During the 2016 crisis where American sailors were taken captive by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy, a direct communication line between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif was key in quickly de-escalating the situation.

Authors

• Person: William J. Burns, Michèle Flournoy Organization: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  An Integrated U.S. Strategy to Address Iran's Nuclear and Regional ...

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• An Integrated U.S. Strategy to Address Iran's Nuclear and Regional ... carnegieendowment.org William J. Burns, Michèle Flournoy · Carnegie Endowment for International Peace via serper

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