The only background of Mann which exists in the media depicts him as a former member of the US Embassy staff in Baghdad, the Mashreghnews website reported on Monday.
Mann was replaced with Maja Kocijancic as Ashton’s new spokesman ahead of the talks between Iran and the 5+1 group (the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany) in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad in May.
The replacement of an American agent with the former spokesperson of the European negotiator has raised serious questions about the motives behind the move.
Being the spokesman on the P5+1 negotiating team indicates that Mann is an information outlet channeling all the data from the talks for the global public opinion.
The means of information dissemination now lies in the hands of US agents and not European negotiators, the report said.
According to the report, Mann worked as a senior American psychological warfare officer in Iraq and has had a key role in creating political and media controversies against the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and certain regional states.
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