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A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreign ministers and representatives at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria July 14, 2015.

When Zbigniew Brzezinski almost became Iran’s foreign minister

May 30, 2017Global Politics

Brzezinski was perhaps best known for his role as national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter. Lesser-known is that the Roman Catholic son of an aristocratic Polish diplomat almost became Iran’s foreign minister.

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