IRANIAN POLITICAL AND NUCLEAR REALITIES AND U.S. POLICY OPTIONS HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Tuesday, March 3, 2009 Time: 10:00 A.M. Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Building Presiding: Senator Kerry Senator Kerry's Opening Statement Senator Lugar's Opening Statement     Witnesses: The Honorable Frank G. Wisner, II    Former U.S. Ambassador to Zambia,    Egypt, the Philippines, and India    New York, NY The Honorable Richard N. Haass    President    Council on Foreign Relations    New York, NY Mr. Mark Fitzpatrick    Senior Fellow for Non-Proliferation    International Institute for Strategic Studies    London, United Kingdom Mr. Karim Sadjadpour    Associate    Carnegie Endowment for International Peace    Washington, DC   Hearing Titles in blue are links to video recording of hearing. Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.