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Lawfare Live: U.S.-Iranian Relations During a Presidential Transition With Suzanne Maloney

Bryce Klehm Tue, Dec 8, 2020, 10:26 AM

This Thursday, Dec. 10, at noon EST, Suzanne Maloney, the vice president and director of the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, and Lawfare senior editor Scott R. Anderson will join Lawfare editor-in-chief Benjamin Wittes to answer questions from the Lawfare community about the challenges facing U.S.-Iranian relations during the transition period from the Trump to the Biden administration.

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What to Watch to Understand the Sino-Iranian Relationship

Colin P. Clarke, Mollie Saltskog Thu, Aug 13, 2020, 10:06 AM

The two countries are reportedly concluding a new partnership agreement, but cooperation between Tehran and Beijing will face obstacles.

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Europe Continues to Brush Off the U.S. Maximum Pressure Campaign Against Iran

Darya Dolzikova, Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi Wed, Jul 15, 2020, 8:01 AM

Despite the optics of a recent resolution at the International Atomic Energy Agency, Europe continues to oppose the U.S. policy line on Iran.

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Challenges to U.S. Sanctions Against Iran During the Coronavirus Pandemic

David Benger, Todd Carney, Marina Lorenzini Thu, Apr 30, 2020, 9:00 AM

The international community’s will to deliver medical supplies to Iran despite potential penalties from the U.S. government demonstrates a challenge to the U.S. “maximum pressure” campaign.

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Maximum Pressure Still Won’t Sway Iran

Ariane Tabatabai, Colin P. Clarke Mon, Apr 13, 2020, 8:00 AM

The aggressive U.S. strategy has raised tensions in Iraq without creating prospects for a resolution.

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War Powers

The Pentagon’s General Counsel Defends the Legality of the Soleimani Strike

Robert Chesney, Eric Talbot Jensen Wed, Mar 11, 2020, 3:28 PM

Speaking at Brigham Young University, Defense Department General Counsel Paul Nye offered the most-detailed defense we have yet seen of the Soleimani airstrike, addressing both international and domestic law as well as the underlying facts.

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Documents

White House Releases Report Justifying Soleimani Strike

Elliot Setzer Fri, Feb 14, 2020, 12:17 PM

The White House has sent a notice to Congress outlining its legal and policy justifications for the Jan. 2 airstrike that killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. This disclosure is a legally mandated reporting requirement introduced through Section 1264 of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, a measure intended to increase transparency in U.S. national security policy.

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Iran Deal

How U.S. Sanctions Affect Europe’s Leverage in the Iran Deal Dispute Resolution Mechanism

Darya Dolzikova Thu, Feb 13, 2020, 8:14 AM

The reapplication of U.S. secondary sanctions measures following the American withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal has been at the heart of current challenges facing the nuclear deal.