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Seven months in, Iran & the U.S. each believe they have tools to make the other blink, fortitude to wait the other out, and disinclination to make concessions the other seeks.
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My latest for @ForeignAffairs 👇
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Told @CNN: The danger is that a president weakened at the ballot box may seek redemption on the battlefield.
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Ali Vaez retweeted
Zohran Mamdani on Iran:
I have to say that I find it quite ironic to read a post from the vice president as if he's describing the actions of a different administration.
He's the vice president of the United States of America. He is not just some commentator online.
And there f the fact that this is a war that they started. It's a war that they can end.
If they think it was a part of their political demise, then why don't they actually start to take some action to reflect that?
I have to say that I find it quite ironic to read a post from the vice president as if he's describing the actions of a different administration.
He's the vice president of the United States of America. He is not just some commentator online.
And there f the fact that this is a war that they started. It's a war that they can end.
If they think it was a part of their political demise, then why don't they actually start to take some action to reflect that?
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Told @BarakRavid: Tehran's temptation is likely to mistake Trump's political weakness for military weakness and overplay its hand, when the smarter move is to bank a deal while Washington still wants one. axios.com/2026/11/05/tru…
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Ali Vaez retweeted
“There's definitely still the risk that a president who has lost the ballot box might feel that he needs redemption in the battlefield.” Iran expert @AliVaez tells me that now is the time for Tehran to be flexible with the US, and negotiate a face-saving way out of the Iran war.
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Ali Vaez retweeted
For too long, most Iranian-Americans have anchored their politics in some combination of foreign interventionism, Islamophobia, and blindly pro-Israel and anti-Arab sentiments.
In this election, American voters rejected exactly those kinds of cynical beliefs.
Iranian-Americans need to rethink their values and their civic duties. We ought to be a constructive, progressive force in U.S. politics.
2028 will be a chance to make amends.
In this election, American voters rejected exactly those kinds of cynical beliefs.
Iranian-Americans need to rethink their values and their civic duties. We ought to be a constructive, progressive force in U.S. politics.
2028 will be a chance to make amends.
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RT @HamidRezaAz: Told @AJEnglish that the sense of victory being displayed by Iranian decision-makers will likely make them more uncompromi…
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Ali Vaez retweeted
Midnight Hammer was completely unnecessary and blatantly illegal, it recklessly interrupted what could’ve been fruitful negotiations and put us directly on path to the current war.
Democrats need to be done with this stuff.
Democrats need to be done with this stuff.
Dan that’s nonsense. Midnight Hammer was necessary and appropriate, but Iran was not anything like two weeks from a nuclear weapon on February 28.
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Ali Vaez retweeted
تاثیر شکست جمهوری‌خواهان بر مذاکرات ایران و آمریکا
گفتگو با حمیدرضا عزیزی، تحلیلگر ارشد مسائل ایران در گروه بین المللی بحران
گفتگو با حمیدرضا عزیزی، تحلیلگر ارشد مسائل ایران در گروه بین المللی بحران
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Told @NBCNews: The midterms have clipped Trump’s political wings, but not his military ones. With the Iran war an albatross around his neck, he faces a choice: seek a face-saving exit or escalate to reclaim the initiative. The danger is that a lame duck at home could become a flame duck abroad. nbcnews.com/world/iran/ira…
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‘Decency Won’: 9 Writers on the Best and Worst Moments From Trump’s Midterm Rout nytimes.com/2026/11/04/opi…
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Ali Vaez retweeted
شوخی علی واعظ با موسسه معروف حامی اقدام نظامی و تحریم در آمریکا: «اف دی دی اولین پیروزی انتخاباتی محسن رضایی رو رقم زد»
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Ali Vaez retweeted
شکست جمهوری‌خواهان تهران و واشنگتن را به تفاهم نزدیک‌تر می‌کند یا دورتر؟
گفتگو با علی واعظ، معاون بخش خاورمیانه در گروه بین‌المللی بحران
گفتگو با علی واعظ، معاون بخش خاورمیانه در گروه بین‌المللی بحران
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Midterm Elections Live Updates: Democrats Clinch Senate as Voters Deliver Blistering Rebuke to Trump nytimes.com/live/2026/11/0…
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Ali Vaez retweeted
People close to President Trump are blaming the Iran war for widespread Republican losses on Tuesday night.
Some WH officials and GOP allies said the midterm elections would have looked very diff if the war wrapped up months ago.
Fingerpointing inside admin has begun.
Some WH officials and GOP allies said the midterm elections would have looked very diff if the war wrapped up months ago.
Fingerpointing inside admin has begun.
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Ali Vaez retweeted
Baier: If we didn't go to war with Iran, is this a much different race tonight?
Hannity: 100%. I don't think there's any doubt about it.
Hannity: 100%. I don't think there's any doubt about it.
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