‘No credibility’: Obama’s top Iran negotiator torched by State Department after ripping Trump war plan
Wendy Sherman, a top diplomat in the Obama administration and key architect of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, criticized President Donald Trump's Iran strategy as lacking coherence and damaging to U.S. interests. In response, State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott dismissed her remarks, accusing her of enabling Iran's nuclear ambitions under the previous administration. The exchange highlights ongoing partisan divisions over U.S. foreign policy approaches to Iran.
- ▪Wendy Sherman served as undersecretary of state for political affairs under Obama and later as deputy secretary of state under Biden.
- ▪Sherman criticized Trump's Iran policy as tactical and transactional, claiming it harmed U.S. alliances and military standing.
- ▪State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott反击ed by accusing Sherman of helping provide Iran with billions of dollars and a pathway to a nuclear weapon.
- ▪The debate emerges amid heightened U.S. pressure on Iran, including a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
- ▪Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz also criticized Sherman, calling her the 'primary villain' of the Iran nuclear deal.
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War With Iran ‘No credibility’: Obama’s top Iran negotiator torched by State Department after ripping Trump war plan State Dept's Tommy Pigott says Wendy Sherman 'was literally part of the team that handed the Iranian regime billions of dollars and a roadmap to a nuclear weapon' By Benjamin Weinthal Fox News Published April 30, 2026 10:53am EDT Facebook Twitter Threads Flipboard Comments Print Email Add Fox News on Google close Video Iranian activist praises Trump's intervention after female protesters saved from execution Iranian activist Sana Ebrahimi discusses the human rights situation in Iran, including the non-execution of eight women protestors and the regime's ongoing crackdown.
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