Ali Ansari

The European Union door is shut and the Iranians have thrown away the key. This was a symbolic slap in read more

The European Union door is shut and the Iranians have thrown away the key. This was a symbolic slap in the face for the Europeans.

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.

It will have to be resolved internally. There is a view in Iran that if you give him enough rope, read more

It will have to be resolved internally. There is a view in Iran that if you give him enough rope, he'll hang himself. But how much rope will it take?

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.

[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.