A diplomatic dance will be no waltz for either Iran or America, writes CFR President Richard N. Haass.

Fred Kaplan urges the United States to work with Iranian president Rouhani in light of his speeches at the United Nations General Assembly this week.

Hassan Rouhani, president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, discusses Iranian foreign policy.

Hassan Rouhani, president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, discusses Iranian foreign policy.

Hassan Rouhani, president of the Islamic Republic of Iran, discusses Iranian foreign policy.

The White House should seize on Tehran's diplomatic signals to advance a resolution to the nuclear question and potentially Syria, says expert Mohsen M. Milani.

"Honestly, the ambassadors showed widespread interest in improved relations with Iran, which I hope will be managed with the best diplomacy. Of course, we must not expect too much."

Ray Takeyh explains how Iranian president Rouhani's diplomatic agenda shapes and is shaped by his relationship with Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Les Gelb gives advice to Iranian president Rouhani.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivered these remarks at the UN General Assembly on September 24, 2013.

Fred Kaplan advocates a meeting between President Obama and Iran's president Rouhani over the course of this week's meeting of the United Nations General Assembly.

Ray Takeyh analyzses a recent op-ed in Iran's newspaper Bahar and President Rouhani's leadership team and implications for country's nuclear program.

New Iranian leadership and the UN effort to remove Syrian chemical weapons offer a rare chance for collaboration between Washington and Tehran—and advance nuclear talks, says expert Gary Sick.

CFR Senior Fellow Ray Takeyh leads a conversation on Iran's internal power structure and the country's foreign policy under the new president, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.

Leslie H. Gelb reviews Unthinkable, a new book by Kenneth M. Pollack.

"U.S. diplomats should include discussions of human rights in all of their encounters with Iranian officials," writes Ray Takeyh.

"The Islamic Republic may not be the radical actor it was in the 1980s, but neither is it a state ruled by modest men who happen to drape themselves in clerical garb," writes Ray Takeyh

Mark Lagon and Mark D. Wallace warn against new Iranian president Rouhani's "charm offensive."

A clear sign of a new Iranian nuclear posture will be if incoming president Hassan Rowhani pursues bilateral talks with the United States, says former top U.S. arms official Gary Samore.

Ray Takeyh examines the newly instated President of Iran, Hassan Rouhani.