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Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704846004575332754213432126.html
Iranian Diplomat in U.S. Opens Window on Tehran
(Wall Street Journal) Jay Solomon - Hossein Mousavian, a former lead Iranian nuclear negotiator, has taken up residence at Princeton University, marking the highest-ranking member of Tehran's political elite to relocate to the U.S. since last year's political uprising against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He played a key role in the Iranian negotiating team that agreed in 2003 for Tehran to suspend the enrichment of uranium at its nuclear sites. He was briefly jailed in 2007 for alleged espionage, and was banned by Tehran from holding any diplomatic posts. U.S. and European diplomats view Tehran's purge of Mousavian as part of a dangerous political realignment inside Tehran, which has resulted in the removal of most moderate, Western-oriented leaders and bureaucrats.