He subsequently worked as a stringer in the London bureau of Newsweek in the early 2000s, where he reported and wrote on a range of stories in the United Kingdom and Western Europe.

"[6] The New York Times called the book "perceptive" and said that it "drills home the point...that a thoughtful strategy to lift the neglected bottom billion must compete against the global oil giants going about their business.

Based on years of close archival work, in both Iran and the United States, the book was originally more than 1,300 pages in its first draft but had to be cut by more than half to suit commercial publishing imperatives.

The New York Times named America and Iran one of the “100 Notable Books of 2021”, and called it “delightfully readable, genuinely informative and impressively literate.”[9] The Toronto Globe and Mail praised the book as “a compelling and insightful read... a nuanced version of history... [that] eschews headline-grabbing histrionics and makes a much more convincing argument instead – that olive-branch offerings and measured international diplomacy can lead to roads of reconciliation between two sworn enemies.”[10] The Economist noted that “Mr.

Should be required reading in both Tehran and Washington.”[15] Ghazvinian has frequently appeared on CNN, MSNBC, BBC, CGTN, Al-Jazeera, NPR, and other media outlets to discuss his work on the history of U.S.–Iran relations.