Iranian Politics and Decision Making
| Date | Friday, June 13, 2008 |
| Location | Senate Capitol, Room S 115 |
Elliot Hen-Tov, Princeton University, will join us for a discussion on the dynamics inside Iran’s political leadership. Javier Solana, the European Union’s foreign policy envoy, is due to visit Tehran next week to outline a new package of incentives to Iran in exchange for suspension of its enrichment activities. The visit comes amid calls from the Bush administration and some European governments for further sanctions against Tehran, if it does not halt its nuclear program. What effect, if any, do these calls have on the Iranian leadership and the population? What political currents and different interests can be detected in the Iranian leadership? What are the near and longer-term prospects for an improvement in the relationship with Iran?
This briefing is the fourth in an ongoing series on the US and Iran that Security for a New Century has developed in partnership with the US Institute of Peace. The series aims to explore a wide range of political, economic, social and cultural issues which influence US - Iranian relations.