Iran-US talks over Tehran's nuclear program hinge on a billionaire and a seasoned diplomat

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : To Trump, whose whole identity as a businessman and politician has revolved around making deals, Witkoff represents someone he can understand.
49% : Under hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Araghchi found himself posted to Japan in the first place as part of a power struggle within the government over nuclear negotiations at the time.
49% : " "Iran must stop and eliminate its nuclear enrichment and weaponization program," Witkoff added.
27% : The Bronx-born developer finds himself tapped by Trump to deliver on the Russia-Ukraine war and the Israel-Hamas war as well -- two conflicts that show no signs of stopping.
27% : After Trump won the election, Witkoff worked with the outgoing Biden administration to secure a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip in January.
26% : But that's exactly the terms set by the 2015 nuclear deal struck under U.S. President Barack Obama, from which Trump unilaterally withdrew America.
19% : "But as usual, Donald Trump showed up." That long, close relationship with Trump includes being with the president on a Florida golf course when he was targeted in an assassination attempt in September.

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