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Exhausted, you鈥檝e just finished聽a marathon round of nuclear negotiations that failed.

Everyone sitting around the negotiating table knows why: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius brought a host of last-minute concerns to the deal that had already been painstakingly negotiated between the US and Iran, which had been thought ready for signing.

The result was 20 changes to the text of the document, which were finally accepted after many hours of back-and-forth by all members of the P5+1 group (the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany).

You, as Iran鈥檚 Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, are presented the revised document late, as talks are drawing to a close. But the changes mean that you must consult with Tehran, forcing another round of talks: Geneva III.

Later you are surprised to hear US Secretary of State John Kerry blame Iran for the breakdown, for not being able to accept the deal 鈥渁t that particular moment,鈥� despite 鈥渦nity鈥� by the P5+1 over their 鈥渇air proposal.鈥澛�

How do you respond? In the old days 鈥撀燼nd if Iran and the US had not severed diplomatic ties 34 years ago 鈥� you might have issued a demarche to Washington, demanding a more accurate accounting.

But instead you turn to Twitter, as a member of Iran鈥檚 new presidential administration who has become adept as communicating directly with the outside world through Twitter and Facebook.

鈥淢r. Secretary, was it Iran that gutted over half of US draft聽Thursday聽night? and publicly commented against it聽Friday聽morning?鈥澛爕ou tweet, referring to the French role as spoiler.聽Within minutes, your tweet has been picked up by the wire agencies, and Iran's complaint is "official."

You state in another tweet that Iran is 鈥渃ommitted to constructive engagement,鈥� and in another that 鈥渘o amount of spinning can change what happened鈥�but it can further erode confidence.鈥�

Like other senior officials 鈥� including Iran鈥檚 鈥� you are active on social media.聽

Just the day before the Geneva III talks,聽you post a video on YouTube, to present Iran鈥檚 argument for a nuclear program in English, calling for 鈥渄ignity鈥� and a 鈥渓eap鈥� toward modern progress for your nation a reasoned tone.

But Twitter and Facebook are filtered and therefore illegal in Iran, and their extensive use by Iran鈥檚 new crop of tech-savvy officials has raised questions inside Iran about the obvious contradiction.

Just last week in a speech, Mr. Khamenei referred to the disputed election of 2009, and the mass street protests that were partly organized using social media. He said America had then 鈥渉oped to overthrow the Islamic Republic with the help of media activities and networks such as Facebook [and] Twitter鈥�..鈥�

Iran鈥檚 centrist President Hassan Rouhani, who today marks 100 days since his first cabinet meeting, has promised to ease censorship and filtering, and .

So how did you, as Mr. Zarif, announce two days ago that a nuclear deal had finally been clinched after another marathon round of talks, Geneva III?

And your deputy Seyed Abbas Araghchi? He also tweeted the news that would launch euphoria across Iran: 鈥淒ay Five.聽3am. Talks. White smoke.鈥澛�