With Bolton Out, Macron's New Adviser Steps In to Save Iran Deal

  • Bonne’s arrival shows shift from Europe to Mideast and Russia
  • Can Macron follow dramatic G-7 with Iran breakthrough at UN?
Emmanuel Bonne and Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran on July 10.Photographer: Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images
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The adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron stood on a terrace overlooking the Atlantic in Biarritz last month, puffing on one cigarette after another as the G-7 leaders huddled inside.

Emmanuel Bonne had kicked his university habit years before, but started up again when he was handed his first assignment for the Macron administration: get Iran and the U.S. back to the negotiating table.