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He s a shell, he s a grifter. this is the sort of step by the united states that shows he s illegitimate. julie: behnam ben taleblu joins us, he s a research fellow at the defense of democracy pete is also tested on capitol hill regarding iranian policy. thank you for talking to us. great to be with you, julie. julie: is this a good move by the trump administration, do you believe? i think it s a wise move and defenses were at the fiction, as bolton was just saying. but iran s former minister zarif is like any other. he doesn t have the portfolio powers like most foreign ministers do. high-level national security decision-making is made elsewhere in tehran, but never has one man with so little power been able to do so much. what he has done is present a change in style by iran, a change in substance. he has been able to lift sanction relief, and win friends and the west because a change in sale. julie: they said they would restart activities at every ....