Suzanne Massie their jointly written book, "Journey." "Journey" followed her husband's 1967 book, "Nicholas and Alexandra," a biography of the last Emperor and Empress of Russia whose son also was born with hemophilia. Massie subsequently married Seymour Papert. Reagan first became interested in Massie when he read her book "Land of the Firebird: The Beauty of Old Russia." She eventually visited the White House where she became an informal messenger between the President and Mikhail Gorbachev and his administration. She also asked Reagan to learn the now famous Russian phrase ""Doveryai, no proveryai,"" which translates as "Trust, but verify." Her importance in
Negotiations leading to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action include President Barack Obama. Prominent opponents include Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and George P. Schultz, and Democratic Senator Bob Menendez. Obama has argued that failure of the negotiations would increase the chance of a military confrontation between the United States and Iran. In an interview with Thomas Friedman, Obama argued that an agreement would be the best chance to ease tensions between the US and Iran. Opponents have countered that the proposed deal would concede to Iran a vast nuclear infrastructure, giving it the status of a threshold nuclear state. They argue that