Aftandilian in Mother Jones on U.S.- Iran Tensions
Gregory Aftandilian, Lecturer at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was interviewed for a recent article on the escalating tension between the United States and Iran as well as U.S. President Donald Trump’s Iran policy.
Aftandilian was interviewed for a June 26, 2019 article in Mother Jones entitled “Here’s What It Would Look Like If Trump Starts a War With Iran.”
From the text of the article:
“That’s the Iranian red line,” says Gregory Aftandilian, a former Middle East analyst at the State Department who now teaches at Boston University. “Until America lifts the oil embargo, why should we enter into talks?”
Aftandilian spent over 21 years in government service, most recently on Capitol Hill where he was foreign policy adviser to Congressman Chris Van Hollen (2007-2008), professional staff member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and foreign policy adviser to Senator Paul Sarbanes (2000-2004), and foreign policy fellow to the late Senator Edward Kennedy (1999).