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October 19, 2017

The Iranian Foreign Minister’s Cynical Charm Offensive

A credulous listener’s idea of a foreign-policy whiz.

Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s foreign minister and the chief negotiator of the 2015 nuclear deal, has recently returned to the American media spotlight, authoring an essay for the Atlantic and participating in a long public interview with Charlie Rose in New York. As ever, writes Armin Rosen, Zarif’s mission is to put a smiling face on the Islamic Republic and obscure its many crimes:

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