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Iranian Vice President for Strategic Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif also said that Iran was meant to meet with the US on October 9 over nuclear agreement talks.

Trump’s expected policy, while effective in many ways, carries risks.

The former advisor’s stance sheds light on the increasing skepticism about the effectiveness of ongoing diplomatic negotiations with Iran.

The country's actions, emboldened by lack of international regulation and its alliance with Russia, have left it closer to nuclear weapons capability than ever before, the Washington Post reported. 

With the launch of this school year, former special envoy for Iran Rob Malley was announced as one of the new senior fellows at Yale's Jackson School.

The newly appointed ambassador to Israel has drawn praise from both right and left. But his record in the Obama administration should raise concerns.

The developments came as somewhat of a surprise given the clear progress that has been made between the West and Iran in recent weeks.

China seeks to help facilitate a wave of reconciliation across the Middle East. Its efforts, however, may help Iran progress toward acquiring a nuclear weapon.

"We have always wanted a return of all parties to full compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal," the country's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian told reporters.

“Rumors about a nuclear deal, interim or otherwise, are false and misleading,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told journalists in June.