It's difficult to avoid the conclusion that Mr. Rezaian is being used as a human pawn in the regime's attempt to gain leverage in the negotiations.
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Under his clerical interpretation, and that of many in Shia, the 13th imam cannot emerge until there is a cataclysmic showdown.
I am proposing some legislation--and I look forward to hearing from you all today...
It defies common sense that if I want to make a deal that something you are going to do that does not affect my ability to make that deal is going to make me walk away from a deal that I find is in my interest anyhow.
He does not just view himself as a cleric. He views himself as the temporary fill-in for the 13th imam.
This deal is fundamentally about one thing on our side. Under what conditions will a congressionally imposed sanctions regime be dismantled?
We have heard no one, no one say that if Congress were to weigh in on the final agreement it would have anything...





