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UANI Roundup
News and Updates from United
Against Nuclear Iran
On September
25, United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) hosted our annual Iran Summit
at the Westin Grand Central in New York. Celebrating the 10th anniversary
of our founding, UANI was fortunate to host high level government
officials and Iran experts, including the Honorable Michael R.
Pompeo, Secretary of State of the United States, and Ambassador John
R. Bolton, National Security Adviser to President Donald J. Trump and
a former UANI advisory board member.
Business Risk
During the three years of U.S.
participation in the JCPOA (July 2015 to May 2018), Western and
Iranian companies inked a new business agreement on average once a
week. The vast majority of these deals were Memorandums of
Understanding (MOUs) - the "handshake on paper." Usually,
an MOU leads to full contracts and real business. However, in a new
resource, UANI research shows that the vast majority of these Iran
MOUs have not led to subsequent formal business arrangements and some
have been canceled altogether.
UANI President David Ibsen speaks to Voice of America
on Renault in Iran, arguing "[f]or
Renault to explicitly express their desire to comply with U.S. law,
even though they do not have any existing American operations,
suggests that even the prospect of future U.S. business is far more
enticing than anything they currently have in Iran."
UANI Research Director Daniel Roth writes in Investor's
Business Daily on how the promised gold rush after the nuclear
deal never turned into reality.
Iran in the World
New
Resource: Iran's Ideological Expansion
UANI published a report on the global reach of Iran's
soft power-spanning South America, Africa, Europe, the Middle East,
and Asia. These tools include media, universities, embassies,
charities, foundations, and other organs which export Tehran's
revolutionary ideology.
UANI published a primer, explaining the structure,
candidates, and context surrounding Lebanon's national parliamentary
elections in May, and Iran's hold on Hezbollah, a governing partner
in Lebanon.
UANI hosted an event on Capitol Hill featuring U.S.
Congressman Darin LaHood (R-IL) and policy experts to analyze and
debate the results of Lebanon's national parliamentary elections in
May and Iran's role in a new government.
UANI Chairman Senator Joseph I. Lieberman comments on Bloomberg
on the U.S.-Russia Summit, the stakes for U.S.-Iran policy, and
more.
UANI Senior Advisor Norm Roule writes in The National
Interest on the need to continue U.S. aid to the Saudi-led
coalition in Yemen.
UANI Research Analyst Jordan Steckler writes for Tablet
on the process of Iran's ideological expansion and how the foiled
plot to bomb a gathering of Iranian dissidents in Paris follows a
familiar pattern.
UANI Policy Director Jason Brodsky writes for U.S.
News and World Report on the need for the Trump administration to
formulate a robust strategy to thwart Iran's malevolent machinations
in the Middle East.
UANI Research Analyst David Daoud analyzes the
assassination of a leading Syrian regime scientist and the stakes for
Israel.
UANI Policy Director Jason Brodsky comments on
coordination of Iran policy in the Trump administration to JTA. More
in: Haaretz
and Times
of Israel.
As Syria, Russia, and Iran plan an offensive in Idlib,
UANI Research Analyst David Daoud speaks to the Washington Post
on a state senator from Virginia who met with Syria's President
Bashar al-Assad and his claims that the British are planning a fake
chemical attack in Syria.
The Iran Nuclear File
UANI Chairman Senator Joseph I. Lieberman comments on Fox
News on the reimposition of sanctions on Iran on August 5,
following the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear accord.
UANI Advisory Board Member and former Foreign Minister
of Italy Giulio Terzi writes for Euractiv.com on how sanctions
relief for Iran will not change Iran's pursuit of its own interests
and nuclear ambitions.
UANI Advisory Board Member and former Foreign Minister
of Italy Giulio Terzi writes for Euronews on how the U.S.
withdrawal from the nuclear deal may be a blessing in disguise for
Europe.
UANI Advisory Board Member Sir Graeme Lamb provides a
blueprint for a stronger nuclear deal with Iran in The Times.
UANI Research Analyst Jordan Steckler writes on how
Iran's leaders have only themselves to blame for the economic crisis
in Iran following the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal.
UANI Policy Director Jason Brodsky speaks with i24 on
how European financial assistance to Iran is being directed to some
questionable organizations in Tehran.
On i24, UANI Policy Director provides perspective on
Tehran's calculations as it contemplates next steps after the U.S.
withdrawal from the nuclear accord.
UANI Senior Advisor Norm Roule speaks on a panel hosted
by the Middle East Policy Council in Washington, DC on the
implications of the U.S. withdrawal from the nuclear deal.
Iran at Home
UANI Research Analyst Jordan Steckler provides
perspective on Iran's defense capabilities for The National
after the announcement of a new Iranian fighter jet.
In the Cipher Brief, UANI Senior Advisor Norm
Roule and Policy Director Jason Brodsky analyze the selection
criteria for Iran's next supreme leader on the occasion of Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei's 79th birthday.
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