Talk:Saeed Jalili

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[edit] Oops

Heh, incase anyone is wondering about my odd edit summary for this edit, that should of course have been "port" name. Freudean slip, huh :) -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 17:06, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Past Tense/Future Event?

On October 27, 2007, he replaced Ali Larijani as chief nuclear negotiator of Iran.

I had to check my watch ;-) Why is this written in the past tense? To avoid editing in 7 days? gnomelock 18:02, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Because the event, the replacement, happened in the past. I suppose we could say "since XXX he has been the YYY, replacing Ali Larijani", but we shouldn't say "he has replaced Ali Larijani..." as that latter form of words does indeed sound stale very soon. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 00:08, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Oops, I didn't read the "27th" part of your question properly - I think that's a mistake (he was replaced on the 20th), something that the article appears to have been corrected to say. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 00:09, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Monologue

Perhaps it should be added that he's been described as a monologue negotiator by UN diplomats? Jørgen88 19:36, 21 October 2007 (UTC)