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Seyed Hossein Mousavian, former nuclear negotiator for Iran, questions what the U.S. and Israel’s real aims in Iran are, noting that Iran “was ready to go to the maximum level of cooperation” with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2025.
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