Reza Marashi

Reza Marashi is director of research at the National Iranian American Council and a former Iran desk officer at the U.S. Department of State.


Commentary

Iran's supreme leader is a cunning authoritarian, but he is not opposed to the right deal.

Tensions escalate as Tehran and Washington wait to see who will flinch first.

Pundits have it wrong. The clerics are on their way out. Ahmadinejad is leading a revolution.

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May 25, 2012