Former Obama Aide Robert Malley Named Biden's Top Envoy on Iran
29 Jan 2021 President Joe Biden has named Robert Malley as special U.S. envoy for Iran, a senior official said on Thursday, in a move critics say is likely to be warmly applauded by the Islamic Republic’s rulers. Under former President Barack Obama, Malley, then a national security official, was one of the most enthusiastic proponents of the Iran deal, an agreement former President Donald Trump abandoned in 2018 after describing it as “defective at its core.” The former Clinton staffer was also initially kicked off of Obama’s first presidential campaign after reports emerged he had me...