Author Archive

Ryan Costello

Policy Director, National Iranian American Council

Ryan Costello is Policy Director for the National Iranian American Council, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening the voice of Iranian Americans and promoting greater understanding between the American and Iranian people.
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The latest Iran deal is a win-win

A complicated prisoner swap should ease drug shortages that are killing ordinary Iranians—and put new pressure on Tehran’s leaders.

  • Ryan Costello
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July Could Be the Last Month to Save the Iran Nuclear Deal

Domestic politics in Tehran and Washington are gradually closing the door.

  • Ryan Costello
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Gaslighting Can’t Obscure Trump’s Iran Failures

The Biden administration must make a firm break from Trump’s approach and restore the status quo ante.

  • Ryan Costello
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The Slender Path Back to the Iran Nuke Deal — and Away from War

U.S. policymakers outside the administration must speak up about the need to rejoin the JCPOA, and so pave the way for Trump's successor to do so.

  • Ryan Costello
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Risks Rise As US Reimposes Sanctions on Iran

Several undesirable consequences are becoming more likely.

  • Ryan Costello
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Don’t Let Trump Turn Iran into North Korea

Unless Congress, Europe, and other parties step up to protect the West’s nuclear deal with Iran, it will collapse, unshackling Tehran’s nuclear efforts.

  • Ryan Costello