Should the US be negotiating with the Speaker of Parliament and the Foreign Minister when they aren’t in charge of much? Should they be the Iranian negotiating team in the first place?

I was meant to be talking about Lebanon this evening, but of course it ends up being about Iran. You’ll notice that on at least one occasion I say ‘Iran’ when I mean ‘Lebanon’ in this piece.

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