When Politico Playbook reported Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s recent dinner with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, the California lawmaker’s office declared the meeting was “arranged in consultation with the State Department.
But a State Department official told the newsletter that’s not true.
Feinstein’s office had said it “was in touch with State in advance of the meeting to let them know it was happening and to get an update on U.S.-Iran activity.”
Politico Playbook noted the United States and Iran “are in the middle of a high-wire diplomatic and military staring contest.”
The United States, which has moved additional military resources into the region, says it has intelligence that the Iranians were preparing to attack American interests in the region.
Politico observed it’s “a bit unusual that Feinstein, the former chair and vice chair of the Intelligence Committee and a member of the Senate minority, is dining with the foreign minister of an adversary.”
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