Ali Vaez

Ali Vaez is the Iran project director at the International Crisis Group and a protégé of Robert Malley. He was identified as a member of the Iran Experts Initiative. Leaked emails showed he shared a draft nuclear policy article with IPIS head Mostafa Zahrani before publication; the article was subsequently published in the National Interest in June 2014 under a modified title. He attended the inaugural IEI meeting at Vienna's Palais Coburg in May 2014 and advised Malley's Iran negotiating team.