Ali Vaez said : “There is no doubt these protests are serious, in terms of their scale and scope,”

nytimes Wednesday, November 20, 2019 7:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Patrick Pinault ) : "Tehran, by seeing concessions as tantamount to weakness, and Washington by taking unrest as evidence [that its] max pressure policy could undermine or perhaps even collapse the Iranian government,"

rferl Wednesday, November 20, 2019 12:54:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “There is no doubt these protests are serious, in terms of their scale and scope,”

nytimes Tuesday, November 19, 2019 11:11:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Interestingly, [on Nov. 10] Iran’s [Ministry of Foreign Affairs] spokesperson said Iran will do everything in its power to clarify what has happened to Levinson,” “This might have been reported to Trump and he might have decided to give it a push”

al-monitor Tuesday, November 12, 2019 9:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “steps that the Europeans feared Iran would take,”

news-yahoo Tuesday, November 5, 2019 5:12:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "The important point here is because of the economic downturn in Iran, generally there is a slowdown in the construction business, and as a result, Iran needs less raw material than before,"

voanews-sw Tuesday, November 5, 2019 5:44:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Most of the Iranian companies engaged in these kinds of activities do not publicize them," "Sometimes they use shell companies so that you don't know that a particular company is of Iranian origin. At the end of the day, this is a very elaborate game of cat and mouse, with the Iranians trying to obfuscate and operate in the shadows, and the U.S. Treasury trying to spotlight and designate them"

voanews-sw Tuesday, November 5, 2019 5:44:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "The important point here is because of the economic downturn in Iran, generally there is a slowdown in the construction business, and as a result, Iran needs less raw material than before,"

voanews Tuesday, November 5, 2019 5:32:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Most of the Iranian companies engaged in these kinds of activities do not publicize them," "Sometimes they use shell companies so that you don't know that a particular company is of Iranian origin. At the end of the day, this is a very elaborate game of cat and mouse, with the Iranians trying to obfuscate and operate in the shadows, and the U.S. Treasury trying to spotlight and designate them"

voanews Tuesday, November 5, 2019 5:32:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “It really appears that with O’Brien becoming national security adviser, that the path to negotiating a prisoner release has reopened, and I think that is a good thing,”

al-monitor Saturday, November 2, 2019 3:05:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about President Trump ) : "I know President Trump is reluctant (to do a prisoner swap), but the only solution to get these Americans back home is to engage in some quid pro quo with Iran,"

iran-daily Tuesday, October 22, 2019 6:56:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "It's one of most important levers that the Iranians have to get the Trump administration to the negotiating table," "Since U.S.-Iran mediation efforts by world leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have come to naught, Iran is trying to use the prisoner card to establish a communication channel, which could evolve into a broader discussion with the U.S. about how to resolve their current standoff,"

voanews-sw Tuesday, October 22, 2019 5:44:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about President Trump ) : "I know President Trump is reluctant (to do a prisoner swap), but the only solution to get these Americans back home is to engage in some quid pro quo with Iran,"

voanews-sw Tuesday, October 22, 2019 5:44:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez added : "If the arrangement is limited to a swap of prisoners (and does not include a transfer of cash), it would be more palatable politically in Washington,"

voanews-sw Tuesday, October 22, 2019 5:44:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "It's one of most important levers that the Iranians have to get the Trump administration to the negotiating table," "Since U.S.-Iran mediation efforts by world leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have come to naught, Iran is trying to use the prisoner card to establish a communication channel, which could evolve into a broader discussion with the U.S. about how to resolve their current standoff,"

voanews Tuesday, October 22, 2019 5:11:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about President Trump ) : "I know President Trump is reluctant (to do a prisoner swap), but the only solution to get these Americans back home is to engage in some quid pro quo with Iran,"

voanews Tuesday, October 22, 2019 5:11:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez added : "If the arrangement is limited to a swap of prisoners (and does not include a transfer of cash), it would be more palatable politically in Washington,"

voanews Tuesday, October 22, 2019 5:11:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Hassan Rohani ) : “For Rouhani, talking to Trump is a liability,”

nytimes Friday, October 11, 2019 6:07:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told ( about Emmanuel Macron ) : “It is reality that both sides believe that the package Macron put together was workable,”

al-monitor Wednesday, October 9, 2019 6:50:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Again, the only problem was choreography, and that is why both believe that this is not the end of the road,” “The concept of the package remains viable”

al-monitor Wednesday, October 9, 2019 6:50:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The idea initially was basically to reach a cease-fire agreement in which the US would stop imposing sanctions on Iran and provide it with some economic reprieve,” “In return, the Iranians would stop their escalation both in the nuclear realm and in the region. That was the idea”

al-monitor Wednesday, October 9, 2019 6:50:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “But then the president [Trump] appeared more anxious for a grander bargain,”

al-monitor Wednesday, October 9, 2019 6:50:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “And so this would open the way for the US to come back to the P5+1, and to engage in broader negotiations,”

al-monitor Wednesday, October 9, 2019 6:50:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “I think both the Iranians and the Trump administration understand that there are not a lot of different formulas that would help them avoid further escalation that could easily spin out of control,” “That is why they are not keen on new initiatives to mediate between them. The French initiative remains the only game in town”

al-monitor Wednesday, October 9, 2019 6:50:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Mr Trump ) : “For Rouhani, talking to Trump is a liability,”

news-yahoo-in Wednesday, October 2, 2019 1:17:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “For Rouhani, talking to Trump is a liability,”

news-yahoo Tuesday, October 1, 2019 5:25:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “For Rouhani, talking to Trump is a liability,”

news-yahoo Tuesday, October 1, 2019 2:56:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Hassan Rohani ) : “For Rouhani, talking to Trump is a liability,”

msn-uk Tuesday, October 1, 2019 8:39:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Hassan Rohani ) : “For Rouhani, talking to Trump is a liability,”

nytimes Monday, September 30, 2019 11:06:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The major hangup was choreography and sequencing,”

iran-daily Saturday, September 28, 2019 6:25:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The major hangup was choreography and sequencing,”

nytimes Saturday, September 28, 2019 4:04:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran is quite experienced in living under economic duress ... In the past few years, its non-oil exports have grown significantly and so has their trade with neighboring countries like Iraq and Afghanistan,” “Iran can also smuggle oil and generate some revenue”

thedailystarBD Thursday, September 26, 2019 12:00:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “It is easy for officials to talk about resisting America’s pressure. They don’t have to be worried about the rent or increasing prices of goods,”

thedailystarBD Thursday, September 26, 2019 12:00:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Iran is quite experienced in living under economic duress ... In the past few years, its non-oil exports have grown significantly and so has their trade with neighboring countries like Iraq and Afghanistan," "Iran can also smuggle oil and generate some revenue"

wsau Wednesday, September 25, 2019 3:20:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "It is easy for officials to talk about resisting America's pressure. They don't have to be worried about the rent or increasing prices of goods,"

wsau Wednesday, September 25, 2019 3:20:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Iran is quite experienced in living under economic duress ... In the past few years, its non-oil exports have grown significantly and so has their trade with neighboring countries like Iraq and Afghanistan," "Iran can also smuggle oil and generate some revenue"

news-yahoo Wednesday, September 25, 2019 1:49:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "It is easy for officials to talk about resisting America's pressure. They don't have to be worried about the rent or increasing prices of goods,"

news-yahoo Wednesday, September 25, 2019 1:49:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran wants to show that instead of a win-lose contest, Iran can turn this into a lose-lose dynamic for everyone,”

kaieteurnewsonline Saturday, September 21, 2019 7:41:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Plausible deniability is a trademark of Iran’s pushback strategy,”

kaieteurnewsonline Saturday, September 21, 2019 7:41:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran wants to show that instead of a win-lose contest, Iran can turn this into a lose-lose dynamic for everyone,”

nytimes Friday, September 20, 2019 10:36:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Plausible deniability is a trademark of Iran’s pushback strategy,”

nytimes Friday, September 20, 2019 10:36:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “We are caught in this vicious circle,”

news-yahoo Thursday, September 19, 2019 12:25:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “We are caught in this vicious circle,”

news-yahoo Tuesday, September 17, 2019 7:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “What is clear is that the strategy of bombing Yemenis and starving Iranians into submission is more likely to backfire than bring the desired results,”

news-yahoo Tuesday, September 17, 2019 6:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran wants to show that instead of a win-lose contest, Iran can turn this into a lose-lose dynamic for everyone,”

bostonglobe Tuesday, September 17, 2019 2:01:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Plausible deniability is a trademark of Iran’s pushback strategy,”

bostonglobe Tuesday, September 17, 2019 2:01:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “What is clear is that the strategy of bombing Yemenis and starving Iranians into submission is more likely to backfire than bring the desired results,”

news-yahoo Monday, September 16, 2019 10:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "So what could start as a limited tit-for-tat has the potential of quickly turning into a regional conflagration,"

news-yahoo Monday, September 16, 2019 7:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Lebanese Hezbollah is likely to fire hundreds of thousands of rockets and missiles into Israel, Israel is likely to retaliate against southern Lebanon, and maybe even Syria,"

news-yahoo Monday, September 16, 2019 7:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran wants to show that instead of a win-lose contest, Iran can turn this into a lose-lose dynamic for everyone,”

msn-uk Monday, September 16, 2019 6:53:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Plausible deniability is a trademark of Iran’s pushback strategy,”

msn-uk Monday, September 16, 2019 6:53:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Saudi ) : “be quite reluctant to start a war with Iran over Saudi Arabia,”

news-yahoo Monday, September 16, 2019 6:35:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran wants to show that instead of a win-lose contest, Iran can turn this into a lose-lose dynamic for everyone,”

msn-uk Monday, September 16, 2019 4:06:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Plausible deniability is a trademark of Iran’s pushback strategy,”

msn-uk Monday, September 16, 2019 4:06:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran wants to show that instead of a win-lose contest, Iran can turn this into a lose-lose dynamic for everyone,”

expressindia Monday, September 16, 2019 8:26:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Plausible deniability is a trademark of Iran’s pushback strategy,”

expressindia Monday, September 16, 2019 8:26:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran wants to show that instead of a win-lose contest, Iran can turn this into a lose-lose dynamic for everyone,”

msn-uk Monday, September 16, 2019 6:22:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Plausible deniability is a trademark of Iran’s pushback strategy,”

msn-uk Monday, September 16, 2019 6:22:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran wants to show that instead of a win-lose contest, Iran can turn this into a lose-lose dynamic for everyone,”

nytimes Monday, September 16, 2019 3:26:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Plausible deniability is a trademark of Iran’s pushback strategy,”

nytimes Monday, September 16, 2019 3:26:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : "The Trump administration chose the perfect to be the enemy of good enough, thus endangering the JCPOA — a plan that has prevented Iran from becoming another North Korea,"

deutschewelle-en Saturday, September 14, 2019 5:59:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Unlike North Korea, Iran has domestic politics. No Iranian politician can afford to negotiate under duress with a US president who continues to bully and insult the Iranian leadership,"

deutschewelle-en Saturday, September 14, 2019 5:59:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : "The Trump administration chose the perfect to be the enemy of good enough, thus endangering the JCPOA — a plan that has prevented Iran from becoming another North Korea,"

dw-en Saturday, September 14, 2019 5:57:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Unlike North Korea, Iran has domestic politics. No Iranian politician can afford to negotiate under duress with a US president who continues to bully and insult the Iranian leadership,"

dw-en Saturday, September 14, 2019 5:57:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : "The Trump administration chose the perfect to be the enemy of good enough, thus endangering the JCPOA — a plan that has prevented Iran from becoming another North Korea,"

deutschewelle-sw Friday, September 13, 2019 5:58:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Unlike North Korea, Iran has domestic politics. No Iranian politician can afford to negotiate under duress with a US president who continues to bully and insult the Iranian leadership,"

deutschewelle-sw Friday, September 13, 2019 5:58:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : "The Trump administration chose the perfect to be the enemy of good enough, thus endangering the JCPOA — a plan that has prevented Iran from becoming another North Korea,"

deutschewelle-en Friday, September 13, 2019 5:50:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Unlike North Korea, Iran has domestic politics. No Iranian politician can afford to negotiate under duress with a US president who continues to bully and insult the Iranian leadership,"

deutschewelle-en Friday, September 13, 2019 5:50:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : "The Trump administration chose the perfect to be the enemy of good enough, thus endangering the JCPOA — a plan that has prevented Iran from becoming another North Korea,"

dw-en Friday, September 13, 2019 4:00:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Unlike North Korea, Iran has domestic politics. No Iranian politician can afford to negotiate under duress with a US president who continues to bully and insult the Iranian leadership,"

dw-en Friday, September 13, 2019 4:00:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “The Trump administration chose the perfect to be the enemy of good enough, thus endangering the JCPOA – a plan that has prevented Iran from becoming another North Korea,”

ChinaPost Friday, September 13, 2019 4:00:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “Unlike North Korea, Iran has domestic politics. No Iranian politician can afford to negotiate under duress with a US president who continues to bully and insult the Iranian leadership,”

ChinaPost Friday, September 13, 2019 4:00:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “There is no evidence that Iran has had an active nuclear weapons program since 2003. But if the JCPOA collapses and Iran is attacked by the US or Israel, all bets will be off,”

ChinaPost Friday, September 13, 2019 4:00:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : "The Trump administration chose the perfect to be the enemy of good enough, thus endangering the JCPOA - a plan that has prevented Iran from becoming another North Korea,"

deutschewelle-en Friday, September 13, 2019 3:46:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Unlike North Korea, Iran has domestic politics. No Iranian politician can afford to negotiate under duress with a US president who continues to bully and insult the Iranian leadership,"

deutschewelle-en Friday, September 13, 2019 3:46:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “There is precedent for Mnuchin playing the more pragmatic role,” “If you remember, when the administration was debating reissuing waivers for civil nuclear cooperation, Bolton [was] reportedly against it, [and] Mnuchin was in favor of renewing those waivers. He won the debate. And so if the president has decided to empower Mnuchin into looking into options for sanctions relief, that is a wise choice”

al-monitor Friday, September 6, 2019 5:31:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about President Trump ) : “The problem is, the maximum of what he [Trump] is willing to give the Iranians falls short of the minimum the Iranians would need to justify a bilateral meeting with President Trump,”

al-monitor Friday, September 6, 2019 5:31:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “I don’t think the French initiative is at this stage doomed,” “But the odds of it succeeding are not that promising”

al-monitor Friday, September 6, 2019 5:31:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “My sense is that this is most probably another attempt by the president’s national security team to sabotage another mediation effort which has the potential to de-escalate tensions between Iran and the US,”

al-monitor Saturday, August 10, 2019 12:04:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “basically burning that initiative before it even began,”

al-monitor Saturday, August 10, 2019 12:04:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “My understanding is President Macron was planning to present Trump with a potential package on the sidelines of the G-7 meeting in France later this month,”

al-monitor Saturday, August 10, 2019 12:04:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “What comes out of Washington is highly confusing to the Iranians,”

al-monitor Saturday, August 10, 2019 12:04:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “an intermediary who can put together a package that would usher in some kind of tactical detente and which could eventually bring both sides to the negotiating table,”

al-monitor Saturday, August 10, 2019 12:04:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "I'm afraid that the leadership in Tehran might have come to the conclusion that noncompliance and pushback have become more fruitful for them than compliance and restraint,"

beaumontenterprise Monday, August 5, 2019 12:54:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “I’m afraid that the leadership in Tehran might have come to the conclusion that noncompliance and pushback have become more fruitful for them than compliance and restraint,”

WashingtonPost Monday, August 5, 2019 8:19:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "This proves to the Iranians that the Trump administration is basically not interested in diplomacy,"

middleeasteye Friday, August 2, 2019 11:59:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "On the one hand they say they're interested in reaching a better and broader deal with Iran," "But then they turn around and sanction Iran's diplomat in chief"

middleeasteye Friday, August 2, 2019 11:59:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Further military buildup in the region would increase the risk of miscalculation,”

iran-daily Friday, August 2, 2019 4:40:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Javad Zarif ) : “exposes a tension in the US administration argument, in the sense that you can’t say you are primarily interested in diplomacy with Iran, and at the same time, sanction Iran’s diplomat in chief,” “The other tension in the administration argument about Zarif: At the same time they say he does not matter in Iran as a decision-maker, they sanction him for being part of the supreme leader’s office”

al-monitor Thursday, August 1, 2019 2:40:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “It really puts the incoherence on full display,”

al-monitor Thursday, August 1, 2019 2:40:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Look, they know he is an effective messenger for Iran and that is precisely what they dislike about him,”

al-monitor Thursday, August 1, 2019 2:40:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez says : “Their last dollar will go to Hezbollah and Hamas and to other groups,”

WashingtonPost Tuesday, July 30, 2019 9:46:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez says : “Their last dollar will go to Hezbollah and Hamas and to other groups,”

WashingtonPost Tuesday, July 30, 2019 9:10:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Iraqi government cannot afford to alienate either side,”

news-yahoo Tuesday, July 23, 2019 10:55:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “I asked a very senior Iranian official a few months ago of all of these flash points around the region -- from the Strait of Hormuz, to Yemen, to the Golan Heights, to Iraq, to Lebanon -- which one worries him the most?”

news-yahoo Tuesday, July 23, 2019 10:55:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Iraqi government cannot afford to alienate either side,”

news-yahoo Tuesday, July 23, 2019 10:55:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Iranians see themselves under siege,” “They don’t perceive just an economic warfare being waged against them by the Trump administration. They see multidimensional conflict, which has different elements, information warfare, covert operations. And as such, for a government that even on a good day is quite paranoid, it is not entirely unexpected for them to have the perception that there are really people out there to get them”

thehill Tuesday, July 23, 2019 1:29:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez added : “Without putting a concrete offer on the table, I don’t think this will go very far,” “We have to wait and see if there is anything concrete there”

al-monitor Saturday, July 20, 2019 12:01:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “I think Rand Paul has one major advantage and one major disadvantage,” “The advantage is his direct link to the president, so he can go around [national security adviser John] Bolton and [Secretary of State Mike] Pompeo. The disadvantage is that he does not know the Iranians, and he is not familiar with the culture of nuances”

al-monitor Saturday, July 20, 2019 12:01:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Engagement with Trump directly is an idea that has gained currency in Iran,”

nytimes Friday, July 19, 2019 7:11:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Javad Zarif ) : "Zarif is too valuable for the Iranian system to let him go at a time when his diplomatic skills are needed more than ever,"

deutschewelle-en Thursday, July 18, 2019 12:06:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Javad Zarif ) : "Zarif is too valuable for the Iranian system to let him go at a time when his diplomatic skills are needed more than ever,"

dw-en Wednesday, July 17, 2019 11:54:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “not a new position by the Iranians,”

nytimes Wednesday, July 17, 2019 4:56:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “For the administration to jump on this as a sign of ‘maximum pressure’ softening the Iranian position and opening up the door over negotiations over the missile program is at best a sign of desperation, and at worst a complete misreading of the dynamics in Iran,”

nytimes Wednesday, July 17, 2019 4:56:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “The problem, at this stage, is of the two possible tracks [for US-Iran dialogue], which is a prisoner swap and a kind of ‘JCPOA plus’ negotiation, the previous one was preconditioned by the United States on the Iranians freeing the [detained] Americans to signal that they are serious,”

al-monitor Sunday, July 14, 2019 7:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez added : “I think that is exactly what [mediators] are trying to do: Freeze the cycle of escalation,” “That pause could open the door for further negotiations”

al-monitor Sunday, July 14, 2019 7:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about John Bolton ) : “If Macron is to promise anything to the Iranians, to change their calculations, he needs some greenlighting from the White House,” “And every time they want to do that, Bolton is able to block them”

al-monitor Sunday, July 14, 2019 7:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “The problem, at this stage, is of the two possible tracks [for US-Iran dialogue], which is a prisoner swap and a kind of ‘JCPOA plus’ negotiation, the previous one was preconditioned by the United States on the Iranians freeing the [detained] Americans to signal that they are serious,”

al-monitor Saturday, July 13, 2019 12:39:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez added : “I think that is exactly what [mediators] are trying to do: Freeze the cycle of escalation,” “That pause could open the door for further negotiations”

al-monitor Saturday, July 13, 2019 12:39:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about John Bolton ) : “If Macron is to promise anything to the Iranians, to change their calculations, he needs some greenlighting from the White House,” “And every time they want to do that, Bolton is able to block them”

al-monitor Saturday, July 13, 2019 12:39:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Certainly European efforts can help buy time, but it's not really going to save the Iranian economy," "That kind of support can come from Asia. If China were to go back to its original level of oil imports from Iran, I think without any doubt the Iranian economy could stay afloat, at least until US presidential elections in 2020"

euronews-en Friday, July 12, 2019 9:57:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez tells : “But they can inject significant amount of export credit into INSTEX to lift it off the ground and turn it into a meaningful channel. More EU states can also join in or establish similar mechanisms,”

tehrantimes Wednesday, July 10, 2019 11:44:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez tells : “But they can inject a significant amount of export credit into INSTEX to lift it off the ground and turn it into a meaningful channel. More EU states can also join in or establish similar mechanisms,”

mehrnews-en Tuesday, July 9, 2019 6:44:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran won’t go back to the negotiating table empty handed,”

news-yahoo Sunday, July 7, 2019 11:11:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “Iran won’t go back to the negotiating table empty handed,” “The more it comes to the conclusion that it has no choice other than engaging the Trump administration, the likelier it is that Tehran would resuscitate its nuclear program to restore its leverage. That means that a new round of talks will have to pass through another perilous nuclear standoff”

news-yahoo Sunday, July 7, 2019 11:11:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran won’t go back to the negotiating table empty handed,” “The more it comes to the conclusion that it has no choice other than engaging the Trump administration, the likelier it is that Tehran would resuscitate its nuclear program to restore its leverage. That means that a new round of talks will have to pass through another perilous nuclear standoff”

financialexpress Sunday, July 7, 2019 6:19:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran won’t go back to the negotiating table empty handed,”

news-yahoo Sunday, July 7, 2019 4:05:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “Iran won’t go back to the negotiating table empty handed,” “The more it comes to the conclusion that it has no choice other than engaging the Trump administration, the likelier it is that Tehran would resuscitate its nuclear program to restore its leverage. That means that a new round of talks will have to pass through another perilous nuclear standoff”

news-yahoo Sunday, July 7, 2019 4:05:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

timesfreepress Thursday, July 4, 2019 6:54:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

thegardenisland Thursday, July 4, 2019 6:21:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

fox13memphis Thursday, July 4, 2019 3:05:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the centre of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

theage Thursday, July 4, 2019 10:57:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the centre of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

brisbanetimes Thursday, July 4, 2019 10:40:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the centre of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

smh Thursday, July 4, 2019 10:35:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the centre of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

watoday Thursday, July 4, 2019 10:33:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : "The Trump administration is pushing the centre of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

asianage Thursday, July 4, 2019 9:50:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Trump administration is pushing the centre of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

firstpost Thursday, July 4, 2019 9:14:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “The Trump Administration is pushing the centre of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

jamaicaobserver Thursday, July 4, 2019 9:09:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

business-standard Thursday, July 4, 2019 7:44:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

accesswdun Thursday, July 4, 2019 7:08:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

startribune Thursday, July 4, 2019 6:51:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

WashingtonPost Thursday, July 4, 2019 5:41:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

news-yahoo Thursday, July 4, 2019 3:36:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Trump administration is pushing the centre of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

TorontoStar Thursday, July 4, 2019 2:32:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

HonululuAdvertiser Thursday, July 4, 2019 1:34:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

business-standard Thursday, July 4, 2019 1:33:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

WashingtonPost Thursday, July 4, 2019 12:35:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Patrick Pinault ) : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

seattlepi Thursday, July 4, 2019 12:23:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

therepublic Wednesday, July 3, 2019 10:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

WashingtonPost Wednesday, July 3, 2019 9:11:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

ohio Wednesday, July 3, 2019 8:55:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

wsaw Wednesday, July 3, 2019 8:49:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

wkyt Wednesday, July 3, 2019 8:45:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

wral Wednesday, July 3, 2019 8:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

mynews13 Wednesday, July 3, 2019 8:39:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Patrick Pinault ) : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

seattlepi Wednesday, July 3, 2019 8:21:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

ABCnews Wednesday, July 3, 2019 8:20:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

statesman Wednesday, July 3, 2019 8:13:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

tribtown Wednesday, July 3, 2019 8:06:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

dailyjournal Wednesday, July 3, 2019 7:51:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “During times of extreme economic duress, people are most focused on trying to make ends meet,”

WashingtonPost Monday, July 1, 2019 4:22:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “During times of extreme economic duress, people are most focused on trying to make ends meet,”

WashingtonPost Monday, July 1, 2019 1:46:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “During times of extreme economic duress, people are most focused on trying to make ends meet,”

WashingtonPost Monday, July 1, 2019 10:51:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “During times of extreme economic duress, people are most focused on trying to make ends meet,”

msn-uk Monday, July 1, 2019 7:54:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “During times of extreme economic duress, people are most focused on trying to make ends meet,”

WashingtonPost Monday, July 1, 2019 3:01:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The thing is, the less the Iranians have to lose, the less risk averse they will become,”

al-monitor Friday, June 28, 2019 7:26:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “But the problem with the prisoner swap is it was preconditioned by the US, which demanded Iran release one or two Americans first to demonstrate seriousness and their ability to deliver,” “The problem on the JCPOA-related negotiations is they were preconditioned by the Iranians, who asked the US to provide sanctions relief as a sign of good will”

al-monitor Friday, June 28, 2019 7:26:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The solution may be to link the two, and to have the Trump administration provide Iran with some reprieve [from sanctions] in return for the release of US prisoners and allow both sides to step back from the brink, and pave the way for broader negotiations,”

al-monitor Friday, June 28, 2019 7:26:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "The Trump administration's maximum pressure campaign has led to a climate that is ripe for inadvertent conflict,"

abc-au Tuesday, June 25, 2019 11:33:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Unemployment is rising along with inflation, while the currency has lost two-thirds of its value and the economy is shrinking at the rate of 6 per cent,"

abc-au Tuesday, June 25, 2019 11:33:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran is unlikely to block the Strait of Hormuz as it constitutes Tehran’s own [economic] lifeline. Most of Iran’s remaining energy exports and imports pass through the strait,”

hellenicshippingnews Monday, June 24, 2019 3:08:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "If Iran's leadership comes to the conclusion that it has no choice other than talking to Washington, it will do so only after it has resuscitated its leverage,"

thespec Sunday, June 23, 2019 8:04:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “I worry that the Iran has interpreted this as the president’s extreme aversion to getting the U.S. in another war and come to the conclusion that they still have some space to push back,” “If they don’t get what they want, they will continue to escalate and sooner or later there will be a pattern of behaviour that becomes intolerable for the U.S”

TorontoStar Saturday, June 22, 2019 6:15:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “I worry that the Iran has interpreted this as the president’s extreme aversion to getting the US in another war and come to the conclusion that they still have some space to push back,” “If they don’t get what they want, they will continue to escalate and sooner or later there will be a pattern of behavior that becomes intolerable for the US”

HindustanTimes Saturday, June 22, 2019 11:39:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez added : “Iran has significant manpower and a network of proxies and partners around the region that could be activated to deter direct attacks on Iranian soil,”

foxnews Friday, June 21, 2019 10:33:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “It is clear that maximum pressure has rendered the Iranians more – not less – belligerent,”

news-yahoo Friday, June 21, 2019 8:33:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “The Iranians will not negotiate with a gun to their head,” “They’re afraid that if they accept to engage the Trump administration – which is strangulating their economy – this would not alleviate pressure but only invite more”

news-yahoo Friday, June 21, 2019 8:33:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “It is clear that maximum pressure has rendered the Iranians more – not less – belligerent,”

news-yahoo Friday, June 21, 2019 5:07:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “The Iranians will not negotiate with a gun to their head,” “They’re afraid that if they accept to engage the Trump administration – which is strangulating their economy – this would not alleviate pressure but only invite more”

news-yahoo Friday, June 21, 2019 5:07:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez added : "That would not just involve the Iranians and the Americans, but the entire region would be put on fire,"

aljazeera-en Friday, June 21, 2019 10:04:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Iran might have the motivation to conduct such attacks, but absent hard proof, it is hard to rule out that it wasn't the act of a spoiler who wanted to make sure that Iran and the US remain on a collision course amid Japanese efforts to de-escalate tensions,"

abc-au Thursday, June 20, 2019 3:14:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Iran might have the motivation to conduct such attacks, but absent hard proof, it is hard to rule out that it wasn't the act of a spoiler who wanted to make sure that Iran and the US remain on a collision course amid Japanese efforts to de-escalate tensions,"

radioaustralianews-fr Tuesday, June 18, 2019 10:21:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Iran might have the motivation to conduct such attacks, but absent hard proof, it is hard to rule out that it wasn't the act of a spoiler who wanted to make sure that Iran and the US remain on a collision course amid Japanese efforts to de-escalate tensions,"

abc-au Tuesday, June 18, 2019 8:28:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This was an entirely predictable consequence of the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal and maximum pressure strategy,”

msn-uk Tuesday, June 18, 2019 5:38:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This was an entirely predictable consequence of the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal and maximum pressure strategy,”

nytimes Monday, June 17, 2019 8:55:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "If Iran is behind these attacks, it clearly shows that a U.S. policy relying solely on coercion can backfire,"

globalsecurity Sunday, June 16, 2019 8:27:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "If Iran is behind these attacks, it clearly shows that a U.S. policy relying solely on coercion can backfire,"

sinacom-en Saturday, June 15, 2019 4:05:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,”

WashingtonPost Saturday, June 15, 2019 11:20:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "If Iran is behind these attacks, it clearly shows that a U.S. policy relying solely on coercion can backfire,"

peopledaily Saturday, June 15, 2019 6:40:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,"

philly Saturday, June 15, 2019 6:20:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "If Iran is behind these attacks, it clearly shows that a U.S. policy relying solely on coercion can backfire,"

chinabroadcast Saturday, June 15, 2019 6:04:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,"

houstonchronicle Saturday, June 15, 2019 6:04:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,”

WashingtonPost Saturday, June 15, 2019 4:43:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,"

nzherald Saturday, June 15, 2019 3:56:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,”

WashingtonPost Saturday, June 15, 2019 3:35:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "If Iran is behind these attacks, it clearly shows that a U.S. policy relying solely on coercion can backfire,"

xinhuanet_en Saturday, June 15, 2019 1:59:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “If Iran is the culprit, the Trump Administration has only itself to blame for pushing Tehran to take aggressive steps that it has eschewed since the worst days of the Iran-Iraq War,”

jpost Friday, June 14, 2019 6:44:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,”

WashingtonPost Friday, June 14, 2019 2:25:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,"

houstonchronicle Friday, June 14, 2019 1:56:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Mike Pompeo ) : “It is quite stunning that Pompeo gave no time and space for conducting a proper investigation before blaming Iran,”

time Friday, June 14, 2019 1:11:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Mike Pompeo ) : “It is quite stunning that Pompeo gave no time and space for conducting a proper investigation before blaming Iran,”

news-yahoo Friday, June 14, 2019 9:35:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez added ( about President Trump ) : “If Iran was behind it, it is very clear the maximum-pressure policy of the Trump administration is rendering Iran more aggressive, not less. If Iran was not behind it, then it’s clear some other actor in the region could be trying to engineer a Gulf of Tonkin incident,”

WashingtonPost Friday, June 14, 2019 8:27:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,”

WashingtonPost Friday, June 14, 2019 8:27:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,”

WashingtonPost Friday, June 14, 2019 6:14:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "In many ways, I feel like this is a 1914 moment for the region, that a single incident could put the entire region on fire,"

nbcnews Friday, June 14, 2019 2:36:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,”

WashingtonPost Friday, June 14, 2019 1:55:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,”

WashingtonPost Thursday, June 13, 2019 10:39:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,”

WashingtonPost Thursday, June 13, 2019 8:23:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “Probably what Prime Minister Abe is going to suggest is a meeting between President Rouhani and President Trump on the sidelines of UNGA,”

al-monitor Tuesday, June 11, 2019 6:37:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “I don’t know if Abe is going to Iran with concrete suggestions some kind of freeze [on US secondary sanctions] potentially could modify the Iranian position, to make it worth the political cost of sitting down with President Trump,” “But absent that kind of gesture from the Trump administration, basically making the first concessions to the Iranians, I doubt there will be any kind of meeting”

al-monitor Tuesday, June 11, 2019 6:37:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The problem is he believes that maximum pressures and threats are a negotiating strategy,”

nytimes Friday, June 7, 2019 12:33:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “I have the impression, because the pressure of sanctions has been more effective than the Iranians anticipated, that they are now considering in a more serious way the North Korean option,” “Not necessarily talks that result in a deal, but talks that result in a freeze. Or that would create some kind of reprieve”

al-monitor Tuesday, June 4, 2019 2:20:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told ( about Mike Pompeo ) : “My impression is that Pompeo understands that the president has been running out of patience with the maximum pressure policy,”

al-monitor Tuesday, June 4, 2019 2:20:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “My guess is probably what PM Abe is going to suggest is a meeting between [Iranian President Hassan] Rouhani and President Trump on sidelines of the UN General Assembly [in New York this fall],” “This might be the last good opportunity for a meeting like this”

al-monitor Tuesday, June 4, 2019 2:20:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez explains : "All of a sudden, you have a news headline that takes over the world which comes from a rather dubious and questionable sourcing,"

aljazeera-en Monday, May 27, 2019 2:28:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “It is absolutely not surprising if we see Iran start flexing its muscles in the region where it has a pretty strong hand and it has the potential to exact a cost on the U.S. and its allies in the region,”

WashingtonPost Thursday, May 23, 2019 2:28:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “If the economic situation in Iran as a result of sanctions starts spiraling out of control, that's when the system in Iran would welcome a confrontation with the U.S. because that would change the subject domestically,”

WashingtonPost Thursday, May 23, 2019 2:28:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “It is absolutely not surprising if we see Iran start flexing its muscles in the region where it has a pretty strong hand and it has the potential to exact a cost on the U.S. and its allies in the region,”

WashingtonPost Thursday, May 23, 2019 1:37:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “If the economic situation in Iran as a result of sanctions starts spiraling out of control, that's when the system in Iran would welcome a confrontation with the U.S. because that would change the subject domestically,”

WashingtonPost Thursday, May 23, 2019 1:37:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “Couldn’t ask for a better ally than the Trump administration,”

kuwaittimes Thursday, May 16, 2019 9:25:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “I couldn't ask for a better ally than the Trump administration,”

iol Thursday, May 16, 2019 1:28:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "a lot of non-state actors in the region who could take steps that would push the two sides into a direct confrontation,"

channelnewsasia Tuesday, May 14, 2019 6:47:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "a lot of non-state actors in the region who could take steps that would push the two sides into a direct confrontation,"

msn-uk Tuesday, May 14, 2019 5:48:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "a lot of non-state actors in the region who could take steps that would push the two sides into a direct confrontation,"

pulse Tuesday, May 14, 2019 5:35:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "a lot of non-state actors in the region who could take steps that would push the two sides into a direct confrontation,"

digitaljournal Tuesday, May 14, 2019 5:24:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "a lot of non-state actors in the region who could take steps that would push the two sides into a direct confrontation,"

yahoo-au Tuesday, May 14, 2019 5:12:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "a lot of non-state actors in the region who could take steps that would push the two sides into a direct confrontation,"

news-yahoo Tuesday, May 14, 2019 5:12:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "a lot of non-state actors in the region who could take steps that would push the two sides into a direct confrontation,"

afp-en Tuesday, May 14, 2019 4:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez estime : "Le fait que chaque camp croit que l'autre ne veut pas la guerre augmente le risque de confrontation en créant de l'espace pour des erreurs d'interprétation, d'autant que les parties n'ont pas de canaux de communication"

afp-fr Tuesday, May 14, 2019 12:28:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “We've been hearing from the Saudis and the Emiratis that they expected to see Iranian escalation either in Yemen or the Red Sea to put pressure on their oil exports to Europe,”

politico-eu Monday, May 13, 2019 1:02:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “My sense is that they are going to break out of some of the limits on research and development,”

politico-eu Monday, May 13, 2019 1:02:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “We've been hearing from the Saudis and the Emiratis that they expected to see Iranian escalation either in Yemen or the Red Sea to put pressure on their oil exports to Europe,”

digitaljournal Thursday, May 9, 2019 9:16:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez afirma : “O Irã adotou medidas retaliatórias mínimas contra a pressão máxima exercida pelos Estados Unidos” “Essa escalada de tensões em câmera lenta é uma continuação da mesma estratégia adotada anteriormente: ganhar tempo, mantendo as esperanças de que vozes mais moderadas prevaleçam nas negociações sobre o Plano de Ação Conjunto Global (JCPOA, na sigla em inglês). A bola agora está nas mãos dos outros signatários do acordo, que devem escolher entre desafiar as sanções unilaterais dos Estados Unidos ou testemunhar cada vez mais violações iranianas que levarão ao eventual sepultamento do acordo”

ogloboglobo Thursday, May 9, 2019 1:18:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "But they have increasingly less to lose because the U.S. sanctions have effectively deprived them of all the benefits that the nuclear deal promised,"

usaToday Thursday, May 9, 2019 12:46:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "But they have increasingly less to lose because the U.S. sanctions have effectively deprived them of all the benefits that the nuclear deal promised,"

news-yahoo Thursday, May 9, 2019 12:09:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “They’ll discard the thresholds now, but are unlikely to surpass them within the 60-day window,”

al-monitor Thursday, May 9, 2019 3:28:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “We've been hearing from the Saudis and the Emiratis that they expected to see Iranian escalation either in Yemen or the Red Sea to put pressure on their oil exports to Europe,”

digitaljournal Thursday, May 9, 2019 1:29:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Iran has chosen an escalation in slow motion,"

4-traders Wednesday, May 8, 2019 11:55:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "But they have increasingly less to lose because the U.S. sanctions have effectively deprived them of all the benefits that the nuclear deal promised,"

news-yahoo Wednesday, May 8, 2019 11:20:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Iran has chosen an escalation in slow motion,"

4-traders Wednesday, May 8, 2019 6:21:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about President Trump ) : “The presence of U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf is not unusual. What is unusual is the Trump administration’s level of bellicosity toward Iran,”

WashingtonPost Wednesday, May 8, 2019 3:30:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about President Trump ) : “The presence of U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf is not unusual. What is unusual is the Trump administration’s level of bellicosity toward Iran,”

WashingtonPost Wednesday, May 8, 2019 8:56:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about John Bolton ) : “Bolton has been itching for a fight with Iran for years now,”

news-yahoo Wednesday, May 8, 2019 7:22:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez tells : “If President Trump is serious about negotiating with Tehran, he ought to appoint an Iran envoy who doesn't belong to Bolton/Pompeo camp and has a history of positive working relations with Iran,”

tehrantimes Tuesday, May 7, 2019 10:06:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez tells : “If President Trump is serious about negotiating with Tehran, he ought to appoint an Iran envoy who doesn't belong to Bolton/Pompeo camp and has a history of positive working relations with Iran,”

mehrnews-en Tuesday, May 7, 2019 9:07:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “We've been hearing from the Saudis and the Emiratis that they expected to see Iranian escalation either in Yemen or the Red Sea to put pressure on their oil exports to Europe,”

politico Tuesday, May 7, 2019 1:48:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “My sense is that this is primarily motivated by the fact that maximum pressure has produced minimum results, and the clock is ticking,”

al-monitor Tuesday, April 23, 2019 12:26:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez says : “One overlooked consequence of the IRGC’s FTO designation is that criticizing the corps will now become nearly impossible for critics in Iran who will be accused of playing into the Trump administration’s hands,”

cknw Friday, April 12, 2019 12:10:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez says : “One overlooked consequence of the IRGC’s FTO designation is that criticizing the corps will now become nearly impossible for critics in Iran who will be accused of playing into the Trump administration’s hands,”

globalnews Thursday, April 11, 2019 11:26:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez says ( about Donald Trump ) : "Some in the Trump administration appear determined to provoke the IRGC into committing a mistake that would then justify taking military action against Iran,"

globalsecurity Wednesday, April 10, 2019 5:32:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez says : "Some in the Trump administration appear determined to provoke the IRGC into committing a mistake that would then justify taking military action against Iran,"

rferl Tuesday, April 9, 2019 8:37:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told ( about Patrick Pinault ) : “The administration is clearly trying to exploit this natural disaster to twist its knife and further discredit the Iranian government. But this is an exercise in futility,”

al-monitor Wednesday, April 3, 2019 5:12:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Mike Pompeo ) : “If [Pompeo] really wants to demonstrate goodwill, he would be better off waiving the rules in the US,”

al-monitor Wednesday, April 3, 2019 5:12:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Sistani's selective engagement with the more pragmatic forces of Iranian politics could boost Rouhani's domestic standing at a time that the discredited Iranian president needs it the most,”

WashingtonPost Thursday, March 14, 2019 1:34:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “zero-sum prism that [the United States] views much of its regional rivalry with Iran,” “Washington has to acknowledge that Tehran has soft-power advantages that the U.S. lacks,”

WashingtonPost Thursday, March 14, 2019 1:34:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “I think he was looking for a pretext and I think the way he was treated with the Assad visit was quite insulting for any foreign minister,” “This was the last straw for Zarif. It was an emotional reaction”

nytimes Wednesday, March 6, 2019 2:45:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “The president has surrounded himself with people who do not share his vision of getting a better deal with Iran,”

al-monitor Friday, March 1, 2019 6:36:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Javad Zarif ) : "Zarif is too valuable for the Iranian system to let him go at a time when his diplomatic skills are needed more than ever,"

deutschewelle-en Thursday, February 28, 2019 3:04:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Javad Zarif ) : “Zarif is too valuable for the Iranian system to let him go at a time when his diplomatic skills are needed more than ever,”

jordantimes Thursday, February 28, 2019 2:51:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Javad Zarif ) : "Zarif is too valuable for the Iranian system to let him go at a time when his diplomatic skills are needed more than ever,"

dw-en Thursday, February 28, 2019 2:51:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Javad Zarif ) : "Zarif is too valuable for the Iranian system to let him go at a time when his diplomatic skills are needed more than ever,"

firstpost Thursday, February 28, 2019 12:03:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Javad Zarif ) : "Zarif is too valuable for the Iranian system to let him go at a time when his diplomatic skills are needed more than ever,"

trust2 Wednesday, February 27, 2019 9:40:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Javad Zarif ) : "Zarif is too valuable for the Iranian system to let him go at a time when his diplomatic skills are needed more than ever,"

news-yahoo Wednesday, February 27, 2019 9:33:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Javad Zarif ) : "Zarif is too valuable for the Iranian system to let him go at a time when his diplomatic skills are needed more than ever,"

trust Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:59:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "If it is up to Rohani, he'd either tap his chief of staff, Mahmud Vaezi, or Zarif's deputy, Abbas Araghchi [to replace Zarif]. Both men would bring more continuity than change to style and substance of Iran's foreign policy," "However, if a hard-liner like former Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian is imposed on the president by the deep state, it could augur a hardening of Iran's outlook on the outside world,"

globalsecurity Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:20:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "If it is up to Rohani, he’d either tap his chief of staff, Mahmud Vaezi, or Zarif’s deputy, Abbas Araghchi [to replace Zarif]. Both men would bring more continuity than change to style and substance of Iran’s foreign policy," "However, if a hard-liner like former Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian is imposed on the president by the deep state, it could augur a hardening of Iran's outlook on the outside world,"

rferl Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:34:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Both sides are waiting and hoping for regime change in one another’s countries, but the clock in Washington is running faster than the clock in Tehran,”

politico-eu Friday, February 15, 2019 3:05:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "I doubt Washington will succeed in achieving this objective, because while many in Europe share US concerns with regards to Iran's regional activities and ballistic missiles programme, they don't agree with Washington's one-sided and maximalist view that Iran is the source of all evil in the region,"

thedailystarBD Tuesday, February 12, 2019 11:14:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Wrecked by revolutionary turmoil and ravaged by years of war, sanctions and mismanagement, the Iranian economy has failed to fulfill its enormous potential, squandering the prosperity of an entire generation of Iranians,”

news-yahoo Monday, February 11, 2019 4:48:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Wrecked by revolutionary turmoil and ravaged by years of war, sanctions and mismanagement, the Iranian economy has failed to fulfill its enormous potential, squandering the prosperity of an entire generation of Iranians,”

bloomberg Sunday, February 10, 2019 11:39:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Wrecked by revolutionary turmoil and ravaged by years of war, sanctions and mismanagement, the Iranian economy has failed to fulfill its enormous potential, squandering the prosperity of an entire generation of Iranians,”

news-yahoo Sunday, February 10, 2019 10:06:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “If you look at the range of ultimate objectives different people [in the administration] have in mind, from protests that pose an existential threat to the system, to change of behavior, to the Iranians coming back to the negotiating table, none of that is happening,”

iran-daily Friday, January 18, 2019 7:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Iranian economy is in dire straits but not a downward spiral,” “While the number of protests was higher in 2018 compared to previous years, their scale and scope remain limited”

iran-daily Friday, January 18, 2019 7:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about John Bolton ) : “So probably the objective here, especially with what Bolton is allegedly doing to prompt an inspection crisis, is to try to put the burden of blame around Iran’s neck,” “Basically, if you can't convince others that the JCPOA is dead, try to persuade them that the deal is already defunct as Iran is violating it by denying access to ‘suspect’ sites”

iran-daily Friday, January 18, 2019 7:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “If you look at the range of ultimate objectives different people [in the administration] have in mind, from protests that pose an existential threat to the system, to change of behavior, to the Iranians coming back to the negotiating table, none of that is happening,”

al-monitor Friday, January 18, 2019 6:30:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Iranian economy is in dire straits but not a downward spiral,” “While the number of protests was higher in 2018 compared to previous years, their scale and scope remain limited”

al-monitor Friday, January 18, 2019 6:30:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Now, the other point, which I think is key, is precisely because of this assessment,”

al-monitor Friday, January 18, 2019 6:30:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “If that happens, Iran will be able to bolster its defensive capabilities through purchasing Russian and Chinese conventional weapons. And at that stage, it would be much harder to go after their nuclear program,” “So that adds pressure on time. But there is no way to stop the UN Security Council from lifting the embargo unless the JCPOA is dead”

al-monitor Friday, January 18, 2019 6:30:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about John Bolton ) : “So probably the objective here, especially with what Bolton is allegedly doing to prompt an inspection crisis, is to try to put the burden of blame around Iran’s neck,” “Basically, if you can't convince others that the JCPOA is dead, try to persuade them that the deal is already defunct as Iran is violating it by denying access to ‘suspect’ sites”

al-monitor Friday, January 18, 2019 6:30:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez says : "The threat from abroad is used as justification for restricting the amount of latitude given to civil society. The security forces benefit from the sanctions, because the Iranian system increasingly relies on them to survive, and to suppress criticism at home,"

dw-en Monday, December 31, 2018 12:51:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez says : "The threat from abroad is used as justification for restricting the amount of latitude given to civil society. The security forces benefit from the sanctions, because the Iranian system increasingly relies on them to survive, and to suppress criticism at home,"

deutschewelle-en Monday, December 31, 2018 12:38:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez says : "The threat from abroad is used as justification for restricting the amount of latitude given to civil society. The security forces benefit from the sanctions, because the Iranian system increasingly relies on them to survive, and to suppress criticism at home,"

dw-en Sunday, December 30, 2018 5:29:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez says : "The threat from abroad is used as justification for restricting the amount of latitude given to civil society. The security forces benefit from the sanctions, because the Iranian system increasingly relies on them to survive, and to suppress criticism at home,"

deutschewelle-en Sunday, December 30, 2018 5:29:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The fight against corruption in Iran has always been subjective and used as a political football,"

4-traders Wednesday, December 26, 2018 2:21:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “There is still no official link or a money trail between the Trump administration and Iranian opposition groups,” “But in the process of using platforms associated with Iran's regional foes to delegitimize the Islamic Republic, the opposition risks delegitimizing itself in the eyes of a highly nationalistic Iranian population”

al-monitor Saturday, December 15, 2018 2:35:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "has the cards to sabotage the process"

aljazeera-en Monday, October 23, 2017 11:11:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Though both have attempted to build on common concerns, deep suspicions about the other's ambitions to benefit from the chaos have stopped them from reaching an arrangement that could lower the region's flames,"

digitaljournal Thursday, September 21, 2017 10:11:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Though both have attempted to build on common concerns, deep suspicions about the other's ambitions to benefit from the chaos have stopped them from reaching an arrangement that could lower the region's flames,"

naharnet-en Thursday, September 21, 2017 9:32:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez says : "The IAEA has never had better access to Iran's military sites," "If the Trump administration loses this unprecedented access ... it will soon wish for it"

npr Thursday, September 14, 2017 1:09:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez says : "The IAEA has never had better access to Iran's military sites," "If the Trump administration loses this unprecedented access ... it will soon wish for it"

npr Thursday, September 14, 2017 12:06:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Saudi ) : "Saudi Arabia's new leadership is intent on cutting Iran down to size, and to date, there has been no high-level political contact between Tehran and Washington,"

deutschewelle-en Thursday, August 3, 2017 10:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez souligne : "A terme, la Turquie et l'Iran devront vivre avec les conséquences des conflits qui font rage autour d'eux"

lematindz Wednesday, February 22, 2017 4:33:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez souligne : "A terme, la Turquie et l'Iran devront vivre avec les conséquences des conflits qui font rage autour d'eux"

romandie Tuesday, February 21, 2017 11:48:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Ruhollah Khomeini ) : “Ayatollah Khamenei’s rejection of national reconciliation is no surprise. It is in keeping with the unforgiving nature of Iranian politics and his character,”

latimes Tuesday, February 21, 2017 8:45:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “As long as Ayatollah Khamenei lives, the door remains shut on Khatami and his close associates,” “They still have influence, but cannot regain power”

latimes Tuesday, February 21, 2017 8:45:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez souligne : "A terme, la Turquie et l'Iran devront vivre avec les conséquences des conflits qui font rage autour d'eux"

afp-fr Tuesday, February 21, 2017 7:45:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Hassan Rohani ) : "With the deal in jeopardy, the system will be in vital need of Rouhani's team of smiling diplomats and economic technocrats to shift the blame to the US and keep Iran's economy afloat,"

jpost Tuesday, February 14, 2017 10:41:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Hassan Rohani ) : "With the deal in jeopardy, the system will be in vital need of Rouhani's team of smiling diplomats and economic technocrats to shift the blame to the US and keep Iran's economy afloat,"

jpost Sunday, February 12, 2017 6:15:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Hassan Rohani ) : "With the deal in jeopardy, the system will be in vital need of Rouhani’s team of smiling diplomats and economic technocrats to shift the blame to the U.S. and keep Iran's economy afloat,"

channelnewsasia Friday, February 10, 2017 9:56:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Hassan Rohani ) : "With the deal in jeopardy, the system will be in vital need of Rouhani’s team of smiling diplomats and economic technocrats to shift the blame to the U.S. and keep Iran's economy afloat,"

reuters Friday, February 10, 2017 9:29:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The rules and regulations are changing by the hour, by the day. There’s a huge amount of uncertainty,”

post-gazette Friday, February 3, 2017 10:12:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez says : "That is the leverage that the U.S. currently has, and I think the Iranians have already realized that without access to the U.S. financial system, they will have many difficulties for conducting trade,"

rferl Wednesday, February 1, 2017 8:15:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Besides tearing apart many families, this ban is materialising an objective that the leadership in Tehran has not been able to achieve for decades since the revolution,"

reuters-in Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:56:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Besides tearing apart many families, this ban is materializing an objective that the leadership in Tehran has not been able to achieve for decades since the revolution,"

reuters Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Assad ) : "Russia doesn't appear to share Iran's key priorities in Syria. Not only does Assad appear more dispensable to Russia than he is to Iran, but Russian officials also appear more comfortable with the concept of federalism in Syria than their Iranian counterparts,"

digitaljournal Thursday, January 19, 2017 4:52:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Iran's first priority is to remind Turkey and Russia that no deal in Syria is feasible without taking Tehran's interest into account,"

digitaljournal Thursday, January 19, 2017 4:52:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Assad ) : "Russia doesn't appear to share Iran's key priorities in Syria. Not only does Assad appear more dispensable to Russia than he is to Iran, but Russian officials also appear more comfortable with the concept of federalism in Syria than their Iranian counterparts,"

naharnet-en Thursday, January 19, 2017 4:20:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Iran's first priority is to remind Turkey and Russia that no deal in Syria is feasible without taking Tehran's interest into account,"

naharnet-en Thursday, January 19, 2017 4:20:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Assad ) : "Russia doesn't appear to share Iran's key priorities in Syria. Not only does Assad appear more dispensable to Russia than he is to Iran, but Russian officials also appear more comfortable with the concept of federalism in Syria than their Iranian counterparts,"

middle-east-online_en Thursday, January 19, 2017 3:43:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Iran's first priority is to remind Turkey and Russia that no deal in Syria is feasible without taking Tehran's interest into account,"

middle-east-online_en Thursday, January 19, 2017 3:43:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Assad ) : "Russia doesn't appear to share Iran's key priorities in Syria. Not only does Assad appear more dispensable to Russia than he is to Iran, but Russian officials also appear more comfortable with the concept of federalism in Syria than their Iranian counterparts,"

afp-en Thursday, January 19, 2017 1:26:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Iran's first priority is to remind Turkey and Russia that no deal in Syria is feasible without taking Tehran's interest into account,"

afp-en Thursday, January 19, 2017 1:26:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez says : “He was the pillar of pragmatism in Iran, the glue that kept a desperately divided camp together in the face of brutal pressure from the establishment,”

csmonitor Monday, January 9, 2017 9:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez says : “evolution from a founding father to loyal opposition was extraordinary,” “He came to embody Machiavelli’s adage: He who is the cause of another becoming powerful is ruined”

csmonitor Monday, January 9, 2017 9:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Patrick Pinault ) : "The Iranian establishment believes that it has to demonstrate to the United States that it has not agreed to the nuclear deal from a position of weakness lest Washington employs coercive pressure to alter Iran's regional or domestic policies,"

cnn Wednesday, August 31, 2016 1:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "therefore feels that it has to reassure its main constituents that dealing with the 'devil' does not change the devil, or Iran's relations with it, and the system is not on the verge of a slippery slope of compromises that would end in its unraveling,"

cnn Wednesday, August 31, 2016 1:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “are both pragmatists, consensus builders, and on the same page when it gets to prioritizing economic recovery,”

latimes Friday, June 3, 2016 7:43:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “There is no doubt these protests are serious, in terms of their scale and scope,”

nytimes Wednesday, November 20, 2019 7:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Patrick Pinault ) : "Tehran, by seeing concessions as tantamount to weakness, and Washington by taking unrest as evidence [that its] max pressure policy could undermine or perhaps even collapse the Iranian government,"

rferl Wednesday, November 20, 2019 12:54:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “There is no doubt these protests are serious, in terms of their scale and scope,”

nytimes Tuesday, November 19, 2019 11:11:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Interestingly, [on Nov. 10] Iran’s [Ministry of Foreign Affairs] spokesperson said Iran will do everything in its power to clarify what has happened to Levinson,” “This might have been reported to Trump and he might have decided to give it a push”

al-monitor Tuesday, November 12, 2019 9:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “steps that the Europeans feared Iran would take,”

news-yahoo Tuesday, November 5, 2019 5:12:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "The important point here is because of the economic downturn in Iran, generally there is a slowdown in the construction business, and as a result, Iran needs less raw material than before,"

voanews-sw Tuesday, November 5, 2019 5:44:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Most of the Iranian companies engaged in these kinds of activities do not publicize them," "Sometimes they use shell companies so that you don't know that a particular company is of Iranian origin. At the end of the day, this is a very elaborate game of cat and mouse, with the Iranians trying to obfuscate and operate in the shadows, and the U.S. Treasury trying to spotlight and designate them"

voanews-sw Tuesday, November 5, 2019 5:44:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "The important point here is because of the economic downturn in Iran, generally there is a slowdown in the construction business, and as a result, Iran needs less raw material than before,"

voanews Tuesday, November 5, 2019 5:32:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Most of the Iranian companies engaged in these kinds of activities do not publicize them," "Sometimes they use shell companies so that you don't know that a particular company is of Iranian origin. At the end of the day, this is a very elaborate game of cat and mouse, with the Iranians trying to obfuscate and operate in the shadows, and the U.S. Treasury trying to spotlight and designate them"

voanews Tuesday, November 5, 2019 5:32:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “It really appears that with O’Brien becoming national security adviser, that the path to negotiating a prisoner release has reopened, and I think that is a good thing,”

al-monitor Saturday, November 2, 2019 3:05:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about President Trump ) : "I know President Trump is reluctant (to do a prisoner swap), but the only solution to get these Americans back home is to engage in some quid pro quo with Iran,"

iran-daily Tuesday, October 22, 2019 6:56:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "It's one of most important levers that the Iranians have to get the Trump administration to the negotiating table," "Since U.S.-Iran mediation efforts by world leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have come to naught, Iran is trying to use the prisoner card to establish a communication channel, which could evolve into a broader discussion with the U.S. about how to resolve their current standoff,"

voanews-sw Tuesday, October 22, 2019 5:44:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about President Trump ) : "I know President Trump is reluctant (to do a prisoner swap), but the only solution to get these Americans back home is to engage in some quid pro quo with Iran,"

voanews-sw Tuesday, October 22, 2019 5:44:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez added : "If the arrangement is limited to a swap of prisoners (and does not include a transfer of cash), it would be more palatable politically in Washington,"

voanews-sw Tuesday, October 22, 2019 5:44:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "It's one of most important levers that the Iranians have to get the Trump administration to the negotiating table," "Since U.S.-Iran mediation efforts by world leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have come to naught, Iran is trying to use the prisoner card to establish a communication channel, which could evolve into a broader discussion with the U.S. about how to resolve their current standoff,"

voanews Tuesday, October 22, 2019 5:11:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about President Trump ) : "I know President Trump is reluctant (to do a prisoner swap), but the only solution to get these Americans back home is to engage in some quid pro quo with Iran,"

voanews Tuesday, October 22, 2019 5:11:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez added : "If the arrangement is limited to a swap of prisoners (and does not include a transfer of cash), it would be more palatable politically in Washington,"

voanews Tuesday, October 22, 2019 5:11:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Hassan Rohani ) : “For Rouhani, talking to Trump is a liability,”

nytimes Friday, October 11, 2019 6:07:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told ( about Emmanuel Macron ) : “It is reality that both sides believe that the package Macron put together was workable,”

al-monitor Wednesday, October 9, 2019 6:50:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Again, the only problem was choreography, and that is why both believe that this is not the end of the road,” “The concept of the package remains viable”

al-monitor Wednesday, October 9, 2019 6:50:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The idea initially was basically to reach a cease-fire agreement in which the US would stop imposing sanctions on Iran and provide it with some economic reprieve,” “In return, the Iranians would stop their escalation both in the nuclear realm and in the region. That was the idea”

al-monitor Wednesday, October 9, 2019 6:50:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “But then the president [Trump] appeared more anxious for a grander bargain,”

al-monitor Wednesday, October 9, 2019 6:50:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “And so this would open the way for the US to come back to the P5+1, and to engage in broader negotiations,”

al-monitor Wednesday, October 9, 2019 6:50:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “I think both the Iranians and the Trump administration understand that there are not a lot of different formulas that would help them avoid further escalation that could easily spin out of control,” “That is why they are not keen on new initiatives to mediate between them. The French initiative remains the only game in town”

al-monitor Wednesday, October 9, 2019 6:50:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Mr Trump ) : “For Rouhani, talking to Trump is a liability,”

news-yahoo-in Wednesday, October 2, 2019 1:17:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “For Rouhani, talking to Trump is a liability,”

news-yahoo Tuesday, October 1, 2019 5:25:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “For Rouhani, talking to Trump is a liability,”

news-yahoo Tuesday, October 1, 2019 2:56:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Hassan Rohani ) : “For Rouhani, talking to Trump is a liability,”

msn-uk Tuesday, October 1, 2019 8:39:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Hassan Rohani ) : “For Rouhani, talking to Trump is a liability,”

nytimes Monday, September 30, 2019 11:06:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The major hangup was choreography and sequencing,”

iran-daily Saturday, September 28, 2019 6:25:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The major hangup was choreography and sequencing,”

nytimes Saturday, September 28, 2019 4:04:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran is quite experienced in living under economic duress ... In the past few years, its non-oil exports have grown significantly and so has their trade with neighboring countries like Iraq and Afghanistan,” “Iran can also smuggle oil and generate some revenue”

thedailystarBD Thursday, September 26, 2019 12:00:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “It is easy for officials to talk about resisting America’s pressure. They don’t have to be worried about the rent or increasing prices of goods,”

thedailystarBD Thursday, September 26, 2019 12:00:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Iran is quite experienced in living under economic duress ... In the past few years, its non-oil exports have grown significantly and so has their trade with neighboring countries like Iraq and Afghanistan," "Iran can also smuggle oil and generate some revenue"

wsau Wednesday, September 25, 2019 3:20:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "It is easy for officials to talk about resisting America's pressure. They don't have to be worried about the rent or increasing prices of goods,"

wsau Wednesday, September 25, 2019 3:20:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Iran is quite experienced in living under economic duress ... In the past few years, its non-oil exports have grown significantly and so has their trade with neighboring countries like Iraq and Afghanistan," "Iran can also smuggle oil and generate some revenue"

news-yahoo Wednesday, September 25, 2019 1:49:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "It is easy for officials to talk about resisting America's pressure. They don't have to be worried about the rent or increasing prices of goods,"

news-yahoo Wednesday, September 25, 2019 1:49:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran wants to show that instead of a win-lose contest, Iran can turn this into a lose-lose dynamic for everyone,”

kaieteurnewsonline Saturday, September 21, 2019 7:41:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Plausible deniability is a trademark of Iran’s pushback strategy,”

kaieteurnewsonline Saturday, September 21, 2019 7:41:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran wants to show that instead of a win-lose contest, Iran can turn this into a lose-lose dynamic for everyone,”

nytimes Friday, September 20, 2019 10:36:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Plausible deniability is a trademark of Iran’s pushback strategy,”

nytimes Friday, September 20, 2019 10:36:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “We are caught in this vicious circle,”

news-yahoo Thursday, September 19, 2019 12:25:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “We are caught in this vicious circle,”

news-yahoo Tuesday, September 17, 2019 7:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “What is clear is that the strategy of bombing Yemenis and starving Iranians into submission is more likely to backfire than bring the desired results,”

news-yahoo Tuesday, September 17, 2019 6:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran wants to show that instead of a win-lose contest, Iran can turn this into a lose-lose dynamic for everyone,”

bostonglobe Tuesday, September 17, 2019 2:01:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Plausible deniability is a trademark of Iran’s pushback strategy,”

bostonglobe Tuesday, September 17, 2019 2:01:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “What is clear is that the strategy of bombing Yemenis and starving Iranians into submission is more likely to backfire than bring the desired results,”

news-yahoo Monday, September 16, 2019 10:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "So what could start as a limited tit-for-tat has the potential of quickly turning into a regional conflagration,"

news-yahoo Monday, September 16, 2019 7:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Lebanese Hezbollah is likely to fire hundreds of thousands of rockets and missiles into Israel, Israel is likely to retaliate against southern Lebanon, and maybe even Syria,"

news-yahoo Monday, September 16, 2019 7:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran wants to show that instead of a win-lose contest, Iran can turn this into a lose-lose dynamic for everyone,”

msn-uk Monday, September 16, 2019 6:53:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Plausible deniability is a trademark of Iran’s pushback strategy,”

msn-uk Monday, September 16, 2019 6:53:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Saudi ) : “be quite reluctant to start a war with Iran over Saudi Arabia,”

news-yahoo Monday, September 16, 2019 6:35:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran wants to show that instead of a win-lose contest, Iran can turn this into a lose-lose dynamic for everyone,”

msn-uk Monday, September 16, 2019 4:06:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Plausible deniability is a trademark of Iran’s pushback strategy,”

msn-uk Monday, September 16, 2019 4:06:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran wants to show that instead of a win-lose contest, Iran can turn this into a lose-lose dynamic for everyone,”

expressindia Monday, September 16, 2019 8:26:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Plausible deniability is a trademark of Iran’s pushback strategy,”

expressindia Monday, September 16, 2019 8:26:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran wants to show that instead of a win-lose contest, Iran can turn this into a lose-lose dynamic for everyone,”

msn-uk Monday, September 16, 2019 6:22:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Plausible deniability is a trademark of Iran’s pushback strategy,”

msn-uk Monday, September 16, 2019 6:22:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran wants to show that instead of a win-lose contest, Iran can turn this into a lose-lose dynamic for everyone,”

nytimes Monday, September 16, 2019 3:26:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Plausible deniability is a trademark of Iran’s pushback strategy,”

nytimes Monday, September 16, 2019 3:26:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : "The Trump administration chose the perfect to be the enemy of good enough, thus endangering the JCPOA — a plan that has prevented Iran from becoming another North Korea,"

deutschewelle-en Saturday, September 14, 2019 5:59:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Unlike North Korea, Iran has domestic politics. No Iranian politician can afford to negotiate under duress with a US president who continues to bully and insult the Iranian leadership,"

deutschewelle-en Saturday, September 14, 2019 5:59:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : "The Trump administration chose the perfect to be the enemy of good enough, thus endangering the JCPOA — a plan that has prevented Iran from becoming another North Korea,"

dw-en Saturday, September 14, 2019 5:57:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Unlike North Korea, Iran has domestic politics. No Iranian politician can afford to negotiate under duress with a US president who continues to bully and insult the Iranian leadership,"

dw-en Saturday, September 14, 2019 5:57:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : "The Trump administration chose the perfect to be the enemy of good enough, thus endangering the JCPOA — a plan that has prevented Iran from becoming another North Korea,"

deutschewelle-sw Friday, September 13, 2019 5:58:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Unlike North Korea, Iran has domestic politics. No Iranian politician can afford to negotiate under duress with a US president who continues to bully and insult the Iranian leadership,"

deutschewelle-sw Friday, September 13, 2019 5:58:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : "The Trump administration chose the perfect to be the enemy of good enough, thus endangering the JCPOA — a plan that has prevented Iran from becoming another North Korea,"

deutschewelle-en Friday, September 13, 2019 5:50:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Unlike North Korea, Iran has domestic politics. No Iranian politician can afford to negotiate under duress with a US president who continues to bully and insult the Iranian leadership,"

deutschewelle-en Friday, September 13, 2019 5:50:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : "The Trump administration chose the perfect to be the enemy of good enough, thus endangering the JCPOA — a plan that has prevented Iran from becoming another North Korea,"

dw-en Friday, September 13, 2019 4:00:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Unlike North Korea, Iran has domestic politics. No Iranian politician can afford to negotiate under duress with a US president who continues to bully and insult the Iranian leadership,"

dw-en Friday, September 13, 2019 4:00:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “The Trump administration chose the perfect to be the enemy of good enough, thus endangering the JCPOA – a plan that has prevented Iran from becoming another North Korea,”

ChinaPost Friday, September 13, 2019 4:00:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “Unlike North Korea, Iran has domestic politics. No Iranian politician can afford to negotiate under duress with a US president who continues to bully and insult the Iranian leadership,”

ChinaPost Friday, September 13, 2019 4:00:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “There is no evidence that Iran has had an active nuclear weapons program since 2003. But if the JCPOA collapses and Iran is attacked by the US or Israel, all bets will be off,”

ChinaPost Friday, September 13, 2019 4:00:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : "The Trump administration chose the perfect to be the enemy of good enough, thus endangering the JCPOA - a plan that has prevented Iran from becoming another North Korea,"

deutschewelle-en Friday, September 13, 2019 3:46:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Unlike North Korea, Iran has domestic politics. No Iranian politician can afford to negotiate under duress with a US president who continues to bully and insult the Iranian leadership,"

deutschewelle-en Friday, September 13, 2019 3:46:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “There is precedent for Mnuchin playing the more pragmatic role,” “If you remember, when the administration was debating reissuing waivers for civil nuclear cooperation, Bolton [was] reportedly against it, [and] Mnuchin was in favor of renewing those waivers. He won the debate. And so if the president has decided to empower Mnuchin into looking into options for sanctions relief, that is a wise choice”

al-monitor Friday, September 6, 2019 5:31:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about President Trump ) : “The problem is, the maximum of what he [Trump] is willing to give the Iranians falls short of the minimum the Iranians would need to justify a bilateral meeting with President Trump,”

al-monitor Friday, September 6, 2019 5:31:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “I don’t think the French initiative is at this stage doomed,” “But the odds of it succeeding are not that promising”

al-monitor Friday, September 6, 2019 5:31:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “My sense is that this is most probably another attempt by the president’s national security team to sabotage another mediation effort which has the potential to de-escalate tensions between Iran and the US,”

al-monitor Saturday, August 10, 2019 12:04:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “basically burning that initiative before it even began,”

al-monitor Saturday, August 10, 2019 12:04:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “My understanding is President Macron was planning to present Trump with a potential package on the sidelines of the G-7 meeting in France later this month,”

al-monitor Saturday, August 10, 2019 12:04:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “What comes out of Washington is highly confusing to the Iranians,”

al-monitor Saturday, August 10, 2019 12:04:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “an intermediary who can put together a package that would usher in some kind of tactical detente and which could eventually bring both sides to the negotiating table,”

al-monitor Saturday, August 10, 2019 12:04:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "I'm afraid that the leadership in Tehran might have come to the conclusion that noncompliance and pushback have become more fruitful for them than compliance and restraint,"

beaumontenterprise Monday, August 5, 2019 12:54:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “I’m afraid that the leadership in Tehran might have come to the conclusion that noncompliance and pushback have become more fruitful for them than compliance and restraint,”

WashingtonPost Monday, August 5, 2019 8:19:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "This proves to the Iranians that the Trump administration is basically not interested in diplomacy,"

middleeasteye Friday, August 2, 2019 11:59:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "On the one hand they say they're interested in reaching a better and broader deal with Iran," "But then they turn around and sanction Iran's diplomat in chief"

middleeasteye Friday, August 2, 2019 11:59:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Further military buildup in the region would increase the risk of miscalculation,”

iran-daily Friday, August 2, 2019 4:40:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Javad Zarif ) : “exposes a tension in the US administration argument, in the sense that you can’t say you are primarily interested in diplomacy with Iran, and at the same time, sanction Iran’s diplomat in chief,” “The other tension in the administration argument about Zarif: At the same time they say he does not matter in Iran as a decision-maker, they sanction him for being part of the supreme leader’s office”

al-monitor Thursday, August 1, 2019 2:40:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “It really puts the incoherence on full display,”

al-monitor Thursday, August 1, 2019 2:40:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Look, they know he is an effective messenger for Iran and that is precisely what they dislike about him,”

al-monitor Thursday, August 1, 2019 2:40:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez says : “Their last dollar will go to Hezbollah and Hamas and to other groups,”

WashingtonPost Tuesday, July 30, 2019 9:46:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez says : “Their last dollar will go to Hezbollah and Hamas and to other groups,”

WashingtonPost Tuesday, July 30, 2019 9:10:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Iraqi government cannot afford to alienate either side,”

news-yahoo Tuesday, July 23, 2019 10:55:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “I asked a very senior Iranian official a few months ago of all of these flash points around the region -- from the Strait of Hormuz, to Yemen, to the Golan Heights, to Iraq, to Lebanon -- which one worries him the most?”

news-yahoo Tuesday, July 23, 2019 10:55:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Iraqi government cannot afford to alienate either side,”

news-yahoo Tuesday, July 23, 2019 10:55:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Iranians see themselves under siege,” “They don’t perceive just an economic warfare being waged against them by the Trump administration. They see multidimensional conflict, which has different elements, information warfare, covert operations. And as such, for a government that even on a good day is quite paranoid, it is not entirely unexpected for them to have the perception that there are really people out there to get them”

thehill Tuesday, July 23, 2019 1:29:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez added : “Without putting a concrete offer on the table, I don’t think this will go very far,” “We have to wait and see if there is anything concrete there”

al-monitor Saturday, July 20, 2019 12:01:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “I think Rand Paul has one major advantage and one major disadvantage,” “The advantage is his direct link to the president, so he can go around [national security adviser John] Bolton and [Secretary of State Mike] Pompeo. The disadvantage is that he does not know the Iranians, and he is not familiar with the culture of nuances”

al-monitor Saturday, July 20, 2019 12:01:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Engagement with Trump directly is an idea that has gained currency in Iran,”

nytimes Friday, July 19, 2019 7:11:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Javad Zarif ) : "Zarif is too valuable for the Iranian system to let him go at a time when his diplomatic skills are needed more than ever,"

deutschewelle-en Thursday, July 18, 2019 12:06:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Javad Zarif ) : "Zarif is too valuable for the Iranian system to let him go at a time when his diplomatic skills are needed more than ever,"

dw-en Wednesday, July 17, 2019 11:54:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “not a new position by the Iranians,”

nytimes Wednesday, July 17, 2019 4:56:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “For the administration to jump on this as a sign of ‘maximum pressure’ softening the Iranian position and opening up the door over negotiations over the missile program is at best a sign of desperation, and at worst a complete misreading of the dynamics in Iran,”

nytimes Wednesday, July 17, 2019 4:56:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “The problem, at this stage, is of the two possible tracks [for US-Iran dialogue], which is a prisoner swap and a kind of ‘JCPOA plus’ negotiation, the previous one was preconditioned by the United States on the Iranians freeing the [detained] Americans to signal that they are serious,”

al-monitor Sunday, July 14, 2019 7:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez added : “I think that is exactly what [mediators] are trying to do: Freeze the cycle of escalation,” “That pause could open the door for further negotiations”

al-monitor Sunday, July 14, 2019 7:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about John Bolton ) : “If Macron is to promise anything to the Iranians, to change their calculations, he needs some greenlighting from the White House,” “And every time they want to do that, Bolton is able to block them”

al-monitor Sunday, July 14, 2019 7:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “The problem, at this stage, is of the two possible tracks [for US-Iran dialogue], which is a prisoner swap and a kind of ‘JCPOA plus’ negotiation, the previous one was preconditioned by the United States on the Iranians freeing the [detained] Americans to signal that they are serious,”

al-monitor Saturday, July 13, 2019 12:39:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez added : “I think that is exactly what [mediators] are trying to do: Freeze the cycle of escalation,” “That pause could open the door for further negotiations”

al-monitor Saturday, July 13, 2019 12:39:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about John Bolton ) : “If Macron is to promise anything to the Iranians, to change their calculations, he needs some greenlighting from the White House,” “And every time they want to do that, Bolton is able to block them”

al-monitor Saturday, July 13, 2019 12:39:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Certainly European efforts can help buy time, but it's not really going to save the Iranian economy," "That kind of support can come from Asia. If China were to go back to its original level of oil imports from Iran, I think without any doubt the Iranian economy could stay afloat, at least until US presidential elections in 2020"

euronews-en Friday, July 12, 2019 9:57:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez tells : “But they can inject significant amount of export credit into INSTEX to lift it off the ground and turn it into a meaningful channel. More EU states can also join in or establish similar mechanisms,”

tehrantimes Wednesday, July 10, 2019 11:44:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez tells : “But they can inject a significant amount of export credit into INSTEX to lift it off the ground and turn it into a meaningful channel. More EU states can also join in or establish similar mechanisms,”

mehrnews-en Tuesday, July 9, 2019 6:44:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran won’t go back to the negotiating table empty handed,”

news-yahoo Sunday, July 7, 2019 11:11:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “Iran won’t go back to the negotiating table empty handed,” “The more it comes to the conclusion that it has no choice other than engaging the Trump administration, the likelier it is that Tehran would resuscitate its nuclear program to restore its leverage. That means that a new round of talks will have to pass through another perilous nuclear standoff”

news-yahoo Sunday, July 7, 2019 11:11:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran won’t go back to the negotiating table empty handed,” “The more it comes to the conclusion that it has no choice other than engaging the Trump administration, the likelier it is that Tehran would resuscitate its nuclear program to restore its leverage. That means that a new round of talks will have to pass through another perilous nuclear standoff”

financialexpress Sunday, July 7, 2019 6:19:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran won’t go back to the negotiating table empty handed,”

news-yahoo Sunday, July 7, 2019 4:05:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “Iran won’t go back to the negotiating table empty handed,” “The more it comes to the conclusion that it has no choice other than engaging the Trump administration, the likelier it is that Tehran would resuscitate its nuclear program to restore its leverage. That means that a new round of talks will have to pass through another perilous nuclear standoff”

news-yahoo Sunday, July 7, 2019 4:05:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

timesfreepress Thursday, July 4, 2019 6:54:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

thegardenisland Thursday, July 4, 2019 6:21:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

fox13memphis Thursday, July 4, 2019 3:05:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the centre of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

theage Thursday, July 4, 2019 10:57:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the centre of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

brisbanetimes Thursday, July 4, 2019 10:40:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the centre of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

smh Thursday, July 4, 2019 10:35:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the centre of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

watoday Thursday, July 4, 2019 10:33:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : "The Trump administration is pushing the centre of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

asianage Thursday, July 4, 2019 9:50:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Trump administration is pushing the centre of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

firstpost Thursday, July 4, 2019 9:14:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “The Trump Administration is pushing the centre of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

jamaicaobserver Thursday, July 4, 2019 9:09:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

business-standard Thursday, July 4, 2019 7:44:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

accesswdun Thursday, July 4, 2019 7:08:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

startribune Thursday, July 4, 2019 6:51:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

WashingtonPost Thursday, July 4, 2019 5:41:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

news-yahoo Thursday, July 4, 2019 3:36:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Trump administration is pushing the centre of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

TorontoStar Thursday, July 4, 2019 2:32:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

HonululuAdvertiser Thursday, July 4, 2019 1:34:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

business-standard Thursday, July 4, 2019 1:33:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

WashingtonPost Thursday, July 4, 2019 12:35:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Patrick Pinault ) : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

seattlepi Thursday, July 4, 2019 12:23:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

therepublic Wednesday, July 3, 2019 10:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

WashingtonPost Wednesday, July 3, 2019 9:11:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

ohio Wednesday, July 3, 2019 8:55:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

wsaw Wednesday, July 3, 2019 8:49:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

wkyt Wednesday, July 3, 2019 8:45:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

wral Wednesday, July 3, 2019 8:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

mynews13 Wednesday, July 3, 2019 8:39:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Patrick Pinault ) : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

seattlepi Wednesday, July 3, 2019 8:21:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

ABCnews Wednesday, July 3, 2019 8:20:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,"

statesman Wednesday, July 3, 2019 8:13:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

tribtown Wednesday, July 3, 2019 8:06:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Trump administration is pushing the center of Iranian politics to the right at the determent of the Iranian people and the entire region,”

dailyjournal Wednesday, July 3, 2019 7:51:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “During times of extreme economic duress, people are most focused on trying to make ends meet,”

WashingtonPost Monday, July 1, 2019 4:22:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “During times of extreme economic duress, people are most focused on trying to make ends meet,”

WashingtonPost Monday, July 1, 2019 1:46:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “During times of extreme economic duress, people are most focused on trying to make ends meet,”

WashingtonPost Monday, July 1, 2019 10:51:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “During times of extreme economic duress, people are most focused on trying to make ends meet,”

msn-uk Monday, July 1, 2019 7:54:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “During times of extreme economic duress, people are most focused on trying to make ends meet,”

WashingtonPost Monday, July 1, 2019 3:01:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The thing is, the less the Iranians have to lose, the less risk averse they will become,”

al-monitor Friday, June 28, 2019 7:26:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “But the problem with the prisoner swap is it was preconditioned by the US, which demanded Iran release one or two Americans first to demonstrate seriousness and their ability to deliver,” “The problem on the JCPOA-related negotiations is they were preconditioned by the Iranians, who asked the US to provide sanctions relief as a sign of good will”

al-monitor Friday, June 28, 2019 7:26:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The solution may be to link the two, and to have the Trump administration provide Iran with some reprieve [from sanctions] in return for the release of US prisoners and allow both sides to step back from the brink, and pave the way for broader negotiations,”

al-monitor Friday, June 28, 2019 7:26:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "The Trump administration's maximum pressure campaign has led to a climate that is ripe for inadvertent conflict,"

abc-au Tuesday, June 25, 2019 11:33:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Unemployment is rising along with inflation, while the currency has lost two-thirds of its value and the economy is shrinking at the rate of 6 per cent,"

abc-au Tuesday, June 25, 2019 11:33:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Iran is unlikely to block the Strait of Hormuz as it constitutes Tehran’s own [economic] lifeline. Most of Iran’s remaining energy exports and imports pass through the strait,”

hellenicshippingnews Monday, June 24, 2019 3:08:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "If Iran's leadership comes to the conclusion that it has no choice other than talking to Washington, it will do so only after it has resuscitated its leverage,"

thespec Sunday, June 23, 2019 8:04:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “I worry that the Iran has interpreted this as the president’s extreme aversion to getting the U.S. in another war and come to the conclusion that they still have some space to push back,” “If they don’t get what they want, they will continue to escalate and sooner or later there will be a pattern of behaviour that becomes intolerable for the U.S”

TorontoStar Saturday, June 22, 2019 6:15:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “I worry that the Iran has interpreted this as the president’s extreme aversion to getting the US in another war and come to the conclusion that they still have some space to push back,” “If they don’t get what they want, they will continue to escalate and sooner or later there will be a pattern of behavior that becomes intolerable for the US”

HindustanTimes Saturday, June 22, 2019 11:39:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez added : “Iran has significant manpower and a network of proxies and partners around the region that could be activated to deter direct attacks on Iranian soil,”

foxnews Friday, June 21, 2019 10:33:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “It is clear that maximum pressure has rendered the Iranians more – not less – belligerent,”

news-yahoo Friday, June 21, 2019 8:33:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “The Iranians will not negotiate with a gun to their head,” “They’re afraid that if they accept to engage the Trump administration – which is strangulating their economy – this would not alleviate pressure but only invite more”

news-yahoo Friday, June 21, 2019 8:33:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “It is clear that maximum pressure has rendered the Iranians more – not less – belligerent,”

news-yahoo Friday, June 21, 2019 5:07:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “The Iranians will not negotiate with a gun to their head,” “They’re afraid that if they accept to engage the Trump administration – which is strangulating their economy – this would not alleviate pressure but only invite more”

news-yahoo Friday, June 21, 2019 5:07:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez added : "That would not just involve the Iranians and the Americans, but the entire region would be put on fire,"

aljazeera-en Friday, June 21, 2019 10:04:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Iran might have the motivation to conduct such attacks, but absent hard proof, it is hard to rule out that it wasn't the act of a spoiler who wanted to make sure that Iran and the US remain on a collision course amid Japanese efforts to de-escalate tensions,"

abc-au Thursday, June 20, 2019 3:14:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Iran might have the motivation to conduct such attacks, but absent hard proof, it is hard to rule out that it wasn't the act of a spoiler who wanted to make sure that Iran and the US remain on a collision course amid Japanese efforts to de-escalate tensions,"

radioaustralianews-fr Tuesday, June 18, 2019 10:21:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Iran might have the motivation to conduct such attacks, but absent hard proof, it is hard to rule out that it wasn't the act of a spoiler who wanted to make sure that Iran and the US remain on a collision course amid Japanese efforts to de-escalate tensions,"

abc-au Tuesday, June 18, 2019 8:28:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This was an entirely predictable consequence of the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal and maximum pressure strategy,”

msn-uk Tuesday, June 18, 2019 5:38:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This was an entirely predictable consequence of the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal and maximum pressure strategy,”

nytimes Monday, June 17, 2019 8:55:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "If Iran is behind these attacks, it clearly shows that a U.S. policy relying solely on coercion can backfire,"

globalsecurity Sunday, June 16, 2019 8:27:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "If Iran is behind these attacks, it clearly shows that a U.S. policy relying solely on coercion can backfire,"

sinacom-en Saturday, June 15, 2019 4:05:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,”

WashingtonPost Saturday, June 15, 2019 11:20:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "If Iran is behind these attacks, it clearly shows that a U.S. policy relying solely on coercion can backfire,"

peopledaily Saturday, June 15, 2019 6:40:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,"

philly Saturday, June 15, 2019 6:20:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "If Iran is behind these attacks, it clearly shows that a U.S. policy relying solely on coercion can backfire,"

chinabroadcast Saturday, June 15, 2019 6:04:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,"

houstonchronicle Saturday, June 15, 2019 6:04:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,”

WashingtonPost Saturday, June 15, 2019 4:43:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,"

nzherald Saturday, June 15, 2019 3:56:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,”

WashingtonPost Saturday, June 15, 2019 3:35:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "If Iran is behind these attacks, it clearly shows that a U.S. policy relying solely on coercion can backfire,"

xinhuanet_en Saturday, June 15, 2019 1:59:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “If Iran is the culprit, the Trump Administration has only itself to blame for pushing Tehran to take aggressive steps that it has eschewed since the worst days of the Iran-Iraq War,”

jpost Friday, June 14, 2019 6:44:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,”

WashingtonPost Friday, June 14, 2019 2:25:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,"

houstonchronicle Friday, June 14, 2019 1:56:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Mike Pompeo ) : “It is quite stunning that Pompeo gave no time and space for conducting a proper investigation before blaming Iran,”

time Friday, June 14, 2019 1:11:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Mike Pompeo ) : “It is quite stunning that Pompeo gave no time and space for conducting a proper investigation before blaming Iran,”

news-yahoo Friday, June 14, 2019 9:35:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez added ( about President Trump ) : “If Iran was behind it, it is very clear the maximum-pressure policy of the Trump administration is rendering Iran more aggressive, not less. If Iran was not behind it, then it’s clear some other actor in the region could be trying to engineer a Gulf of Tonkin incident,”

WashingtonPost Friday, June 14, 2019 8:27:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,”

WashingtonPost Friday, June 14, 2019 8:27:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,”

WashingtonPost Friday, June 14, 2019 6:14:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "In many ways, I feel like this is a 1914 moment for the region, that a single incident could put the entire region on fire,"

nbcnews Friday, June 14, 2019 2:36:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,”

WashingtonPost Friday, June 14, 2019 1:55:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,”

WashingtonPost Thursday, June 13, 2019 10:39:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “This is a way station to a wider conflict breaking out between Iran and the United States,”

WashingtonPost Thursday, June 13, 2019 8:23:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “Probably what Prime Minister Abe is going to suggest is a meeting between President Rouhani and President Trump on the sidelines of UNGA,”

al-monitor Tuesday, June 11, 2019 6:37:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “I don’t know if Abe is going to Iran with concrete suggestions some kind of freeze [on US secondary sanctions] potentially could modify the Iranian position, to make it worth the political cost of sitting down with President Trump,” “But absent that kind of gesture from the Trump administration, basically making the first concessions to the Iranians, I doubt there will be any kind of meeting”

al-monitor Tuesday, June 11, 2019 6:37:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The problem is he believes that maximum pressures and threats are a negotiating strategy,”

nytimes Friday, June 7, 2019 12:33:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “I have the impression, because the pressure of sanctions has been more effective than the Iranians anticipated, that they are now considering in a more serious way the North Korean option,” “Not necessarily talks that result in a deal, but talks that result in a freeze. Or that would create some kind of reprieve”

al-monitor Tuesday, June 4, 2019 2:20:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told ( about Mike Pompeo ) : “My impression is that Pompeo understands that the president has been running out of patience with the maximum pressure policy,”

al-monitor Tuesday, June 4, 2019 2:20:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “My guess is probably what PM Abe is going to suggest is a meeting between [Iranian President Hassan] Rouhani and President Trump on sidelines of the UN General Assembly [in New York this fall],” “This might be the last good opportunity for a meeting like this”

al-monitor Tuesday, June 4, 2019 2:20:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez explains : "All of a sudden, you have a news headline that takes over the world which comes from a rather dubious and questionable sourcing,"

aljazeera-en Monday, May 27, 2019 2:28:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “It is absolutely not surprising if we see Iran start flexing its muscles in the region where it has a pretty strong hand and it has the potential to exact a cost on the U.S. and its allies in the region,”

WashingtonPost Thursday, May 23, 2019 2:28:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “If the economic situation in Iran as a result of sanctions starts spiraling out of control, that's when the system in Iran would welcome a confrontation with the U.S. because that would change the subject domestically,”

WashingtonPost Thursday, May 23, 2019 2:28:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “It is absolutely not surprising if we see Iran start flexing its muscles in the region where it has a pretty strong hand and it has the potential to exact a cost on the U.S. and its allies in the region,”

WashingtonPost Thursday, May 23, 2019 1:37:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “If the economic situation in Iran as a result of sanctions starts spiraling out of control, that's when the system in Iran would welcome a confrontation with the U.S. because that would change the subject domestically,”

WashingtonPost Thursday, May 23, 2019 1:37:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “Couldn’t ask for a better ally than the Trump administration,”

kuwaittimes Thursday, May 16, 2019 9:25:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Donald Trump ) : “I couldn't ask for a better ally than the Trump administration,”

iol Thursday, May 16, 2019 1:28:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "a lot of non-state actors in the region who could take steps that would push the two sides into a direct confrontation,"

channelnewsasia Tuesday, May 14, 2019 6:47:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "a lot of non-state actors in the region who could take steps that would push the two sides into a direct confrontation,"

msn-uk Tuesday, May 14, 2019 5:48:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "a lot of non-state actors in the region who could take steps that would push the two sides into a direct confrontation,"

pulse Tuesday, May 14, 2019 5:35:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "a lot of non-state actors in the region who could take steps that would push the two sides into a direct confrontation,"

digitaljournal Tuesday, May 14, 2019 5:24:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "a lot of non-state actors in the region who could take steps that would push the two sides into a direct confrontation,"

yahoo-au Tuesday, May 14, 2019 5:12:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "a lot of non-state actors in the region who could take steps that would push the two sides into a direct confrontation,"

news-yahoo Tuesday, May 14, 2019 5:12:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "a lot of non-state actors in the region who could take steps that would push the two sides into a direct confrontation,"

afp-en Tuesday, May 14, 2019 4:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez estime : "Le fait que chaque camp croit que l'autre ne veut pas la guerre augmente le risque de confrontation en créant de l'espace pour des erreurs d'interprétation, d'autant que les parties n'ont pas de canaux de communication"

afp-fr Tuesday, May 14, 2019 12:28:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “We've been hearing from the Saudis and the Emiratis that they expected to see Iranian escalation either in Yemen or the Red Sea to put pressure on their oil exports to Europe,”

politico-eu Monday, May 13, 2019 1:02:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “My sense is that they are going to break out of some of the limits on research and development,”

politico-eu Monday, May 13, 2019 1:02:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “We've been hearing from the Saudis and the Emiratis that they expected to see Iranian escalation either in Yemen or the Red Sea to put pressure on their oil exports to Europe,”

digitaljournal Thursday, May 9, 2019 9:16:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez afirma : “O Irã adotou medidas retaliatórias mínimas contra a pressão máxima exercida pelos Estados Unidos” “Essa escalada de tensões em câmera lenta é uma continuação da mesma estratégia adotada anteriormente: ganhar tempo, mantendo as esperanças de que vozes mais moderadas prevaleçam nas negociações sobre o Plano de Ação Conjunto Global (JCPOA, na sigla em inglês). A bola agora está nas mãos dos outros signatários do acordo, que devem escolher entre desafiar as sanções unilaterais dos Estados Unidos ou testemunhar cada vez mais violações iranianas que levarão ao eventual sepultamento do acordo”

ogloboglobo Thursday, May 9, 2019 1:18:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "But they have increasingly less to lose because the U.S. sanctions have effectively deprived them of all the benefits that the nuclear deal promised,"

usaToday Thursday, May 9, 2019 12:46:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "But they have increasingly less to lose because the U.S. sanctions have effectively deprived them of all the benefits that the nuclear deal promised,"

news-yahoo Thursday, May 9, 2019 12:09:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “They’ll discard the thresholds now, but are unlikely to surpass them within the 60-day window,”

al-monitor Thursday, May 9, 2019 3:28:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “We've been hearing from the Saudis and the Emiratis that they expected to see Iranian escalation either in Yemen or the Red Sea to put pressure on their oil exports to Europe,”

digitaljournal Thursday, May 9, 2019 1:29:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Iran has chosen an escalation in slow motion,"

4-traders Wednesday, May 8, 2019 11:55:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "But they have increasingly less to lose because the U.S. sanctions have effectively deprived them of all the benefits that the nuclear deal promised,"

news-yahoo Wednesday, May 8, 2019 11:20:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Iran has chosen an escalation in slow motion,"

4-traders Wednesday, May 8, 2019 6:21:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about President Trump ) : “The presence of U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf is not unusual. What is unusual is the Trump administration’s level of bellicosity toward Iran,”

WashingtonPost Wednesday, May 8, 2019 3:30:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about President Trump ) : “The presence of U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf is not unusual. What is unusual is the Trump administration’s level of bellicosity toward Iran,”

WashingtonPost Wednesday, May 8, 2019 8:56:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about John Bolton ) : “Bolton has been itching for a fight with Iran for years now,”

news-yahoo Wednesday, May 8, 2019 7:22:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez tells : “If President Trump is serious about negotiating with Tehran, he ought to appoint an Iran envoy who doesn't belong to Bolton/Pompeo camp and has a history of positive working relations with Iran,”

tehrantimes Tuesday, May 7, 2019 10:06:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez tells : “If President Trump is serious about negotiating with Tehran, he ought to appoint an Iran envoy who doesn't belong to Bolton/Pompeo camp and has a history of positive working relations with Iran,”

mehrnews-en Tuesday, May 7, 2019 9:07:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “We've been hearing from the Saudis and the Emiratis that they expected to see Iranian escalation either in Yemen or the Red Sea to put pressure on their oil exports to Europe,”

politico Tuesday, May 7, 2019 1:48:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “My sense is that this is primarily motivated by the fact that maximum pressure has produced minimum results, and the clock is ticking,”

al-monitor Tuesday, April 23, 2019 12:26:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez says : “One overlooked consequence of the IRGC’s FTO designation is that criticizing the corps will now become nearly impossible for critics in Iran who will be accused of playing into the Trump administration’s hands,”

cknw Friday, April 12, 2019 12:10:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez says : “One overlooked consequence of the IRGC’s FTO designation is that criticizing the corps will now become nearly impossible for critics in Iran who will be accused of playing into the Trump administration’s hands,”

globalnews Thursday, April 11, 2019 11:26:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez says ( about Donald Trump ) : "Some in the Trump administration appear determined to provoke the IRGC into committing a mistake that would then justify taking military action against Iran,"

globalsecurity Wednesday, April 10, 2019 5:32:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez says : "Some in the Trump administration appear determined to provoke the IRGC into committing a mistake that would then justify taking military action against Iran,"

rferl Tuesday, April 9, 2019 8:37:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told ( about Patrick Pinault ) : “The administration is clearly trying to exploit this natural disaster to twist its knife and further discredit the Iranian government. But this is an exercise in futility,”

al-monitor Wednesday, April 3, 2019 5:12:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Mike Pompeo ) : “If [Pompeo] really wants to demonstrate goodwill, he would be better off waiving the rules in the US,”

al-monitor Wednesday, April 3, 2019 5:12:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Sistani's selective engagement with the more pragmatic forces of Iranian politics could boost Rouhani's domestic standing at a time that the discredited Iranian president needs it the most,”

WashingtonPost Thursday, March 14, 2019 1:34:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “zero-sum prism that [the United States] views much of its regional rivalry with Iran,” “Washington has to acknowledge that Tehran has soft-power advantages that the U.S. lacks,”

WashingtonPost Thursday, March 14, 2019 1:34:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “I think he was looking for a pretext and I think the way he was treated with the Assad visit was quite insulting for any foreign minister,” “This was the last straw for Zarif. It was an emotional reaction”

nytimes Wednesday, March 6, 2019 2:45:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “The president has surrounded himself with people who do not share his vision of getting a better deal with Iran,”

al-monitor Friday, March 1, 2019 6:36:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Javad Zarif ) : "Zarif is too valuable for the Iranian system to let him go at a time when his diplomatic skills are needed more than ever,"

deutschewelle-en Thursday, February 28, 2019 3:04:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Javad Zarif ) : “Zarif is too valuable for the Iranian system to let him go at a time when his diplomatic skills are needed more than ever,”

jordantimes Thursday, February 28, 2019 2:51:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Javad Zarif ) : "Zarif is too valuable for the Iranian system to let him go at a time when his diplomatic skills are needed more than ever,"

dw-en Thursday, February 28, 2019 2:51:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Javad Zarif ) : "Zarif is too valuable for the Iranian system to let him go at a time when his diplomatic skills are needed more than ever,"

firstpost Thursday, February 28, 2019 12:03:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Javad Zarif ) : "Zarif is too valuable for the Iranian system to let him go at a time when his diplomatic skills are needed more than ever,"

trust2 Wednesday, February 27, 2019 9:40:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Javad Zarif ) : "Zarif is too valuable for the Iranian system to let him go at a time when his diplomatic skills are needed more than ever,"

news-yahoo Wednesday, February 27, 2019 9:33:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Javad Zarif ) : "Zarif is too valuable for the Iranian system to let him go at a time when his diplomatic skills are needed more than ever,"

trust Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:59:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "If it is up to Rohani, he'd either tap his chief of staff, Mahmud Vaezi, or Zarif's deputy, Abbas Araghchi [to replace Zarif]. Both men would bring more continuity than change to style and substance of Iran's foreign policy," "However, if a hard-liner like former Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian is imposed on the president by the deep state, it could augur a hardening of Iran's outlook on the outside world,"

globalsecurity Wednesday, February 27, 2019 8:20:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "If it is up to Rohani, he’d either tap his chief of staff, Mahmud Vaezi, or Zarif’s deputy, Abbas Araghchi [to replace Zarif]. Both men would bring more continuity than change to style and substance of Iran’s foreign policy," "However, if a hard-liner like former Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian is imposed on the president by the deep state, it could augur a hardening of Iran's outlook on the outside world,"

rferl Tuesday, February 26, 2019 8:34:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Both sides are waiting and hoping for regime change in one another’s countries, but the clock in Washington is running faster than the clock in Tehran,”

politico-eu Friday, February 15, 2019 3:05:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "I doubt Washington will succeed in achieving this objective, because while many in Europe share US concerns with regards to Iran's regional activities and ballistic missiles programme, they don't agree with Washington's one-sided and maximalist view that Iran is the source of all evil in the region,"

thedailystarBD Tuesday, February 12, 2019 11:14:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Wrecked by revolutionary turmoil and ravaged by years of war, sanctions and mismanagement, the Iranian economy has failed to fulfill its enormous potential, squandering the prosperity of an entire generation of Iranians,”

news-yahoo Monday, February 11, 2019 4:48:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Wrecked by revolutionary turmoil and ravaged by years of war, sanctions and mismanagement, the Iranian economy has failed to fulfill its enormous potential, squandering the prosperity of an entire generation of Iranians,”

bloomberg Sunday, February 10, 2019 11:39:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Wrecked by revolutionary turmoil and ravaged by years of war, sanctions and mismanagement, the Iranian economy has failed to fulfill its enormous potential, squandering the prosperity of an entire generation of Iranians,”

news-yahoo Sunday, February 10, 2019 10:06:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “If you look at the range of ultimate objectives different people [in the administration] have in mind, from protests that pose an existential threat to the system, to change of behavior, to the Iranians coming back to the negotiating table, none of that is happening,”

iran-daily Friday, January 18, 2019 7:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Iranian economy is in dire straits but not a downward spiral,” “While the number of protests was higher in 2018 compared to previous years, their scale and scope remain limited”

iran-daily Friday, January 18, 2019 7:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about John Bolton ) : “So probably the objective here, especially with what Bolton is allegedly doing to prompt an inspection crisis, is to try to put the burden of blame around Iran’s neck,” “Basically, if you can't convince others that the JCPOA is dead, try to persuade them that the deal is already defunct as Iran is violating it by denying access to ‘suspect’ sites”

iran-daily Friday, January 18, 2019 7:42:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez told : “If you look at the range of ultimate objectives different people [in the administration] have in mind, from protests that pose an existential threat to the system, to change of behavior, to the Iranians coming back to the negotiating table, none of that is happening,”

al-monitor Friday, January 18, 2019 6:30:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The Iranian economy is in dire straits but not a downward spiral,” “While the number of protests was higher in 2018 compared to previous years, their scale and scope remain limited”

al-monitor Friday, January 18, 2019 6:30:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “Now, the other point, which I think is key, is precisely because of this assessment,”

al-monitor Friday, January 18, 2019 6:30:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “If that happens, Iran will be able to bolster its defensive capabilities through purchasing Russian and Chinese conventional weapons. And at that stage, it would be much harder to go after their nuclear program,” “So that adds pressure on time. But there is no way to stop the UN Security Council from lifting the embargo unless the JCPOA is dead”

al-monitor Friday, January 18, 2019 6:30:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about John Bolton ) : “So probably the objective here, especially with what Bolton is allegedly doing to prompt an inspection crisis, is to try to put the burden of blame around Iran’s neck,” “Basically, if you can't convince others that the JCPOA is dead, try to persuade them that the deal is already defunct as Iran is violating it by denying access to ‘suspect’ sites”

al-monitor Friday, January 18, 2019 6:30:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez says : "The threat from abroad is used as justification for restricting the amount of latitude given to civil society. The security forces benefit from the sanctions, because the Iranian system increasingly relies on them to survive, and to suppress criticism at home,"

dw-en Monday, December 31, 2018 12:51:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez says : "The threat from abroad is used as justification for restricting the amount of latitude given to civil society. The security forces benefit from the sanctions, because the Iranian system increasingly relies on them to survive, and to suppress criticism at home,"

deutschewelle-en Monday, December 31, 2018 12:38:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez says : "The threat from abroad is used as justification for restricting the amount of latitude given to civil society. The security forces benefit from the sanctions, because the Iranian system increasingly relies on them to survive, and to suppress criticism at home,"

dw-en Sunday, December 30, 2018 5:29:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez says : "The threat from abroad is used as justification for restricting the amount of latitude given to civil society. The security forces benefit from the sanctions, because the Iranian system increasingly relies on them to survive, and to suppress criticism at home,"

deutschewelle-en Sunday, December 30, 2018 5:29:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "The fight against corruption in Iran has always been subjective and used as a political football,"

4-traders Wednesday, December 26, 2018 2:21:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “There is still no official link or a money trail between the Trump administration and Iranian opposition groups,” “But in the process of using platforms associated with Iran's regional foes to delegitimize the Islamic Republic, the opposition risks delegitimizing itself in the eyes of a highly nationalistic Iranian population”

al-monitor Saturday, December 15, 2018 2:35:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "has the cards to sabotage the process"

aljazeera-en Monday, October 23, 2017 11:11:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Though both have attempted to build on common concerns, deep suspicions about the other's ambitions to benefit from the chaos have stopped them from reaching an arrangement that could lower the region's flames,"

digitaljournal Thursday, September 21, 2017 10:11:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez told : "Though both have attempted to build on common concerns, deep suspicions about the other's ambitions to benefit from the chaos have stopped them from reaching an arrangement that could lower the region's flames,"

naharnet-en Thursday, September 21, 2017 9:32:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez says : "The IAEA has never had better access to Iran's military sites," "If the Trump administration loses this unprecedented access ... it will soon wish for it"

npr Thursday, September 14, 2017 1:09:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez says : "The IAEA has never had better access to Iran's military sites," "If the Trump administration loses this unprecedented access ... it will soon wish for it"

npr Thursday, September 14, 2017 12:06:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Saudi ) : "Saudi Arabia's new leadership is intent on cutting Iran down to size, and to date, there has been no high-level political contact between Tehran and Washington,"

deutschewelle-en Thursday, August 3, 2017 10:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez souligne : "A terme, la Turquie et l'Iran devront vivre avec les conséquences des conflits qui font rage autour d'eux"

lematindz Wednesday, February 22, 2017 4:33:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez souligne : "A terme, la Turquie et l'Iran devront vivre avec les conséquences des conflits qui font rage autour d'eux"

romandie Tuesday, February 21, 2017 11:48:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Ruhollah Khomeini ) : “Ayatollah Khamenei’s rejection of national reconciliation is no surprise. It is in keeping with the unforgiving nature of Iranian politics and his character,”

latimes Tuesday, February 21, 2017 8:45:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “As long as Ayatollah Khamenei lives, the door remains shut on Khatami and his close associates,” “They still have influence, but cannot regain power”

latimes Tuesday, February 21, 2017 8:45:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez souligne : "A terme, la Turquie et l'Iran devront vivre avec les conséquences des conflits qui font rage autour d'eux"

afp-fr Tuesday, February 21, 2017 7:45:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Hassan Rohani ) : "With the deal in jeopardy, the system will be in vital need of Rouhani's team of smiling diplomats and economic technocrats to shift the blame to the US and keep Iran's economy afloat,"

jpost Tuesday, February 14, 2017 10:41:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Hassan Rohani ) : "With the deal in jeopardy, the system will be in vital need of Rouhani's team of smiling diplomats and economic technocrats to shift the blame to the US and keep Iran's economy afloat,"

jpost Sunday, February 12, 2017 6:15:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Hassan Rohani ) : "With the deal in jeopardy, the system will be in vital need of Rouhani’s team of smiling diplomats and economic technocrats to shift the blame to the U.S. and keep Iran's economy afloat,"

channelnewsasia Friday, February 10, 2017 9:56:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Hassan Rohani ) : "With the deal in jeopardy, the system will be in vital need of Rouhani’s team of smiling diplomats and economic technocrats to shift the blame to the U.S. and keep Iran's economy afloat,"

reuters Friday, February 10, 2017 9:29:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “The rules and regulations are changing by the hour, by the day. There’s a huge amount of uncertainty,”

post-gazette Friday, February 3, 2017 10:12:00 AM EAT

Ali Vaez says : "That is the leverage that the U.S. currently has, and I think the Iranians have already realized that without access to the U.S. financial system, they will have many difficulties for conducting trade,"

rferl Wednesday, February 1, 2017 8:15:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Besides tearing apart many families, this ban is materialising an objective that the leadership in Tehran has not been able to achieve for decades since the revolution,"

reuters-in Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:56:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Besides tearing apart many families, this ban is materializing an objective that the leadership in Tehran has not been able to achieve for decades since the revolution,"

reuters Sunday, January 29, 2017 10:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Assad ) : "Russia doesn't appear to share Iran's key priorities in Syria. Not only does Assad appear more dispensable to Russia than he is to Iran, but Russian officials also appear more comfortable with the concept of federalism in Syria than their Iranian counterparts,"

digitaljournal Thursday, January 19, 2017 4:52:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Iran's first priority is to remind Turkey and Russia that no deal in Syria is feasible without taking Tehran's interest into account,"

digitaljournal Thursday, January 19, 2017 4:52:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Assad ) : "Russia doesn't appear to share Iran's key priorities in Syria. Not only does Assad appear more dispensable to Russia than he is to Iran, but Russian officials also appear more comfortable with the concept of federalism in Syria than their Iranian counterparts,"

naharnet-en Thursday, January 19, 2017 4:20:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Iran's first priority is to remind Turkey and Russia that no deal in Syria is feasible without taking Tehran's interest into account,"

naharnet-en Thursday, January 19, 2017 4:20:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Assad ) : "Russia doesn't appear to share Iran's key priorities in Syria. Not only does Assad appear more dispensable to Russia than he is to Iran, but Russian officials also appear more comfortable with the concept of federalism in Syria than their Iranian counterparts,"

middle-east-online_en Thursday, January 19, 2017 3:43:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Iran's first priority is to remind Turkey and Russia that no deal in Syria is feasible without taking Tehran's interest into account,"

middle-east-online_en Thursday, January 19, 2017 3:43:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Assad ) : "Russia doesn't appear to share Iran's key priorities in Syria. Not only does Assad appear more dispensable to Russia than he is to Iran, but Russian officials also appear more comfortable with the concept of federalism in Syria than their Iranian counterparts,"

afp-en Thursday, January 19, 2017 1:26:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "Iran's first priority is to remind Turkey and Russia that no deal in Syria is feasible without taking Tehran's interest into account,"

afp-en Thursday, January 19, 2017 1:26:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez says : “He was the pillar of pragmatism in Iran, the glue that kept a desperately divided camp together in the face of brutal pressure from the establishment,”

csmonitor Monday, January 9, 2017 9:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez says : “evolution from a founding father to loyal opposition was extraordinary,” “He came to embody Machiavelli’s adage: He who is the cause of another becoming powerful is ruined”

csmonitor Monday, January 9, 2017 9:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said ( about Patrick Pinault ) : "The Iranian establishment believes that it has to demonstrate to the United States that it has not agreed to the nuclear deal from a position of weakness lest Washington employs coercive pressure to alter Iran's regional or domestic policies,"

cnn Wednesday, August 31, 2016 1:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : "therefore feels that it has to reassure its main constituents that dealing with the 'devil' does not change the devil, or Iran's relations with it, and the system is not on the verge of a slippery slope of compromises that would end in its unraveling,"

cnn Wednesday, August 31, 2016 1:38:00 PM EAT

Ali Vaez said : “are both pragmatists, consensus builders, and on the same page when it gets to prioritizing economic recovery,”

latimes Friday, June 3, 2016 7:43:00 PM EAT