Stephen Mull to become US-Iran deal coordinator

Stephen Mull, the outgoing US ambassador to Poland, has been chosen to spearhead the implementation of the nuclear agreement between the US and Iran, according to Politico webportal. An administration official said Mull, who joined the foreign service in 1982, is the State Department pick, though the choice is not yet official. Mull  served as the US ambassador to Lithuania and was the deputy chief of mission at the US Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. Prior to his swearing-in as ambassador to Poland in October 2012, he served as executive secretary of the State Department. He’ll take over the implementation efforts from Joseph E. Macmanus, who has been serving as the interim coordinator and is the current executive secretary at State. Congress is still reviewing the deal with the Islamist-led government in Tehran, and is expected to vote against it next month.