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M. Mahtab Alam Rizvi

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Archive data: Person was Associate Fellow at IDSA

Joined IDSA
June 2007
Research Interests
Political Developments in Iran, Energy Security
Education
PhD in Political Science, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
Background
MA in Political Science from Aligarh Muslim University. Received Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship for Doctoral Studies from NMML, New Delhi (2005). Recipient of Nehru Scholarship, Centre for Nehru Studies, Department of Political Science, AMU (2002). Research Assistant, Centre for Nehru Studies, Department of Political Science, AMU (January 2006 to January 2007). Visiting Scholar, Centre for Distance Education, AMU.
Select Publications
Monograph on “Understanding Iran’s Political and Military Institutions: An Indian Perspective”, IDSA Monograph Series No.28, December 2013.
Evaluating the Political and Economic Role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), Strategic Analysis, Vol. 36, No. 4, July-August 2012.
“Bahrain Crisis and Iran-Saudi Arabia Contestation”, in Anwar Alam (ed.), The Arab Spring: Region and India, New Century Publication, New Delhi, 2014.
“Changing Dynamics of India-Iran Relations: An Assessment of Trade and Investment”, in Sidda Goud (ed.), India and Iran in Contemporary Relations, Allied Publishers, New Delhi, 2014.
“India’s Trade Relations with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) States”, in Rumel Dahiya (ed.), Developments in the Gulf Region: Prospects and Challenges for India in the Next Two Decades, Pentagon Press, New Delhi, 2013.
“Iran and Regional Security Dynamics: An Over View”, in S D Muni (ed.), Asian Strategic Review, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, 2013.
“India-Iran Economic and Trade Relations: Prospects and Challenges”, in M. Badrul Alam (ed.), Contours of India’s Foreign Policy: Changes and Challenges, Reference Press, New Delhi, 2013.
“China and West Asia in 2011: Threat or Opportunity?”, in Mandip Singh (ed.), China Year Book 2011, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, 2012.
Velayat-e- Faqih (Supreme Leader) and Iranian Foreign Policy: An Historical Analyasis, Strategic Analysis, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 36, No. 1, January 2012.
West Asia and Oil Politics, Strategic Analysis, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Vol. 35, No. 2, March 2011.
Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant and Security Concerns, Journal of Peace Studies, Vol. 17, Issue 2&3, International Centre for Peace Studies, New Delhi, April-September 2010.
Iraq Desperate to Appease Iran Without Losing the US, Strategic Analysis, Routledge Publication, Vol. 32, No. 6, November-December 2008.
Iran- Gulf Relations: Beyond the Sectarian Divide, in Taufiq Ahmad. Nizami (ed.), International Politics: Areas of Conflict and Confrontation, Manak Publications, New Delhi, 2011.
Other Publications
Associate Fellow
E-mail:mahtabalamrizvi[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in
Phone: +91 11 2671 7983

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New Beginning in Islamic Republic

In a surprise move the Iranian parliament (Majles) approved 18 of the 21 nominees including that of a woman proposed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as members of his cabinet. Although Ahmadinejad had nominated three women candidates, parliament approved only one, that of Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi as the health minister. This is the first time that a woman has acquired a ministerial position in the Islamic Republic since the 1979 revolution. Marzieh Vahid is a gynaecologist and obstetrician by profession.

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Obama’s Overtures to Iran

US President Barack Obama’s landmark appeal to the Iranian people for a shift away from decades of confrontation was a significant move in the right direction. Obama’s videotaped message on March 20, 2009 (on the occasion of Nowruz) stated that “the US wants the Islamic Republic of Iran to take its rightful place in the community of nations but it comes with real responsibilities...” Obama’s offers came 30 years after the US broke off diplomatic relations with Iran.

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Sanctions Against Iran are Futile

The United Nations Security Council imposed the third set of economic and trade sanctions against Iran on March 3, 2008 for refusing to halt its nuclear programme. Resolution 1803, sponsored by Britain, France and Germany, was backed by 14 of the Council’s 15 members; Indonesia abstained. The sanctions were targeted against 13 individuals and 12 companies with links to Iran’s nuclear and missile programmes. One of the 13 individuals targeted is Brig. Gen.

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Beyond the Arab-Iranian Divide in the Gulf

In an interesting development, the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) invited Iran for the first time last month to attend its summit meeting held in Doha. The GCC was established in 1981 to foster multilateral co-operation in the Persian Gulf, but had adopted an exclusionary policy vis-à-vis Iran though the latter was an important actor in regional politics and economy. The invitation to Iran seems to point to a GCC initiative to overcome differences and act together for the larger good of the region.

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Russia and the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant

On September 16, 2007, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki announced the completion of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, adding that it was "sealed by the UN nuclear watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)". On September 20, Reza Aqazadeh, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, in reference to his talks with Sergei Kiriyenko, the director of Russia's Federal Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, said that they "discussed the pending issues of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant".

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