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Media coverage | 14 April 2021

ELN Research Director Andreas Persbo quoted in Foreign Policy

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ELN Research Director Andreas Persbo is quoted in Foreign Policy about Rafael Mariano Grossi, head of the IAEA, deciding on his own to fly to Tehran to try to salvage the disintegrating 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

 

Many experts say it’s none too soon to bring oft-slighted international organizations like the IAEA into play, even if seemingly outside its lane. “He’s an ambitious man but also very clear-eyed. He’s not afraid to use the powers of the agency when required,” said Andreas Persbo, a nonproliferation expert at the European Leadership Network.

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