The Issues
Iran and its neighbours, Iran and the World
Iran is experiencing a new era after Hassan Rouhani’s victory in the June 2013 Presidential elections. What are President Rouhani's chances of successfully implementing his program of moderate reformism? What are the main challenges that Iran faces at regional and international levels? What are Iran’s main hindrances for the normalization of relations with the US? With its neighbors? Is Iran’s involvement vitally important to tackling the frightening IS threat? What role can Iran play in other issues at stake in the region, such as the balance of power in the Gulf, and the future of Syria and Iraq? To what extent could the European Union aid in stabilizing the region?
Assessing the Iranian Nuclear File
What are the regional implications of a nuclear deal with Iran? What are the key points in the current Iranian nuclear agreement? What are the main obstacles for the full implementation of the nuclear deal? To what extent have Iranian economic difficulties been a key element to reaching an agreement? What does the loss of current international sanctions really mean? How can Iran's regional policy change after a nuclear deal?
Gerardo Pisarello, First Deputy Mayor, Barcelona City Council
CarlesA.Gasòliba, Chairman of the board of CIDOB
Javier Solana, Honorary Chairman of CIDOB and Former EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy
Chair: Roberto Toscano, former Ambassador of Italy to Iran and associate senior researcher at CIDOB
Mahmood Sariolghalam, professor of International Relations, School of Economic and Political Sciences
Shahid Beheshti University (SBU)
Jean-Marie Guéhenno, president of the International Crisis Group
Shireen Hunter, research professor at Georgetown University
Bijan Khajehpour, managing partner at Atieh International
Chair: Pere Vilanova, Associate Senior Researcher at CIDOB and Professor of Political Science, UB
Hossein Moussavian, associate research scholar at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public
and International Affairs, former spokesman of the Iranian Nuclear Negotiation Team, 2003-2005
Trita Parsi, founder and president of the National Iranian American Council
Suzanne Maloney, senior fellow at Brookings and former U.S. State Department policy advisor
Jordi Bacaria, director of CIDOB
