Abbas Milani

Abbas Milani, a research fellow and co-director of the Iran Democracy Project at the Hoover Institution, is Director of Iranian Studies at Stanford University.

Trump is strengthening Iran's radicals

The United States and Iran have rarely agreed on how to proceed with nuclear talks or other elements of their bilateral relations. But synergies and similarities between two factions—Iranian hardliners and the hawks of the current US administration—are as counterintuitive as they are profound.

7y ago
October 18, 2017
October 18, 2017

Trump is strengthening Iran's radicals

The United States and Iran have rarely agreed on how to proceed with nuclear talks or other elements of their bilateral relations. But synergies and similarities between two factions—Iranian hardliners and the hawks of the current US administration—are as counterintuitive as they are profound.