ELN Policy Fellow Sahil Shah was interviewed by France 24 on the first convening of the Joint Commission for the first time since September 2020. Shah outlined his expectations from the US – Iran talks, commented on the differences between Biden administration’s stance from Obama’s, and highlighted the importance of Iran’s upcoming elections.The full article can be found here.
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As the IAEA Board of Governors discuss Iran during their June 2020 convening, Sahil Shah argues that the E3 – the UK, France, and Germany – should reinvoke bold action seen in the early 2000s.
In May 2023 , the ELN and Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) held a track 1.5 meeting in London featuring a range of European, American, Asian and Iranian experts to assess three possible scenarios that could come about should attempts to revive the JCPOA fail: resumption of nuclear negotiations, building regional solutions, and regional conflict. ELN Senior Associate Fellow Roxane Farmanfarmaian captures the core findings in this report.
The ELN’s joint statement with The Iran Project has been quoted in The Guardian: