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Former Iranian Negotiator Faults His Nation's Nuclear Diplomacy

Iran undercut its own negotiators by withholding from them key details of its nuclear program, according to a new book by a former senior Iranian diplomat. Barbara Slavin writes that the book makes the failed diplomacy of the past decade easier to understand, and concludes that the key is to improve US-Iran relations.

Hossein Mousavian, Head of the Iranian delegation to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) talks to journalists during a closed-door meeting of the IAEA 35-nation Board of Governors in Vienna June 14, 2004. Iran's cooperation with U.N. nuclear inspectors is less than satisfactory, IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei told reporters prior to the meeting. REUTERS/Herwig Prammer  PR/WS
Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Head of the Iranian delegation to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) talks to journalists during a closed-door meeting of the IAEA 35-nation Board of Governors in Vienna June 14, 2004. — REUTERS/Herwig Prammer

Iran undercut its own negotiators by withholding from them key details of its nuclear program, according to a new book by a former senior Iranian diplomat.

The book, Iranian Nuclear Crisis: A Memoir by Seyed Hossein Mousavian, reveals nuggets about Iran’s nuclear diplomacy and internal politics that make the failed diplomacy of the past decade easier to understand — and do not portend well for the future.

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