Prepared Testimony by Geoffrey Kemp Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing: Iran's Political and Nuclear Ambitions and U.S. Policy Options

May 17, 2006

Weapon Program: 

  • Nuclear

Related Country: 

  • China
  • Russia

Mr. Chairman I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to you and your colleagues about a matter of grave importance to the United States, namely Iran’s behavior and its nuclear program. The committee has asked me to comment on three subjects: 
ƒCan Russia and China be helpful in pressuring Iran to change its present course? 

 What are the attitudes of Iran’s neighbors to the current regime and the course it has chosen to pursue? 

Do opportunities exist in the region for those seeking to contain Iran? 

I will add a fourth issue: ƒ

The need for continued U.S.- EU cooperation 

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Testimony by Geoffrey Kemp: Senate Foreign Relations Committee: Iran's Political and Nuclear Ambitions and U.S. Policy Options