Do check out Jon Snows podcast telling the behind the scenes story of his Channel 4 News live interview with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani yesterday.
also from todays Snowmail:
Iran's Iraqi assistance?
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I am in my normal posture in Iraq stuck in traffic slumped in a taxi
after a briefing with a senior Iranian in Iraq.
His perspective is amazing and I emerged from two hours with him pretty
convinced that if anyone is ever going to sort everything out in Iraq,
they are going to need all the assistance Iran can give them.
To that end, he says he has been contacted by the US ambassador in
Baghdad and asked to come and talk. Of course, the Americans want this to
appear in complete secrecy. Meanwhile the Iranians, if they agree to it,
and they have been asked repeatedly for six months, will want all the
publicity they are capable of mustering.
It seems like a rather urgent request, especially considering the US is
in full tirade against Iran on the nuclear issue as well as having its
hands tied in Iraq. He showed me enough material to convince me that
this is true - although it's hard to know what to do with it beyond
sharing a view in a discreet column to my global snowmail audience...
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