[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] - Republican Rep. Michael Waltz praised the negotiators who have stepped back for 'recognizing when diplomacy is getting too desperate'
- Waltz has had his own experience in the Middle East as an Army Green Beret
- State Department official confirmed Tuesday that Richard Nephew stood down
- He was U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Iran and known as sanctions architect
- Nephew, who wanted Biden to take a harder stance against Iran, has reportedly been avoiding the meetings in Vienna since December
- At the same time, reports emerged that two other negotiators had left
- It comes at a critical time in negotiations between the West and Tehran
- Iran has rejected talk of an interim agreement and wants a legal guarantee that the U.S. will not walk away from the nuclear deal
- It also won't negotiate directly with the US, with European intermediaries
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