05/20/2009
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"Iran's parliamentary elections on March 2 were boycotted by opposition candidates and reformers, and the election results appear to embolden Iran's hard-liners."
"this is, I suspect, another avenue of diplomacy that is related to Iran."
"I said at our last hearing in December on Iran that Iran was a direct threat to United States national security, the security of our close ally Israel, and other United States interests in the region."
"He famously writes in his book he got a long message from Iran saying we would now like to explore other options for negotiations with the United States."