- Sazegara: Strong Talk and Sanctions May Resolve Stalemate with Iran Interviewer: Lionel Beehner, Staff Writer October 20, 2006 - Council on Foreign RelationsInterviewee: Mohsen SazegaraInterviewer: Lionel Beehner, Staff WriterMohsen Sazegara is a leading U.S.-based Iranian dissident and one of the original founders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. He says Iran will not be deterred by swift UN sanctions against...