Q&A: Iran Human Rights & U.S. Foreign Policy

This Q&A addresses questions regarding CHRI’s recommendations to the U.S. government that human rights be promoted as a policy stream equal in importance to other political, economic and strategic policy streams. It argues that prioritizing human rights does not undermine the nuclear negotiations or the dissidents it seeks to support, is not a fig leaf for regime change, and that supporting the voices and rights of civil society is the most effective means to influence Iranian state behavior.