the West,” Anatol Lieven of King's College in ... and more »

Afshin Molavi, a fellow at the New America Foundation, joins Martin Savidge to discuss demonstrations in Iran and the ongoing political turmoil.

But terrorism analyst Peter Bergen, author of the book Holy War Inc.: Inside the Secret World of Osama bin Laden, points out that having Saan bin Laden in ...

Daniel Levy, the co-director of the Middle East Task Force at the New America Foundation, joins Martin Savidge to discuss developments out of the Middle ...

... but they are ensuring that this political fight lasts,” said Afshin Molavi, an Iran expert at the Washington, DC-based New America Foundation. ...

AFSHIN MOLAVI, New America Foundation: This is a hugely important moment, Judy. I mean -- and it's important historically, not just in the context of today's events.

Here you have Hashemi Rafsanjani, a lion of the revolution, a man of the system, standing forward in this importantly symbolic venue, the Friday prayer hall, and saying, "Something has gone terribly astray here."

And then he's also speaking for the voices of millions of Iranians who did feel that these elections were rigged.

In a recent article, New America Foundation's (NAF) Flynt Leverett noted that the Iranian crackdown following massive demonstrations against the disputed reelection of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had "far less bloodshed" than Tiananmen Square...