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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Bowden

Republicans pile on Biden’s ousted Iran envoy after new reports allege aides had links to Tehran

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The US-Iran policy sphere erupted into chaos this week after the publication of reports in Semafor and Iran International claiming shadowy links between advisers to the recently-ousted US special envoy to Iran and the Iranian foreign ministry.

Now, a group of House Republicans are raising alarms about the issue and using it as further ammunition against the Biden administration’s outreach efforts to Iran, which this past week bore fruit in the form of the release of seven US citizens held unjustly (according to the US government) by Tehran.

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