Author & Scholar • Director @CMEG_mideast • Fellow @TheHertieSchool • Snr Fellow @CASSIS_Bonn • PhD @SOAS, Postdoc @Harvard • Ex-@BrookingsFP 🇬🇧🇩🇪🇫🇷🇮🇷

Joined December 2015
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Joining @CNNi's "Newsroom with @rosemaryCNN" this morning, I discussed what the #USA-#Iran MoU may entail, potential points of contention, controversies in planned nuclear negotiations, and major sources of conflict that will be untouched. #IranWar youtu.be/qOyZhxGNtpA
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Escalation, ceasefire, re-escalation. One hundred days in, the Iran #war keeps unfolding as #US, #Israel and #Iran trade attacks. Taking stock of the conflict so far, how has it evolved and what lies ahead? #MEDThisWeekispionline.it/en/publication…
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Joining @CNNi's @IvanCNN this morning, I discussed the possibility of an imminent MoU between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic, and how semi-official Iranian accounts describe its contents (before corresponding media reports emerged). #IranWar‌ #IranDeal youtu.be/ZFTkr1kIFCU
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Am Montag sprach ich auf @NDR-Info über den aktuellen Stand der Konflikte in Nahost und am Persischen Golf. #Iran #USA #Israel #Hezbollah #Libanon ndr.de/nachrichten/info/iran…

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Joining @CNN @LyndaKinkade, I discussed the latest state of play in #USIranTalks, regime preferences, relevance of Tehran's "all fronts" ceasefire demand & how economic pressures are weighing on #IslamicRepublic's internal & external standing. #IranWar‌ youtu.be/I5Bv0M6TK7s
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Joininng @CNNi @MaxFosterCNN tonight, I discussed the relevance of the #Israel-#Hezbollah front for #Iran regime's ability to sell diplomacy w/ US to its hardline base & why continued blockade of Strait of #Hormuz is imposing important costs on both sides youtube.com/watch?v=zerNtThp…
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Joining @BBCNews this morning from Mallorca where I attended a Munich Security Conference event, I explained some of the problems of scope and sequencing in US-#Iran diplomacy, where the devil is in the details, and the dire situation of Iranian society youtu.be/Bzr0WCgUotY
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Ali Fathollah-Nejad, PhD retweeted
Bin ich hier beim St Gallen Symposium oder doch bei @MarkusLanzTV #Lanz 😇 @AFathollahNejad @BachmannRudi
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Joining @CNN’s @PoloSandovalCNN this morning from the sidelines of the #StGallenSymposium, I discussed the latest in the #IranWar & the fragile ceasefire, incl. escalations around the Strait of Hormuz over the last few days ... #55SGS #DisruptedAge youtu.be/yNfXvw4pxo4

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... as both Tehran and Washington incur costs for their respective blockades, chances for diplomatic arrangement between the Islamic Republic and the U.S., and the likely continuation of regional volatility. #Hormuz #Iran #USA #Trump
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Happy to be speaking at the #55SGS #StGallenSymposium #DisruptedAge tomorrow on the panel "A Broken Order: #Iran and the #MiddleEast at a Critical Juncture”. symposium.org @CMEG_mideast
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Joining @DWnews' @SarahKellyTV, I briefly discussed Iran's newly proposed framework for diplomacy with the U.S. & factional views within the Islamic Republic on negotiations and economic urgency. #IranWar youtube.com/watch?v=U2iDNYta…

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Joining @CNN's @kimbrunhuber, I discussed the current power structure in the #IslamicRepublic of #Iran, the centrality of the #IRGC, and the issue of factional infighting in view of diplomacy with the U.S. youtu.be/5e6kStZnT6o

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Ali Fathollah-Nejad, PhD retweeted
President Trump says Iran’s leadership is “seriously fractured” and questions who's actually in charge. @AFathollahNejad says the IRGC "is calling the shots," controlling the economy, and sidelining Pezeshkian
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Ali Fathollah-Nejad, PhD retweeted
"Somit ist der Konflikt in Teheran auch keiner zwischen Gemäßigten und Hardlinern, sondern vielmehr zwischen unterschiedlichen Fraktionen innerhalb der Islamischen Revolutionsgarden, die nun die Macht vollends monopolisiert haben."
Meine @FAZnet-Analyse zum Lagerkampf innerhalb der Islamischen Republik #Iran, den Interessen der rivalisierenden Regime-Fraktionen und was dies mit den Verhandlungen mit den #USA zu tun hat. faz.net/premium/weltwirtscha…
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Nachdem ich den Artikel fertiggestellt hatte, verlängerte #Trump den Waffenstillstand mit der Begründung, dass die iranische Seite "schwer gespalten" sei (was nun am Ende des Stücks ergänzt wurde). #IranWar‌
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