MESOPOTAMIA NEWS FOCUS IRAN : WHO IS IN CHARGE ?

 

Jack Detsch@JackDetsch_ALM

 

17 Sept 2019 – 7m AL MONITOR – State Iran envoy (and Nat’l Security Advisor contender) Brian Hook made this same argument about Foreign Minister Javad Zarif in June, but didn’t make clear who the US would negotiate with.

 

Marco Rubio@marcorubio – · 12m

You can’t do deal with Rouhani because he isn’t real power in #Iran. The power resides in the Ayatollah who believes the U.S. is withdrawing from the region & therefore believes he can pursue a policy of incremental escalation without triggering open war.

 

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