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In this episode, Jon Alterman discusses U.S.-Iran negotiations with Ambassador Wendy Sherman. Amb. Sherman is a senior counselor at Albright Stonebridge Group. She led the U.S. negotiations team in developing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran and is the author of Not for the Faint of Heart: Lessons in Courage, Power, and Persistence. Jon, Will, and Amber also discuss the role of Iranian soft power in the Middle East, and we finish with a look at religious eulogists in Iran. \n\nJon Alterman, \u201cU.S.-Iran Negotiations,\u201d CSIS, September 13, 2019. \n\nIsaac Chotiner, \u201cQ&A with Wendy Sherman: The Dangers of Trump\u2019s Approach to Iran,\u201d The New Yorker, June 19, 2019. \n\nHanin Ghaddar and Dana Stroul, \u201cPushing Back on Iran in Syria: Beyond the Boots,\u201d Washington Institute, January 22, 2019. \n\n\u201cSoul Singers: Modernizing Shi`ite Eulogists\u201d\xa0CSIS, July 12, 2018.