Trita Parsi
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Dr. Trita Parsi is the author of Treacherous Alliance - The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States (Yale University Press, 2007.) He wrote his Doctoral thesis on Israeli-Iranian relations under Professor Francis Fukuyama (and Drs. Zbigniew Brzezinski, R. K. Ramazani, Jakub Grygiel, Charles Doran) at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies while heading the largest Iranian-American organization in the US, the National Iranian American Council (NIAC).
Treacherous Alliance available in stores now!
Treacherous Alliance - Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran and the US (Yale University Press) is available in stores now!The book deals with Israeli-Iranian relations in the last 50 years and their impact on US policies and America’s standing in the Middle East. It’s the first book in more than 20 years that deals with the highly sensitive issue of Iran and Israel’s dealings. It is based on more than 130 interviews with high-level Israeli, Iranian and American officials.
Contrary to conventional wisdom, Iran and Israel are not entangled in an ideological clash, but rather a resolvable strategic conflict. The book explains both how this rivalry erupted and how it can be resolved. And of course, it reveals many of Iran and Israel’s behind-the-scene dealings that have never been revealed before.
Israel’s former foreign minister Shlomo Ben-Ami calls the book “a brilliant interpretation of one of today’s most enigmatic conflicts,” Francis Fukuyama says it is “extremely important,” John Mearsheimer calls it “outstanding” and former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski writes that Treacherous Alliance is “a penetrating, provocative, and very timely study.”
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- Quoted in Justin Raimondo, Is War With Iran Imminent?, Antiwar.com, April 28, 2008.
- Quoted in Pam Constable, Iranians Aspire to Sharpen Public Image, Washington Post, April 26, 2008.
- Can the U.S. and Iran Share the Middle East?, IPS, April 18, 2007.
- Quoted in Guy Saperstein, The Democrats Need an Iran Strategy ASAP, Tikkun Magazine.
- Review: A.G. Noorani, Geopolitical truths, Frontline, March 29, 2008.
- Quoted in Scott Mcleod, Centrists Could Derail Ahmadinejad, Time Magazine, Mar. 19, 2008.
- Washington Journal, CSpan, March 16, 2008. (Video starts at 1:32:30)
- Quoted in Paul Roers, Israel, the United States and Iran: the tipping-point, OpenDemocracy.net, March 13, 2008.
- Book review: A.G. Noorani, Isolating Iran, Front Line, Vol 25, 2008.
- Quoted in US admits no silver bullet in US-led drive against Iran, AFP, March 10, 2008.
- Quoted in Trudy Rubin, Balancing diplomacy and force, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 2, 2008.
- How to reduce tensions and promote human rights in Iran, Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb. 27, 2008.
- Book Review: Israel’s ties with Iran have been mercurial, The Canadian Jewish News, 21 February 2008.
- Interview with John Dankosky, WNPR, February 12, 2008.
- Quoted in The Washington Note, Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) Got My Vote This Morning (and Tomorrow), Feb 11, 2008.
- Quoted in Chris Toensing, The Next President’s Iran Dilemma, In These Times, February 6, 2008.
- Interview with Johns Hopkins Magazine, February 2008.
- Quoted in Omid Memarian, Iranian-Americans Seek Least-Hawkish Candidate, IPS, February 6, 2008.
- Interview with Gallup TV on Bush visit to the Middle East and regional public opinion, January 25, 2008. (Youtube)
- Transcript of Middle East Policy Council talk on Capitol Hill, January 18, 2007.
- Quoted in Richard Wolf, Bush takes anti-Iran push to Saudis, USA Today, January 14, 2008.
- Quoted in Greg Bruno, Gulf States Hesitant on Iran Threat, Council on Foreign Relations, January 14, 2008.
- Panel at Council on Foreign Relations, January 7, 2008.
- Quoted in Joe Cirincione, Tangled Tapes: Spliced Video Gives False View of Hormuz Incident, Center for American Progress, January 11, 2008.
- Interview with Warren Olney's To The Point, NPR, January 10, 2008.
- Will Naval Incident Undermine Bush's Iran Message?, IPS, January 9, 2008.
- Review in the Jewish Chronicle by Ali Ansari, January 4, 2008.
- Review in GlobalResearch by Muriel Mirak-Weissbach, January 3, 2008.
- Review in The Tribune, December 14, 2007.
- Review in the North South Magazine, Dec/Jan-08.
- Book review: The Arab Washingtonian, September 7, 2007.
- Quoted in Daniel Levy, Israel's supporters should push for talks with Iran, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, December 20, 2007.
- Interview with Omid Memarian, Huffington Post, December 20, 2007.
- The Case for Talking to Tehran, The Forward, December 19, 2007.
Denying Iran's Democrats, Huffington Post, December 19, 2007.
- Panel Discussion at Center for American Progress, December 13, 2007.
- Panel discussion at Century Foundation, December 11, 2007.
- Quoted in Larry Cohler-Esses, Israeli Policy On Iran ‘Paralyzed’, The Jewish Week, December 12 .2007.
Iran must be included in peace talks, Newsday, December 12, 2007.
- CNN Special Investigation: Iran - Fact or Fiction, December 2007.
- Book Review: Gary Kamiya, Bringing Iran in from the cold, Salon.com, December 11, 2007.
- Book Review: Celestine Bohlen, Bush Team Snubbed `Grand Bargain' on Iran's Atomic Work in 2003, Bloomberg News, December 10, 2007.
- Quoted in Martin Sieff, Iran NIE Hurts BMD Say Some Analysts, December 7, 2007.
- Is Iran NIE a Blessing in Disguise for Israel?, IPS, December 6, 2007.
- Interview with Dianne Rehm, NPR, December 5, 2007.
- Interview with Mother Jones, Trita Parsi: The NIE's Got Nothing on Him, December 5, 2007.
- Interview with Harry Kreisler, Conversation with History, UC Berkeley, December 2007.
- Quoted in New intelligence indicates Iran less of a nuclear threat, ABC News, December 4, 2007.
- Interview with Affar Internazionali, Italy, December 2007.
- Appearance on ABC News, December 3, 2007.
- Book Talk at the Miller Center, UVA, December 3, 2007.
- Quoted by Scott MacLeod, Can Iran and Hamas Sink Annapolis?, Time Magazine, November 28, 2007.
- Quoted in Scott MacLeod, Annapolis: The Spoiler Question, Time Magazine, November 27, 2007.
- Book talk in Seattle, Nov 2007.
- Book TV -C-Span, November 26, 2007. (Video)
- Interview with On Point, NPR, November 20, 2007. (Audio)
- Quoted in David R. Henderson, Why Attack Iran?, AntiWar.com, November 19, 2007.
- Quoted in Roland Lloyd Parry, War-scarred Iranians in US fear more fighting, AFP, November 18, 2007.
- Quoted in Per Ahlin, Iran tar plats, Dagens Nyheter, November 17, 2007.
- Quoted in Caitlin B. Doherty, Inside Track: The Taming of the Hawks, The National Interest, November 15, 2007.
- Quoted in Julia O'Donoghue, Moran on Iran, The Connection, November 15, 2007.
- Quoted in Justin Elliott, Iranian-American Scholar Fears War Within Months—Can He Help Stop It?, MotherJones.com, November 12, 2007.
- Quoted in Doug Bandow, Iran, World War III, and the Madness of President George, Antiwar.com, November 2, 2007.
- Quoted in Shafaat Ahmad, Iran-US Relations: The Bush era, The Daily Star, November 3, 2007.
- Quoted in Breffni O'Rourke, Iran: Dissidents Debate Merits Of U.S. Democracy Aid, RFE, November 2, 2007.
- The Iranian Challenge, The Nation, November 19, 2007.
- Quoted in Khody Akhavi, An attempt to douse the flames of war, Asia Times, October 31, 2007.
- Panel Discussion at the National Cathedral, Cspan, October 29, 2007.
- Book TV - Interview with Barbara Slavin, Cspan.
- Interview with Warren Olney, To The Point, KCRW/NPR, October 30, 2007.
- Book review: Nicholas Van Hoffman, They May Be Right: We May Be Crazy, The New York Observer, October 30, 2007.
- Quoted in Helene Cooper, Bombing Iran Wouldn’t Be Just That, New York Times, October 26, 2007.
- Quoted in Hannah Allam, Iran courting Arab countries to blunt U.S. hostility, October 26, 2007.
- Quoted in Michael Theodoulou, Warning that tough US sanctions will 'increase tensions' with Iran, The Scotsman, October 26, 2007.
- Quoted in Paul Richter, U.S. imposes new sanctions on Iran, Los Angeles Time, October 25, 2007.
- Quoted in Sue Pleming, New sanctions boost talk of war with Iran, Reuters, Octobr 25, 2007.
- Letter to Editor - WSJ, October 22, 2007.
- Quoted in Gillian Flaccus, Iranian-American recounts 4-month ordeal in Tehran prison, AP, October 20, 2007.
- Quoted in Craig Offman, Prime-time Iranian series depicts 'myth' of Holocaust, National Post, October 15, 2007.
- A sober analysis of Iran, Ynet News, October 14, 2007.
- Quoted in AFP, Groups call for cut in US Iran democracy funding, October 11, 2007.
- Quoted in Robin Wright, Cut Iran Democracy Funding, Groups Tell U.S., Washington Post, October 11, 2007.
- Iran, the Inflatable Bogey, Rootless Cosmopolitan (Tony Karon's blog), October 10, 2007.
- Interview with Dianne Rehm, NPR/WAMU, October 8, 2007.
- Quoted in Christopher Allbritton, Iranian Hegemony: What's Not to Like?, Spot-On.com, October 8, 2007.
- Quoted in Richard Bernstein, Letter from America: U.S. deal with North Korea a compromise, International Herald Tribune, October 7, 2007.
- Interview with Yale University Press, October 5, 2007. (Blog entry)
- Interview with Al-Sharq Al-W'sat, الصفقة الإيرانية التي تجاهلتها أميرك, October 3, 2007.
- Mitchell Plitnick, A Dose of Reason On Iran, September 28, 2007.
- Book review: Doug Bandow, Treacherous Alliance, AntiWar.com, September 28, 2007.
- Quoted in Ben Harris, Plenty of political theater, but nuclear issue still unresolved, JTA, September 26, 2007.
- Quoted in Pamela Constable, D.C. Area Iranians Criticize Reception Of Ahmadinejad, Washington Post, September 26, 2007.
- Interview with Democracy Now, September 25, 2007. (Video and Audio)
- Interview with C-Span, September 22, 2007.
- Interview with NPR, September 24, 2007. (Audio)
- Quoted in Senator Mike Gravel, Let Ahmadinejad Go to Ground Zero, HuffingtonPost.com, September 24, 2007.
- Interview with WNYC, September 21, 2007.
- Interview with Radio Zamaneh, September 18, 2007. (Persian)
- Quoted in Peter Galbraith, The Victor?, the New York Review of Books, October 11, 2007.
- Quoted in Thomas Omestad, Taking Aim at Iran, US News & World News, September 16, 2007.
- Quoted in Tony Barboza, Iranians in U.S. face a choice -- to speak out, or not, Los Angeles Times, September 16, 2007.
- Iran and Israel: The Avoidable War, Middle East Policy, Volume XIV, Fall 2007 (3).
- Fund bridges, not failed policy, The Hill, September 11, 2007.
- "Long Division," The American Conservative, September 10, 2007.
- Interview with Uprising Radio, September 10, 2007.
- Interview with NPR, September 6, 2007.
- Quoted in Iranian-American Scholar Leaves Iran After Three Months in Jail, VOA, 3 September 2007.
- Quoted in Robert W. Welkos,'Crossing Over' and crossing out, Los Angeles Times, September 3, 2007.
- Bush Indictment of Iran Tops Usual Rhetoric, IPS, August 29, 2007.
- Quoted in Scott Peterson, An intensifying US campaign against Iran, Christian Science Monitor, August 23, 2007.
- Interview with Michele Keleman, NPR, August 23, 2007.
- Quoted in Bitte Hammargren,Gardet på USA:s terrorlista, SVD, August 19, 2007. (Swedish)
- Quoted in Mondoweiss blog,August 16, 2007.
- Quoted in Wall Street Journal, August 17, 2007.
- Quoted in Robin Wright, As U.S. Steps Up Pressure on Iran, Aftereffects Worry Allies, Washington Post, August 16, 2007.
- Terror Label for Guard Corp Entrenches US-Iran Enmity, IPS, August 15, 2007.
- Quoted in Aljazeera English, US to brand Iran Guard 'terrorist', August 15, 2007.
- Book review: Khody Akhavi, Beneath Superheated Rhetoric, Pragmatism Rule, IPS, August 8, 2007.
- Featured in Forward: Marc Perelman, Book Reveals Details of Iran’s Diplomatic Outreach to Israel, Forward, August 8, 2007.
- Quoted in Forward Editorial, Frank Talk About Iran, Forward, August 8, 2007.
- Quoted in Gareth Porter, Bush Line Distorts Iran's Real Interest in Iraq, IPS, July 25, 2007.
- Quoted in AP, Detentions have Iranian-Americans afraid of travel to Tehran, June 19, 2007.
- Interview with Rooz Online, June 19, 2007. (Persian)
- Quoted in UPI, NIAC hits out at Lieberman, June 18, 2007.
- US-IRAN: New War Rhetoric Undercuts Iraq Talks, IPS, June 12, 2007.
- Quoted in Tehran Arrests Iranian Americans in Echo of ‘Shiraz Dozen’ Affair, The Forward, June 06, 2007.
- Quoted in Zahir Janmohamed, Behind Iran's New Hostage Diplomacy Behind Iran's New Hostage Diplomacy, AltMuslim, June 8, 2007.
- Quoted in Scott Macleod, Did the U.S. Incite Iran's Crackdown?, Time Magazine, June 5, 2007.
- Quoted in Paul Richter, Bush demands Iran free Americans, Los Angeles Times, June 2, 2007.
- Quoted in Lionel Beehner, Iranian Civil Society and the Role of U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations, May 31, 2007.
- Quoted in David Hardaker, Historic talks between US and Iran take place, ABC, May 29, 2007.
- Can Europe End the Lose-Lose Game with Iran?, IPS, May 10, 2007.
- Quoted in Alex Stein, An Israeli in Iran, The Guardian, May 10, 2007.
- Quoted in Council on Foreign Relations, Shrinking Rights in Iran, May 8, 2007.
- Quoted in Trudy Rubin, Why U.S. needs to sit down with Iran, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 6, 2007.
- Interview with Council on Foreign Relations, May 3, 2007.
- Quoted in Robin Wright, Iran On Guard Over U.S. Funds, Washington Post, April 28, 2007.
- Quoted in Mark Heinrich, EU and Iran to discuss nuclear program standoff, Reuters, April 24, 2007.
- Quoted in
- Quoted in Sarah Wheaton, MoveOn Blasts McCain’s Song, New York Times, April 20, 2007.
- Quoted in Pamela Constable, Iranian Community Offended by Film's Take on Ancient Battle, Washington DC, April 9, 2007.
- Quoted in James Cusick, Tony Blair said Britain had managed to secure the release of the Iran hostages without any deal, negotiation or side agreement. So what exactly did we do?, Sunday Herald, April 7, 2007.
- Interview with PBS Newshour with Jim Lehrer, April 4, 2007. (Audio) (Video)
- Interview with Talk of the Nation, NPR, April 2, 2007. (Audio)
- Quoted in Guy Dinmore, Fears of wider conflict in troubled Gulf waters, Financial Times, April 2, 2007.
- Quoted in Sonya Geis, Iran Native Becomes Mayor of Beverly Hills, Washington Post, April 1, 2007.
- Duel for Leverage Fuels Conflict, Not Diplomacy, IPS, March 30, 2007.
- Quoted in Michael Hirsch, Brinksmanship Doesn’t Always End in Battle, Newsweek, March 29, 2007.
- Quoted in Daniel B. Wood, Émigré from Iran becomes US mayor, Christian Science Monitor, March 29, 2007.
- Quoted in Michael Hirsch, Time to Make a Deal?, Newsweek, March 22, 2007.
- Quoted in Dan Laidman, Iranian-born councilman poised to become mayor, COPLEY NEWS SERVICE, March 18, 2007.
- Quoted in Maggie Farley, U.S. and Iran have been talking, quietly, Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2007.
- Quoted in Barbara Slavin, Funds told to cut ties to Iran, USA Today, March 7, 2007.
- Quoted in Arthur Bright, Ahmadinejad faces domestic criticism for tough line on Iran's nuclear program, CSMonitor, February 28, 2007.
- Quoted in Barbara Slavin, U.S. to sit down with Syria, Iran for regional conference on Iraq, USA Today, February 28, 2007.
- Quoted in Guy Dinmore, US targets Iran’s financial underbelly, Financial Times, February 28, 2007.
- Will Surge Hurt US More Than Sanctions Hurt Iran?, IPS, February 26, 2007.
- Interview with Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, February 26, 2007. (Text) (Audio) (Video)
- Interview with American AM, February 19 2007.
- Quoted in Next stop Iran?, The Scotsman, February 18, 2007.
- Interview with C-Span, February 17, 2007. (Video)
- Quoted in Raymond Whitaker, Andrew Buncombe and Angus McDowall, US piles pressure on Iran as Rice flies into Baghdad, The Independent, February 18, 2007.
- Featured in The Washington Note, Trita Parsi's Role in Promulgating Knowledge of 2003 Iran Proposal, February 17, 2007.
- Quoted in Gareth Porter, Rove Said to Have Received 2003 Iranian Proposal, IPS, Feruary 16, 2007.
- Featured in Bitte Hammargren, USA missade Irans fredsinvit, Svenska Dagbladet, February 17, 2007.
- Quoted in John Donnelly and Farah Stockman, Military offers evidence of Iran arming Iraqi militants, Boston Globe, February 12, 2007.
- Quoted in Gareth Porter, First rejected, now denied, The American Prospect, February 9, 2007.
- Quoted in California Chronicle, Barbara Lee Hosts Forum on Iran and Preemption, January 31, 2007.
- Quoted in Mark Heinrich, Shunning "timeout" call, Iran, West face conflict, Reuters, January 31, 2007.
- To the Point with Warren Olney, NPR, January 30, 2007.
- Quoted in Gareth Porter, Israeli Realism on Iran Belies Threat Rhetoric, IPS, January 30, 2007.
- The Dianne Rehm Show, NPR-WAMU, January 29, 2007.
- What if Iran Suspends? A Western Dilemma, IPS, January 26, 2007.
- Quoted in Thomas Omestad, Taking Iran down a notch, US News & World Report, January 21, 2007.
- Quoted in Lolita Baldor, U.S. Turns Focus to Iran, AP, January 17, 2006.
- Appearance on C-Span, December 20, 2006. (Video)
- Quoted in Andrew Higgins and
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- Interview with Time Magazine, October 6, 2006.
- Quoted in Kim Landers, Iranian President defends nuclear stance at UN General Assembly, ABC, 22 September , 2006.
- Talk of the Nation, NPR, September 19, 2006.
- Quoted in Kim Landers, Bush makes the case for Iran sanctions, ABC, September 19, 2006.
- Interview with PBS Newshour with Jim Lehrer, September 13, 2006. (Text, Audio and Video)
- Quoted in Farah Stockman, Khatami caught between worlds, Boston Globe, September 10, 2006.
- Quoted in Mark Heinrich, Report may expose Iran to sanctions, Reuters, August 30, 2006.
- Quoted in Hossein Jasseb, Iran dismisses U.S. threat of sanctions coalition, Reuters, August 28, 2006.
- Quoted in Anne Gearan, Bully role won't help with Iran, AP, August 26, 2006.
- Quoted in Ron Popeski, Russia rules out UN sanctions against Iran for now, Reuters, August 25, 2006.
- Quoted in Mark Heinrich, Iranian reply to atom offer seeks timetable-report, Reuters, August 24, 2006.
- Newshour with Jim Lehrer, PBS, August 22, 2006. (Video and text)
- Quoted in Helene Cooper, Iran Sanctions Could Fracture Coalition, New York Times, August 22, 2006.
- Quoted in David Millikin, Ambiguous Iran reply in nuclear showdown could split West: analysts, AFP, August 22, 2006.
- Talk of the nation, NPR, August 21, 2006. (Audio)
- Quoted in Jefferson Morley, Iran -- Instigator or Bystander?, Washington Post, July 25, 2006.
- To the Point with Warren Olney, NPR, July 18, 2006. (Audio)
- Quoted in "Iran and Israel - Strategic Rivals or Ideological Enemies?," BBC Persian, July 16, 2006.
- Featured in Washington Post, Iran on the Potomac, Washington Post, June 25, 2006.
- Quoted in Glenn Kessler, In 2003, U.S. Spurned Iran's Offer of Dialogue, Washington Post, June 18, 2006.
- Talk of the nation, NPR, June 12, 2006.
- Quoted in Bill Nichols, Bush optimistic about Iran's reaction to nuke plan, USA TODAY, June 7, 2006.
- Interview with Israel Policy Forum, June 7, 2006.
- Dianne Rehm Show, NPR/WAMU, June 5, 2006.
- Interview with Council on Foreign Relations, May 30, 2006.
- Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, CNN, May 9, 2006.
- Quoted in Barbara Slavin, US disregards Iranian letter, USA Today, May 9, 2006.
- The United States’s double-vision in Iran, OpenDemocrcay, May 9, 2006.
- To the Point with Warren Olney, NPR, May 5, 2006. (Audio)
- Weekday with Steve Scher, NPR/KUOW, March 3, 2006. (Audio)
- Dianne Rehm Show, NPR/WAMU, February 9, 2006. (Audio)
- Dianne Rehm Show, NPR/WAMU, January 19, 2006. (Audio)
- NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, January 12, 2006. (Video)
