As has been obvious since his time as the Islamic Republic’s ambassador to the United Nations, Mohammad Javad Zarif is capable of creating a distortion field around him that often renders Americans somewhat giddy. The Iranian foreign minister’s amiableness and wit have earned him many admirers in the West, including within the Obama administration. But details have always been Zarif’s undoing, and his most recent Washington Post op-ed is another example of his skillful indirection camouflaging his mendacity.

Let us look at the foreign minister’s op-ed:

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