Ex-political prisoner in Iran: don’t trust the backchannel talks
Kian Tajbakhsh, an ex-political prisoner, was launched from Iranian jail in 2015 and is now a professor at NYU. He warns that in the Middle East what the negotiators are…
US officials downplay text of the Iran agreement, saying it doesn’t account for backchannel commitments
Summary US officials are downplaying the imprecise, yet-to-be-released text of the Iran settlement, saying vital commitments exist by means of backchannel discussions. The memorandum of understanding lacks particular particulars on…