CIPS Policy Brief No. 14 (February 2012). By Trita Parsi. Barack Obama’s presidency began with a diplomatic outreach to Iran. However, the space for diplomacy turned out to be limited, due in part to the effects of Iran’s fraudulent 2009 elections and related domestic pressures on Obama not to pursue negotiations. The Obama administration consequently
CIPS Policy Brief No. 14 (February 2012).
By Trita Parsi.
- Barack Obama’s presidency began with a diplomatic outreach to Iran.
- However, the space for diplomacy turned out to be limited, due in part to the effects of Iran’s fraudulent 2009 elections and related domestic pressures on Obama not to pursue negotiations.
- The Obama administration consequently abandoned its plan for renewed dialogue with Iran, but in doing so it revealed a lack of patience: the diplomatic option had to succeed right away, or not at all.
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Trita Parsi is the president of the National Iranian American Council and the author of A Single Roll of the Dice: Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran (Yale University Press, 2011).
Watch a video of Trita Parsi’s presentation at CIPS in February 2012.