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2018-11-10 09:50
By Javad Heirannia
Reimposing sanctions on Iran is not in U.S. national interests: ex-senior CIA official
TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that obviously with the U.S. administration reneging on the JCPOA, Iran is not getting much of the economic benefit it expected when it negotiated the agreement.
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2018-10-16 10:33
By Javad Heirannia
Khashoggi case will force Trump to do something: ex-senior CIA official
TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that Khashoggi case will force Trump to do something, but his administration will resist doing more than a necessary minimum, because it does not want to upset its overall relationship with Saudi Arabia.
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2018-09-25 14:02
By Javad Heirannia
Next election is a referendum for Trump: Pillar
TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that “No doubt other participants in the coming Security Council meeting--and not just Iran, which needs to be given an opportunity to speak--will raise the point that the United States under Trump has been in violation of an agreement that became enshrined in a Security Council resolution that passed by a unanimous vote.”
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2018-08-08 12:48
By Javad Heirannia
Security problems in Middle East are not clear situations: Pillar
TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that “The security problems in the Middle East in which Iran is involved are not clear situations, in which there is one aggressor and one victim.”
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2018-06-20 11:19
By Javad Heirannia
Trump is a false populist: Pillar
TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that Trump lives in “the moment, saying what gets applause and attention at any one moment. He leaves no legacy of political or philosophical thought.”
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2018-05-28 11:14
By Javad Heirannia
European large firms will ignore Iran market: Pillar
TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that “The European governments seem determined to resist the Trump administration on this issue, but there is only so much they can do to protect their private sector from secondary U.S. sanctions.”
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2018-05-06 10:38
By Javad Heirannia
Netanyahu relying on confusion and ignorance about JCPOA: Pillar
TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that “Netanyahu is relying on confusion and ignorance about the JCPOA.”
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2018-04-30 09:09
By Javad Heirannia
Saudis are not eager to make significant new troop commitment in Syria: Pillar
TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that the United States cannot, of course, order Arab states to do specified things with their armed forces.
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2018-04-18 10:00
By Javad Heirannia
Attack on Syria didn't have a basis in international law: Pillar
TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that the attack on Syria was “neither in self-defense nor authorized by the United Nations Security Council, it did not have a basis in international law.
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2018-04-08 10:45
By Javad Heirannia
Future of JCPOA looks grim: Pillar
TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that “The changes involving Pompeo and Bolton will mean a more hawkish policy overall. There will be even greater reliance on military force rather than on diplomacy than we have seen so far.”