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Photo of the day: Feltman meets Khamenei

Here’s a photo of former Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, now the U.N.’s under secretary for political affairs, looking somewhat uncomfortable during a meeting this week with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, on the sidelines of the summit of ...

By , a former staff writer at Foreign Policy.
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Here's a photo of former Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, now the U.N.'s under secretary for political affairs, looking somewhat uncomfortable during a meeting this week with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, on the sidelines of the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran.

Here’s a photo of former Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, now the U.N.’s under secretary for political affairs, looking somewhat uncomfortable during a meeting this week with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, on the sidelines of the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran.

Josh Rogin is a former staff writer at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshrogin

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