U.S. Officials Feared Israeli Plot to Kill Iranian Negotiators Could Derail Peace Talks
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Julian E. Barnes, Farnaz Fassihi
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U.S. officials feared that Israel may have been plotting to assassinate Iran's top negotiators — Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Ghalibaf — while Washington was engaged in delicate interim peace talks with Tehran this spring. Any such Israeli attempt would have derailed the negotiations, according to American officials.
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· 2 pulledU.S. officials believed that Israel might have been plotting to kill Iran's top negotiators while Washington was engaged with Tehran in delicate talks this spring to reach an interim peace deal.
Any Israeli attempt to kill Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister, or Mohammad Ghalibaf, the Parliament speaker, would have derailed peace talks, American officials feared.
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