Arash Aramesh is a national security analyst and Juris Doctor candidate at Stanford Law School. He has been published in the <em>International Herald Tribune</em>, the <em>New York Times</em> online, the <em>Huffington Post</em> and the <em>Diplomatic Courier</em>, among others. His can be found on Twitter at @ArameshArash

Keeping the Pressure on Tehran

[caption id="attachment_55239080" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Iran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh…

A Visa or a Victory

[caption id="attachment_55249512" align="alignnone" width="620"] File photo of the UN headquarters in New York taken in September 2013, ahead of the…

A Russian Monkey Wrench in the Works?

[caption id="attachment_55249055" align="alignnone" width="620"] Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) welcomes Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad…

Iran’s Naysayer-in-Chief

[caption id="attachment_55248676" align="alignnone" width="620"] File photo of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, taken on January 29,…

A Spanner in the Works

[caption id="attachment_55248059" align="alignnone" width="620"] Committee ranking member Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) and chairman Senator Robert…

Iran's Silver Lining

[caption id="attachment_55246789" align="alignnone" width="620"] EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (L) speaks with Iranian Foreign Minister…

Khamenei's Plausible Deniability

[caption id="attachment_55246145" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian demonstrators hold up portraits of the Islamic republic's supreme leader,…

Carrots and Very Big Sticks

[caption id="attachment_55245562" align="alignnone" width="620"] Iranian president Hassan Rouhani attends the Shanghai Cooperation Ogranisation…

Between Two Fires

[caption id="attachment_55242888" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Iranian women hold an anti-US sign, bearing a cartoon of US President Barack Obama…

Iran's Choice

[caption id="attachment_55242206" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Iranians sit next to electoral posters of Hassan Rouhani (L) and Mohsen Rezaei (C)…