The End of Syria
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN 9/20/2015 This is part of an ongoing series of articles on Syria: September, 2009 The American hikers held in Iran October 25, 2011, Ambassador Ford’s heroic […]
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Iran and Russia get Syria, we get Assad
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The last weeks have been momentous in terms of relations between the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad and the world. One by one leaders have lined […]
If car salesmen negotiated the way Iran does
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN If car salesmen negotiated the way Iran does, you’d end up feeling guilty for not overpaying ten times for a used car that doesn’t work and […]
Obama channels Bush’s WMD in dash for Iran deal
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “The Ayatollah consistently believed that we are untrustworthy, that you can’t negotiate with us, that we will screw them,” US Secretary of State John Kerry told […]
Interview with Saba Farzan: Losing the secular generation in Iran
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally publish on July 24 in The Jerusalem Post Magazine “We are used to just a few weeks of sunshine,” Saba Farzan, an Iranian journalist, remarks […]
Pro-peace means opposing Iran deal
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN You can oppose the Iran deal and be pro-peace, in fact the best reason to oppose the deal is because you believe in peace. Many articles […]
20 Myths about the Iran Deal
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Perhaps never in history has so much been written about a “deal”, particularly a “good deal” and a “bad deal.” Words lose their meaning when they […]
The latest Iran scam in negotiations
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The latest threat is Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told the US President the Hassan Rouhani’s “political clout would be heavily damaged if negotiations failed.” This […]
How the West is responsible for all the problems in the Middle East
Wouldn’t be it be extraordinary if all the claims about the instability in the Middle East having their roots in Western meddling were true? By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In a […]
Nasrallah’s dangerous game
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN ‘The sense of danger is growing and the popular sentiment is more accepting our fight against the militants [who stoke] Islamic division.” Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of […]
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