Richard Nephew
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Prof. Smith told MNA:
No difference between Biden, Trump on Riyadh
TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – Stating that there will be no difference between Biden and Trump on Saudi Arabia, Prof. Robert Smith said that rhetoric about Riyadh might be different, but not much else as it is a key strategic ally in the region.
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Ex-US official says Biden not aware of JCPOA return urgency
TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) – "I don’t think that Biden adequately understands the urgency of doing so quickly before the situation enters another downward spiral," Ex-White House official says.
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Ex-advisor to Saudi finance ministry:
US to help bin Nayef, bin Abdulaziz to oust MBS
TEHRAN, Mar. 09 (MNA) – Hossein Askari, Professor of Business and International Affairs at GWU believes that rather than imposing serious sanctions on Saudi Arabia, the US will instead help and support bin Nayef and bin Abdulaziz to oust MBS.
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Changing label of Iran’s sanctions to make it harder to remove sanctions: Nephew
TEHRAN, Dec. 16 (MNA) –Richard Nephew, who served as the lead sanctions expert for the US team negotiating with Iran, is of the opinion that “It is true that this is the Trump Administration's intention: to make it much harder to remove the sanctions in the future because now entities and individuals are considered "terrorists" in addition to "proliferators".”
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Sanctions part of US foreign policy since beginning of Republic: Nephew
TEHRAN, Jul. 31 (MNA) – Richard Nephew, who served as the lead sanctions expert for the US team negotiating with Iran, is of the opinion that “Sanctions have been part of US foreign policy since the beginning of the Republic.”
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US' referring to trigger mechanism is irrelevant: Nephew
TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) – Richard Nephew, who served as the lead sanctions expert for the US team negotiating with Iran, is of the opinion that the US' referring to trigger mechanism “is a bit irrelevant.”
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Trump responsible for Iran halting of some commitments in JCPOA: Nephew
TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA) – Richard Nephew, who served as the lead sanctions expert for the US team negotiating with Iran, is of the opinion that I can understand why Iran is preparing to halt its implementation of these key parts of the JCPOA and “do not deny at all the responsibility that the Trump Administration bears in this matter.”
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No relation between delays in SPV and Iran’s missile program: Nephew
TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) – The foreign policy expert Richard Nephew is of the opinion that the repetitive delays in the launch of the EU-promised trade financial mechanism outside the SWIFT to save the Iran nuclear deal known as the SPV has nothing to do with Iran's missile power.
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I do not think SPV covering wide areas of trade: Nephew
TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) – Richard Nephew, who served as the lead sanctions expert for the US team negotiating with Iran, is of the opinion that “I do think that there will be something called the SPV eventually created that facilitates trade between Europe and Iran, but I do not think it will be the same sort of SPV that was announced in September, covering wide areas of trade.”
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New sanctions on Iran will not fulfill US national interests: Nephew
TEHRAN, Nov. 05 (MNA) – Richard Nephew, who served as the lead sanctions expert for the US negotiating team with Iran, is of the opinion that new US sanctions on Iran will not fulfill US national interests in long term.
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US sanctions on Iran can affect trade of humanitarian goods: Nephew
TEHRAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) – Richard Nephew, who served as the lead sanctions expert for the US team negotiating with Iran, is of the opinion that it is certainly true that US sanctions on Iran can affect the trade of humanitarian goods and the hostile licensing policy from the United States on civil aviation licenses is a complication.
