Esfandyar Batmanghelidj
@yarbatman
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I invest in developing economies in West Asia and study how sanctions are reshaping the world. CEO of @boursebazaar. Adjunct Prof @SAISHopkins.
Joined August 2014
This is a subtle yet cutting response from Pezeshkian to Khamenei. He insists “we are capable” and emphasises the importance of having a vision for the future. “Those who can’t see, can’t advance,” he says. He adds, “men amount to their dreams.”
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@websterkaroon It was never likely for negotiations to begin in the last months of the Khatami administration. He had no mandate. Talks might have started later in 2009 were it not for the election turmoil (though the Green Movement probably pushed the system towards talks in its own way).
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This statement from 79 states regarding the US sanctions on the ICC is very weak. It acknowledges that sanctions may interrupt the work of the court, instead of declaring that there will be no such interruption. It lacks any threat of countermeasures. So far, a failed test.
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RT @jmalsin: The Trump administration overrode a congressional hold on a major series of weapons deals, breaking with a longstanding govern…
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RT @shashj: Help my economy is starving “Plans for a new nuclear power station on Anglesey were given the thumbs down by planning inspect…
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"در طول یک سال گذشته ضمن قدردانی از زحمات و تلاش‌های مذاکره‌کنندگان جمهوری اسلامی ایران، در سخنرانی‌های گوناگون به تشریح دلایل حمایت از تداوم مذاکرات هسته‌ای پرداخته‌اند." ۱۳۹۳/۰۶/۲۷
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U.S.-Iran negotiations took place in different forms during the administrations of Rafsanjani, Khatami, Ahmadinejad, Rouhani, and even Raisi. They will take place during the Pezeshkian administration as well. Khamenei is making sure he can say “I told you so” if the talks fail.
Negotiating with a government like the US government is not wise, intelligent, or honorable.
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RT @AliVaez: If posturing, this is in line with his public pronouncements in 2011 against talking with the US when he had actually authoriz…
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RT @MazMHussain: "Western governments should not leave Syrian authorities to seek reconstruction assistance from regional powers alone. Suc…
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RT @arash_tehran: From last month, @yarbatman with technical arguments on why sanctions relief is not enough for Syria and reconstruction a…
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Why do Iranian architects choose to remain in a country with tumultuous politics and a sanctioned economy? Why do they pursue ambitious, fundamentally optimistic projects? These are the questions Henna Moussavi answers in this brilliant new essay.
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Trump posted this at 6:17 AM. He must have had a very inspiring dream!
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Back in 2018, when Mike Pompeo announced the Trump administration’s maximum pressure policy with a list of 12 demands, one demand was for Iran to “stop enrichment.” That demand is notably absent in the statement of policy that begins the Trump administration’s new Iran memo.
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RT @gbrew24: Great 🧵 I'm not totally sure this is the last we'll hear on the sanctions front--but Trump himself certainly doesn't sound t…
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RT @FGhoddoussi: اسفندیار باتمانقلیچ: پس نتانیاهو به واشنگتن آمد و آنچه دریافت کرد یک یادداشت درباره ایران بود، نه یک فرمان اجرایی با تحری…
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RT @BrewerEricM: This is fascinating. Trump undercuts his own EO detailing his “max pressure” policy on Iran, basically saying he’s been fo…
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6. In such a scenario, the memo serves the purpose of placating Israel and its boosters, while also signaling a break with Biden's ostensible lack of pressure on Iran. If a deal is reached, Trump will get to claim it was because of the tough-minded memo he signed on February 4.
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