In Iran’s Resurgent Resistance, Professor Ivan Sascha Sheehan, a counterterrorism scholar and leading authority on U.S. policy toward Iran, reflects on a journey made by a bipartisan delegation of senior U.S. officials deep into Iran’s resistance community and outlines how U.S. officials routinely fail to understand the Iranian regime’s nature, temperament, disposition, and designs. Sheehan reveals how Iran’s principal opposition to clerical rule has been falsely portrayed in Washington and makes the case that Iran’s dissident community is best positioned to bring about democratic change. The author challenges the false narratives peddled by Tehran’s illiberal apologists, examines the opposition’s call for a democratic future, and makes a convincing case for a more effective U.S. policy toward Iran.
Praised by senior leaders in the U.S. Intelligence Community, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, and the Department of State, this timely book features a Preface by Senator Joseph Lieberman (former Democratic Nominee for Vice President); a Foreword by Senator Robert G. Torricelli (D-New Jersey) and Ambassador Robert G. Joseph, Ph.D. (former Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security); and an Afterword by Colonel Wesley Martin (former Senior Antiterrorism Officer for All Coalition Forces – Iraq).
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Iran’s Resurgent Resistance: Bipartisan U.S. Delegation Visits with MEK Opposition at Ashraf 3
By Ivan Sascha Sheehan, Ph.D.
Preface by The Honorable Joseph I. Lieberman
Foreword by Senator Robert G. Torricelli and Ambassador Robert G. Joseph, Ph.D.
Introduction
The Alternative
About Ashraf 3
Our Experience at Ashraf 3
Five Days with Iran’s Opposition
Panel Discussions
Meeting Individual MEK Members
Conference on Struggle for Freedom
The Main Event
More Events and Symposia
The Regime’s Fear of the MEK and its Reprisals
The Strengths of the Iranian Resistance
Conclusions & Policy Recommendations
Afterword by Colonel Wesley M. Martin
Appendix: Statement by American Dignataries
About Iran Policy Committee
About the Author: Ivan Sascha Sheehan, Ph.D.
A propos de l’auteur
Senator Robert G. Torricelli (D-New Jersey) served in the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey’s 9th district from 1983 to 1997 and as a United States Senate from New Jersey from 1997 to 2003.
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