Ali Ansari

Moderate Muslims have been given a giant task. The world is watching how they respond.

Moderate Muslims have been given a giant task. The world is watching how they respond.

It was always on the cards and they can justify it on the grounds that the new president will want read more

It was always on the cards and they can justify it on the grounds that the new president will want his own people on the ground. But it sends all the wrong signals.

At this moment in time, the chances of any agreement are extremely small.

At this moment in time, the chances of any agreement are extremely small.

The Iranians were just jumping on the bandwagon. They want to galvanize people, keep them focused on an anti-Western agenda.

The Iranians were just jumping on the bandwagon. They want to galvanize people, keep them focused on an anti-Western agenda.

[Ali Ansari, an Iran expert at St. Andrews University in Scotland, said the president would have to make concessions.] I read more

[Ali Ansari, an Iran expert at St. Andrews University in Scotland, said the president would have to make concessions.] I do not think it is fatal, ... but he is going to have to take some drastic action to realize that politics is the art of compromise.