Where Does the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Stand on Nuclear Negotiations?

US and Iranian negotiators in ongoing nuclear talks must deal not only with their counterparts across the table, but also with the challenge of second-guessing another country’s internal political dynamics. This game reached absurd levels this week when, in an attempt to derail the talks, a group of Republican US Senators sent an "open letter" to Iran claiming that any deal could be undone by a future president. President Barack Obama mocked what he described as an "unusual coalition" between the US and Iranian hardliners. Indeed, the efforts undertaken by vocal hawks in both countries make a sensitive and fragile process even more so.

While Iranians observe this American rift, perhaps wondering who’s in charge, the US team likewise tries to decipher the landscape in Tehran....

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