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Steve Witkoff: “The Iranians were there to buy time until a weaker president…”

Featuring: Steve Witkoff, Republican | U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East | National

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U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff details Iran negotiations prior to start of war

Published | Video Starts at 02:25

I have no doubt that we exhausted all efforts on behalf of a peaceful resolution as you directed. Jared and I both agreed that The Iranians were there to buy time until a weaker president arrived. This was a flawed strategy as your clear direction was to never allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon today or anytime in the future. (02:25–02:31)

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Asserts that Iran's strategy was to delay until a weaker U.S. president was in office.

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