After a five-month hiatus, representatives from Islamic Republic of Iran and the P4+1 group of countries — Britain, France, Russia, and China plus Germany — began on November 29 the seventh round of talks in Vienna to resurrect the JCPOA. At the talks, the first under President Ebrahim Raeisi, the Iranian delegation presented two detailed draft texts; one on the removal of US sanctions and the other on Iran’s return to its nuclear commitments under the JCPOA.
The 9th Session: Prospect of Vienna Talks: Players, Roles and Narratives
By Prof. Heinz Gärtner
Prof. Heinz Gärtner is lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Vienna and at Danube University. He was academic director of the Austrian Institute for International Affairs. He has held various Fulbright Fellowships and the Austrian Chair at Stanford University. He was Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University in Washington DC. Among other things, he chairs the Strategy and Security advisory board of the Austrian Armed Forces and the Advisory Board of the International Institute for Peace (IIP) in Vienna. Heinz Gärtner published widely on international security, nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, US-Foreign Policy, geopolitics, Iran and the Middle East.
Dr. Eric Lob
Dr. Lob is an assistant professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations. His research focuses on the intersection of development and politics in the Middle East. It specifically explores how state and non-state actors in the region instrumentalize development as a soft power mechanism to further their political interests both domestically and internationally. Lob currently teaches courses on comparative politics and international relations of the Middle East and on political violence and revolution.
14 December 2021, Tuesday, 6:30-8:00 pm IRST
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