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Negotiating with Iran: Wrestling the Ghosts of History

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

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Haleh Esfandiari - Dr. Haleh Esfandiari is an Iranian American academic and the Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.

Her areas of expertise include Middle Eastern women's issues, contemporary Iranian intellectual currents and politics, and democratic developments in the Middle East, and she frequently writes, lectures, and organizes symposia on these topics. In 2007 she was detained, in solitary confinement, in Iran's Evin Prison for more than 110 days, between May 8 and August 21.

John Limbert - Ambassador John Limbert is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iran in State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.

He is a veteran U.S. diplomat and a former official at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, where he was held captive during the Iran hostage crisis.

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01.: Introduction

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02.: Being a Hostage in Embassy in Iran

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03.: More to Iran than Government Leadership

02 min 48 sec

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04.: Ghost of History in the Room

02 min 56 sec

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05.: Negotiating Tips Based on Case Studies

02 min 49 sec

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06.: Residual Hostility Between U.S. and Iran

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07.: Have High and Realistic Expectations

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08.: Q1: Consulting with Iranians for Research

02 min 39 sec

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09.: Q2: Separate the Person from the Problem

03 min 41 sec

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10.: Q3: Negotiating Tactics Apply to Other Countries

03 min 16 sec

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11.: Q4: Continued Commitment to Negotiation

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12.: Q5: Iranians Understand More than Force

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13.: Q6: Persistence Through Setbacks

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14.: Final Questions

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15.: Deliberations to Admit the Shah

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16.: Large Scale Emigration After Revolution

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Partner:: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Location:: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
Washington, D.C.
Event Date:: 12.02.09
Speakers:: Haleh Esfandiari,; John Limbert

Summary: John Limbert discusses how the United States could negotiate with Iran in its attempts to end the 30-year estrangement between the two countries in his new book, Negotiating with Iran: Wrestling the Ghosts of History.

The essential question of the book is not whether the United States should negotiate with Iran, Limbert emphasizes, but how such negotiations should be conducted. In his book, Limbert reviewed four Iranian case studies and offered 14 recommendations for moving toward this objective.