MNA Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a professor of political science at Georgetown University, tells By its very structure, Instex cannot satisfy all of Iran's needs, including its desire to sell oil and access the revenues earned by its sale. But Iran's economic needs go beyond mere sale of oil. If Iran wants to develop economically, it must secure foreign ...

Iranian Diplomacy - Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a professor of political science at Georgetown University, says that The Warsaw meeting did not achieve its goal. To begin with, the meeting originally was billed as a forum to create a broad-based front against Iran, Hunter says. She adds that But the organizers, in the face large -scale opposition,...

MNA - Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a professor of Political Science at Georgetown University, tells the Tehran Times that it was clear from the beginning that establishing a special and separate channel for commercial dealings between Iran and Europe would not be easy. Not all EU members favor such measures. Many of them believe that pressure ...

MNA Shireen Tahmaasb Hunter, a professor of political science at Georgetown University, tells the Tehran Times that the PGCC was never an effective organization. Certainly, it has been an unequal partnership in the sense that Saudi Arabia has dominated the Organization. The PGCC was also created as a response to the 1979 Iranian Islamic Revolution ...