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| Top Iranian Negotiator 'Frequently Shouts' at Kerry, Western Officials |
| 2014-11-25 |
[FREEBEACON] Iran's foreign minister and lead negotiator in nuclear talks is known to frequently scream and shout at Western diplomats, including Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... , a practice that has caused alarm among bodyguards stationed outside the negotiating room, according to a member of the Iranian diplomatic team who spoke to the Farsi-language press. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif--who is scheduled to hold one-on-one talks with Kerry this evening in Vienna--"frequently shouts at Western diplomats" in such a forceful manner that bodyguards have hurriedly entered the negotiation room on occasion worried that an incident might occur, according to one Iranian diplomat involved in negotiations who spoke anonymously with the Iranian press earlier this week. On one occasion, Zarif's shouts were so loud that a member of the Iranian delegation entered the negotiation room to check on the players, according to the report, which was independently translated for the Free Beacon. Upon entering, the Iranian official was informed by European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton, a chief western negotiator, that Zarif was just shouting and she had gotten used to it, according to an independent translation of the report. The report of Zarif's aggressive behavior is consistent with previous reports claiming that Iranian negotiators tend to treat their Western counterparts--particularly the Americans--with scorn. Iranian diplomat Abbas Araghchi, another member of the negotiating team, is reported to have said in an interview that during past negotiations in Geneva, Zarif "shouted" at Kerry and spoke to him in a way that was likely "unprecedented" in the history of U.S. diplomacy. Araghchi went on to claim that he and Zarif play the roles of "good cop, bad cop," according to the report, also in Farsi. The two often exchange these roles in a bid to "baffle the Western diplomats" and keep them uneasy, the report claims. Araghchi further claimed that Kerry said very little after being shouted at by Zarif, except for "one or two very respectful sentences." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Araghchi further claimed that Kerry said very little after being shouted at by Zarif, except for "one or two very respectful sentences." Did Kerry say something along the lines of "Kick me!" or maybe "Thank you, sir! May I have another?" ? Again, if the Western political class had consciously decided to destroy Western deterrence in what way would they act differently? |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2014-11-25 03:34 |
| #1 frequently scream and shout at Western diplomats Don't we all? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-11-25 00:36 |