Here's the source article, Top Iranian Nuke Negotiator Ordered to Stop Screaming at Kerry, and here's an excerpt:
Zarif is said to “frequently shout at Western diplomats” with such force that bodyguards have been forced to enter the negotiation room. ...
Abbas Araqchi, an Iranian diplomat who is also a 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 manner “unprecedented” in the history of U.S. diplomacy. ...
“‘Why you are yelling in negotiations? Smile and speak,’” he recalled the Supreme Leader saying. “‘Do not quarrel on the negotiation table, reason with them,’” Khamenei continued, citing a verse from the Quran that states “Go, both of you, to Pharaoh, for he has indeed transgressed all bounds.… But speak to him mildly; perchance he may take warning or fear [Allah].”
"Take warning." Well, we've been warned.
We all know who wants a deal the most, and it isn't Iran. So the U.S. negotiators have to sit through the verbal abuse and hope that the other side will give up something they can take home for Obama's bragging rights. Now there's the basis for a successful negotiation. (Sarcasm alert.)
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