Interview with Gary Sick

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I interviewed Dr. Gary Sick, who served in President Jimmy Carter's National Security Council, on US-Iran relations. He says that the core issue separating the two countries isn't the nuclear issue, terrorism, or human rights. It's history. Watch the interview for more.

C-SPAN Panel Discussion

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I moderated the panel discussion on US-Iran relations, broadcast by C-SPAN. Panelists included:

Dr. Patrick Clawson- Director of Research, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Dr. Andrew Parasiliti- CEO and President, Al-Monitor.com

Dr. Hooshang Amirahmadi- President, American Iranian Council & Rutgers University Prof.

Amb. William Miller- Former US Ambassador to Ukraine

C-SPAN US-Iran Panel Discussion
C-SPAN US-Iran Panel Discussion
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Kayvon Afshari

Kayvon Afshari managed the campaign to elect Hooshang Amirahmadi as President of Iran. In this role, he directed the campaign’s event planning, publicity, online social media, web analytics, and delivered speeches. Mr. Afshari has also been working at the CBS News foreign desk for over five years. He has coordinated coverage of Iran’s 2009 post-election demonstrations, the Arab Spring, the earthquake in Haiti, and many other stories of international significance. He holds a Master in International Relations from New York University’s Department of Politics, and graduated with distinction from McGill University in 2007 with a double major in political science and Middle Eastern studies. At NYU, his research focused on quantitative analysis and the Middle East with an emphasis on US-Iran relations. In his 2012 Master’s thesis, he devised a formula to predict whether Israel would launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, concluding that an overt strike would not materialize.