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How the Senate Republicans’ Letter Gave Iran a Boost in Nuclear Talks
The 47 Republican senators who wrote to Iranian leaders this month may have believed they were sabotaging the talks on a deal on Iranian nuclear program, hoping it would exacerbate fears in Tehran that any such deal could be reversed by the next U.S. president.
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"Iran’s foreign minister, Javad Zarif, has spent the majority of his life in the U.S. and is intimately familiar with American politics and laws. This, combined with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s deep skepticism of U.S. intentions and trustworthiness, resulted in an Iranian negotiating strategy that has long insulated itself against the risk of Congressional upsets."