Iran Video and Analysis: 4-Point Guide to a Train-Wreck Discussion with Top Official Mohammad Javad Larijani

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This interview is a perfect display of the problem with dialogue between the US --- the government, the media, and the "experts" --- and the Iranian regime. The representatives of the regime constantly use disinformation, hyperbole, and insults against their critics. Larijani accuses the US of being the single largest state-sponsor of terrorism in the world, and denies not only the existence of a militarised nuclear program but all other arguments made by the rest of the panel. A "mockery of the situation," as the host Mika Brzezinski,far from a neutral moderator, puts it.

The "experts" --- Richard Haass is an ideal example --- see that as a sure sign that the regime is not serious about dialogue and is a non-rational actor that is a dangerous enemy to the US and the region.

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