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8 Jul 2019

Jack Straw: Trump ‘working in lock step with hardliners in Iran, who always opposed nuclear deal’

In 2001, Jack Straw became the first senior British government minister to visit Iran since the 1979 Revolution, and he continued to make frequent visits over his next five years as Foreign Secretary.

Now he’s written an account of Britain’s turbulent relationship with Iran.

We began by asking him whether the West understands Iran.