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Sherman calls assassination of Gen. Soleimani an extraordinary risk

Wendy Sherman, the former undersecretary of state for political affairs who led the U.S. negotiating team that concluded the Iran nuclear agreement, has said that assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani was an extraordinary risk.

Ex-CIA chief Brennan and top nuclear deal negotiator Sherman to brief Dems on Iran: AP 

TEHRAN - Former CIA director John Brennan and top negotiator of the Iran nuclear deal, Wendy Sherman, will brief Democrats on the situation in Iran amid the Trump administration’s heightened tension with Tehran.

Sherman says she has never seen a war Bolton didn’t want to wage

TEHRAN - Wendy Sherman, the former undersecretary of state for political affairs who led the U.S. negotiating team that concluded the Iran nuclear agreement, has said that she has never seen a war U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton did not want to wage.

‘Iran highly unlikely to negotiate with Trump’

TEHRAN – Wendy Sherman, the former senior U.S. nuclear negotiator with Iran, said on Monday that Iran is highly unlikely to negotiate with U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Termination of nuclear deal not a right path: Sherman

Wendy Sherman, the former senior U.S. nuclear negotiator with Iran, has said that termination of the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, is not the right path as long as Iran adheres to it.

Sherman: ‘I met Zarif but not with Kerry and Moniz’

TEHRAN – Wendy Sherman, the former senior U.S. nuclear negotiator with Iran, said on Saturday she had met Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif alone, stressing such meetings are not aimed to undermine U.S. policy.

Sherman regrets saying ‘deception is in Iranians’ DNA’

TEHRAN - Wendy Sherman, the former senior U.S. nuclear negotiator with Iran, has said she regrets her offensive remarks that "deception is the Iranians’ DNA".

Sherman: With every threat Trump tweets the Iran deal ‘looks better and better’

‘I was wrong’ that Iran would violate the JCPOA, Sherman says

Wendy Sherman, the former senior U.S. nuclear negotiator with Iran, says with every threats that Donald Trump makes the 2015 nuclear deal “looks better and better”.

Sherman: Trump not understanding that Iran won’t surrender

TEHRAN – Wendy Sherman, the former undersecretary of state for political affairs who led the U.S. negotiating team that concluded the Iran nuclear agreement, says President Trump does not understand that “Iran has a culture of resistance that equates giving in to those kinds of public threats as surrender, and they won’t surrender.”

Tweets won’t get a better deal, Sherman tells Trump

TEHRAN – Wendy Sherman, who served as U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs in the Obama administration, on Monday criticized President Donald Trump’s Iran policy, saying “tweets won’t get a better deal”.

Ex-U.S. official warns of possible ‘Arab-Persian conflict’

TEHRAN – Wendy Sherman, who served as U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs in the Obama administration, has voiced her concern at the possibility of an “Arab-Persian conflict” that would pit Iran against Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Israel.

Sherman questions what Trump will do if he scraps nuclear deal 

Wendy Sherman, the former undersecretary of state for political affairs who led the U.S. negotiating team that concluded the Iran nuclear agreement, has questioned the usefulness of the Trump administration walking out of the Iran deal.

Sherman: U.S. to suffer trust deficit if JCPOA decertified

TEHRAN – If U.S. President Donald Trump eschews certifying Iran’s compliance with the nuclear deal, aka JCPOA, mistrust will emerge, former U.S. undersecretary of state Wendy Sherman said on Saturday.