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The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and the Emirates Policy Center

Joint Zoom Conference

on

The Growing Iranian Threat to Regional and Western Security

Scroll for full recording of the conference and for individual speakers’ remarks:

Monday, April 26, 2021

Full recording


Opening Remarks:

Contending with Weapons of Mass Destruction: From Saddam Hussein to Khamenei

Amb. Dore Gold – President, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs


Solving the Iran Impasse, A Perspective from the UAE

Dr. Ebtesam al-Ketbi – President, Emirates Policy Center


Session 1:
Dealing with Iran’s Nuclear Challenge and the Continued Development of Iranian Missiles

Is Returning to the JCPOA Possible? What Should Be Done to Prevent Iran from Having a Military Nuclear Capability?

Dr. Olli Heinonen – former Deputy Director of the IAEA


Is Israeli and American Disagreement Inevitable?

Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser – Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs


The American Perspective

Richard Goldberg – Senior Advisor, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; former Director for Countering Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction at the U.S. National Security Council


Session 2:
Iran’s Regional and Domestic Challenges and its Malign Activities across the Middle East and North Africa

The View from Tehran – Internal Tensions Leading to the Elections, against the Background of Nuclear Negotiations

Djavad Khadem – former Iranian minister


The Role of Iran’s Presidential Elections and Regional Threats – an Israeli Perspective

Lt.-Col. (ret.) Michael Segall – Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs


Session 3:
Emerging Naval Struggle in the Middle East (Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Arabian Gulf and the Indian Ocean)

The Emerging Naval Struggle in the Middle East

Admiral (res.) Yedidya Ya’ari – former Commander of the Israeli Navy and former CEO of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems