Rethinking Iran Series presents: Maximum Pressure: Iran in the Age of Trump

Join us for a discussion with Johns Hopkins SAIS Alumnus Ali Vaez, Director of the Iran Program at International Crisis Group, and Dina Esfandiary, ISP Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center on the current geopolitical situation concerning Iran in light of the Trump administration’s “Maximum Pressure” campaign. The discussion, moderated by Johns Hopkins SAIS Professor Narges Bajoghli, will feature reflections on the Iran Nuclear Deal (JCPOA), the prospects of current international initiatives and future negotiations, as well as the risks of further escalation between Iran and the US. Ali Vaez is Crisis Group’s Iran Project Director. Consulting closely with all sides in the nuclear negotiations for the past few years as our former Iran Senior Analyst, he led Crisis Group’s efforts in helping to bridge the gaps between Iran and the P5 1 and is renowned as one of the foremost experts on Iran’s nuclear and missile programs. Before joining Crisis Group, he headed the Iran project at the Federa