Iran Audio Analysis: Assessing Rouhani’s Speech — & Tehran’s Strategy — at UN

I spoke with Monocle 24’s The Globalist on Wednesday morning about President Rouhani’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly. We considered not only the statement but the Iranian strategy and negotiations taking place away from the podium.

Listen to discussion from 7:04 on The Globalist homepage or in a separate pop-out window

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1. “I was disappointed by the speech. A lot of it in the opening section had hints of his predecessor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, denouncing the Global Arrogance, denouncing imperialists. Pretty sterile statements against the West.”

2. “That said, he hit the key point that Iran did not want to pursue nuclear weapons, that it wanted an approach to moderation, paving the way for what should be fairly constructive talks on Iran’s nuclear program.”