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Biden administration names former Obama aide Malley as Iran envoy: official

Washington DC: The Biden administration on Thursday named Robert Malley, a former top adviser in the Obama administration, as special envoy for Iran, a senior State Department official said, confirming an earlier Reuters report.

GNN Web Desk
Published 4 years ago on Jan 29th 2021, 3:04 pm
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Malley was a key member of former President Barack Obama’s team that negotiated the nuclear accord with Iran and world powers,

an agreement that Donald Trump abandoned in 2018 despite strong opposition from Washington’s European allies.