Alex Vatanka

@AlexVatanka

الکس وطن خواه Senior Fellow, . Tehran-born Washingtonian. . All things Middle East, Central Asia.

Washington D.C.
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Joined September 2015
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  1. 6 hours ago

    Funny thing is Iran this morning dismissed the idea of direct talks with the US before Trump brought it up this afternoon The one constant: everyone agrees the Omanis [mediators] are up to something

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    6 hours ago

    got to love Pompeo’s “we’ve said this before,” before reciting what Pompeo has said before and Trump just contradicted.

    Trump: “no preconditions.” Pompeo: Here are the preconditions.
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  3. 6 hours ago

    And why would Russia do that? Moscow sits nice and tight with everyone in ME coming to Putin to ask for a bit of this and a bit of that (at Moscow's discretion, of course).

    We can't force Iran out of Syria, Russia tells Israelis
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  4. 8 hours ago

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    11 hours ago

    Can Israeli and Iranian citizens can built their own anti-escalation, anti-war dialogue? Opinion

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  6. Retweeted
    Jul 28

    L’utilisation par l’Iran de milices chiites comme relais de son action militaro-politique (Proxies) : entre expédients idéologiques & pratiques et pérennité incertaine. par

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  7. Jul 27

    Contemporary Jihadi Militancy in : How is the Threat Evolving?

    Very excited to publish the 9th in the 's CT series, a fantastic paper by looking at & in : - Contemporary Jihadi Militancy in : How is the Threat Evolving? **Fascinating** insights, with data:
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  8. Jul 27

    Indeed. Mattis is hardly a man who needs to prove he has a stick

    It would be wise to listen to Jim Mattis on these sorts of things.
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    Jul 27

    China has around 280 nuclear warheads. That’s less than 5 percent of the total US nuclear arsenal. Find out more about China’s nuclear stockpile with this research from

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  10. Jul 27

    How Deep Is Iran's State Free Audiobook

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  11. Jul 26

    Trump Has Made Iran Public Enemy No.1. How Far Will He Go?

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  12. Jul 26

    Qassem Soleimani's bravado today ("Come and get me Trump") is revealing: The top Revolutionary Guards brass has concluded Trump won't want to go to war (and that's why talk is cheap on both sides)

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  13. Jul 25

    Rafsanjani is long dead but those who came of age under his wings still rising The new Iranian Central Bank Governor, A.N Hemmati (Ph.D., London Uni.)

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    Jul 24

    As of Monday, chairman of the joint chiefs Dunford still hadn’t been briefed on Helsinki, even though it affects more than 1 million troops

    You will see this line in books to come about events in the year 2018 Trump on Mattis: “He’s not ‘Mad Dog Mattis,’ he’s ‘Moderate Mattis’”
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  15. Jul 24

    You will see this line in books to come about events in the year 2018 Trump on Mattis: “He’s not ‘Mad Dog Mattis,’ he’s ‘Moderate Mattis’”

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  16. Jul 24

    I heard much of the same talk in the 1980s. We can do this; we can do that. Same folks as Bagheri (whose older brother died a pointless death in the Iran-Iraq War) deliberately prolonged a war that cost the lives of a quarter of million mostly young men. For IRGC, war is biz.

    “Enemies of Iran in particular US whose bases& interests are within reach of Iran’s defense forces,would better not play with the lion’s tail, because they will receive a solid...regrettable response on a very large scale”said General Baqeri.
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    Jul 24

    Very saddened by the tragedy in Greece and the sufferings it is causing.

    Replying to @onedirection
    Disaster, 50 people died (for now), 180 are seriously injured, and so many firefighters are doing their best to keep some people alive. Tragic. Pray for our country🙏🏼😭🇬🇷🇬🇷 Please RT
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  18. Jul 24

    Some say Trump's latest Iran tweet is about changing the subject from Putin In Iran, Revolutionary Guards are warning about an American invasion being planned. For sure, changing subject from Rev Guards mass abuse of power + corruption

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  19. Jul 23

    After Trump slams Iran’s president, Iranian officials accuse him of ‘psychological warfare’

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    Jul 23

    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s much-awaited speech on Iran had for weeks been touted as the moment Washington would unveil its grand strategy to end the Islamic Republic, but its approach is still unclear, writes Expert Voices contributor

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