Mr. Zarif is research manager at the Critical Threats Project and leads its Iran team.
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It quoted a member of Iran's negotiating team as saying: "Iran is interested in buying fuel for the Tehran research reactor within the framework of a clear proposal... we are waiting for the other party's constructive and trust-building response".
Not so football: when Iran's team returned home last week, after securing a place in the World Cup next year, it got a wild welcome.
But assuming that this is how the Obama team views Iran, they should be the last ones advocating Israeli disarmament.
Some 2 million poor souls are addicted to drugs in Iran and a heroic team of NGOs and volunteers are working behind the scenes to help them.
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Meanwhile, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN's nuclear watchdog has confirmed it is sending a team to Iran between 29 and 31 January "to resolve all outstanding substantive issues".
Thousands of miles away, members of Iran's national soccer team sported green arm and wrist bands Wednesday during their World Cup qualifying match against South Korea.
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But out-going coach Afshin Ghotbi, an American citizen and Iranian exile who once scouted for Team USA against Iran at the 1998 World Cup, will hope that national pride will be restored with victory over their bitter rivals.
Because on Tuesday, Tamim claimed that after the hit, at least two of the alleged members of the alleged assassination team departed Dubai for Iran.
Hunt also picked up a bronze medal alongside Nichola Simpson and Danielle Brown, the Paralympic champion, in the women's compound team event, beating Iran to third place.
Iran's computer emergency response team, known as Maher, a branch of the telecommunication ministry, said on Tuesday that it was sharing research information on the virus for the first time ever on its website.
He was even selected as a scout for Team USA at the 1998 World Cup in France, to give the low down on the Iranian national team before the famous Iran versus USA match, which Iran won, prompting a million people to celebrate on the streets of Tehran.
Moreover, most Arab leaders outside Iraq sounded relieved that liberals, such as the Sunni patrician, Adnan Pachachi, and Shia revivalists who might have looked to Iran for support were omitted from the new team's line-up.
And then, in 2001, came the astonishing defeat of the national team by tiny Bahrain, which dashed Iran's hopes for the 2002 World Cup.
President Obama claims to be determined to prevent Iran from getting "the Bomb, " yet his team still seems focused primarily on "engaging" the Iranians.
However, it was not a great tournament for Great Britain's womens' compound team, who went out to eventual silver medalists Iran in the quarter-finals.
To be sure, the Bush team will win plaudits domestically for its volte-face on dealing with Iran.
The 16-team tournament, played every four years, sees defending champions Iraq facing Iran in Group D on Tuesday.
The best way to ease those immediate fears would be to halt Iran's accumulation of 19.75% LEU. Mr Jalili and his team might agree to a temporary suspension in return for some immediate relief on sanctions, say an EU promise to suspend the oil embargo.
Instead, Iran has insisted on ignoring the Security Council and on dealing only with Mr ElBaradei and his team.
Several of the players have since played for Iran again and one, Javed Nekounam of Spanish club Osasuna, is in the Asian Cup team.
Of particular concern is the prospect that Team Obama's second-term team will, if confirmed, be even more insistent than their predecessors on engaging Iran.
The Bush team shares, moreover, in some of the blame for what Fingar subsequently did on Iran by acquiescing to the granting of so much authority over U.S. intelligence products to so political - and overtly hostile - an individual.
Iran's nuclear program is immediately challenging President Barack Obama's second-term national-security team.
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The men's compound team of Chris White, Neil Wakelin and Liam Grimwood took silver in their event after losing to Iran in the gold medal shoot-off.
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His appointment further strengthens a superb team that includes Puneet Talwar, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for the Gulf States, Iran and Iraq, and Prem Kumar, Acting Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa.
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