Iran foreign minister's nuclear speech canceled after dispute with organizers

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace canceled a planned virtual conversation with Iran’s foreign minister [Abbas Araghchi] at its nuclear policy conference after his team requested changes limiting questions from the moderator and audience, the organization said on Saturday. . . . Araghchi’s invitation to the event had sparked backlash on social media from several US politicians as well as Iranian activists and diaspora members. Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and current head of advocacy group United Against a Nuclear Iran criticized the invitation, saying that American think tanks should not “normalize officials from a regime which has plotted to kill President Trump and other Americans.”