The story: The appointment of Richard Nephew as the US State Department’s Deputy Special Envoy for Iran has provoked ire in Tehran. Both Reformists and conservatives have a deeply pessimistic view of the American official, since he is known as the architect of the sanctions that former US president Barack Obama imposed on Iran during his 2009-2017 tenure.
The coverage: Nephew’s March 1 appointment as a deputy of Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley has been widely covered by Iranian media...
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