Is Dennis Ross Iran's Real Envoy?
Huffington Post / Omid Memarian
01-Mar-2009 (3 comments)

As expected among the foreign policy community, Dennis Ross was appointed Iran's "special advisor" and curiously not the "special envoy"-- which begs the question of whether or not he will be the major voice in Washington on US-Iran relations.Appointing an envoy or advisor to Iran has posed a challenge to the U.S. administration, considering the complex involvement of this country with most of the U.S. conflicts in the Middle East. The main concern has been to appoint a diplomat who can talk to Tehran, a regime that Washington loves to hate despite its significant influence on most of the U.S. foreign policy priorities in the region.

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no he isn't

by News Goffer on Sun Mar 01, 2009 04:42 AM PST

If he were the "Special Envoy," he would be called that.  An "advisor" is an advisor, no matter how "special" he is.  He won't be able to do and say anything independently.  Bill Burns is the man.



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Dear Broken Link

by News Goffer on Sun Mar 01, 2009 06:45 PM PST

Thank you.  You are right, it doesn't work but I don't know why.

Here's the link:

//www.huffingtonpost.com/omid-memarian/is-dennis-ross-irans-real_b_170801.html


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The link to the source is broken

by brokenlink (not verified) on Sun Mar 01, 2009 06:21 PM PST

Please fix it.


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