AliVaez.bsky.social
Director of #Iran Project & Senior Advisor @CrisisGroup; Adjunct Prof @Georgetown; Fellow @FPI_SAIS; Ex @UNDPPA @FAScientists @Harvard
- Reposted by AliVaez.bsky.socialPresident Trump says Iran’s supreme leader “should be very worried now.” -NBC News
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- Reposted by AliVaez.bsky.socialNEW STATEMENT | Iran in Crisis: Time for a Change from Within Iran is experiencing nationwide upheaval, and the state has responded with brute force. U.S. threats of military intervention create additional dangers. www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...
- Reposted by AliVaez.bsky.socialNEW UPDATE | On Our Radar 🔴 Demonstrations in Iran have grown into nationwide anti-regime unrest. 🔴 Lebanon says it has passed a milestone in disarming Hizbollah. 🔴 Provisional results for CAR are out after the general elections. www.crisisgroup.org/global/our-r...
- Reposted by AliVaez.bsky.social“At least having their own streets under their control is what they see as essential for their own survival, even if it invites a US strike.” @alivaez.bsky.social speaking with @cnn.com on protests in Iran. edition.cnn.com/2026/01/11/m...
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- This week, the Trump administration issued NSPM-2, laying out the economic and diplomatic tools of a renewed "Maximum Pressure" campaign, while POTUS @realDonaldTrump called for a "Verified Nuclear Peace Agreement" with Iran. 🧵 on reading the early tea leaves.
- 2/ In 2018-20, "Max Pressure" post-U.S. withdrawal from JCPOA put a massive dent in Iran's economy. Iran retaliated with a two-pronged counter-pressure campaign: nuclear escalation and regional provocation. There was little substantive engagement/diplomacy between the two sides.
- Told @WSJ: There is no Axis without access. t.co/KEVwRwqr5i
- Told @NYTimes: The fall of Assad puts an exclamation point on the fact that decades of Iranian strategy and investment in the Levant have come undone in a matter of weeks. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/w...
