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The Latest: US congressional hearing airs live in Tehran

Secretary of State John Kerry pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Washington, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, before the committee's hearing on the Iran Nuclear Agreement. Kerry warned that if they vote to disapprove the nuclear deal negotiated with Iran, Tehran will move forward toward an atomic bomb, international sanctions will crumble and the U.S. will be left without with any of the access and inspections that are part of the deal.   (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Secretary of State John Kerry pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Washington, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, before the committee's hearing on the Iran Nuclear Agreement. Kerry warned that if they vote to disapprove the nuclear deal negotiated with Iran, Tehran will move forward toward an atomic bomb, international sanctions will crumble and the U.S. will be left without with any of the access and inspections that are part of the deal. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Secretary of State John Kerry pauses while testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Washington, Tuesday, July 28, 2015, before the committee's hearing on the Iran Nuclear Agreement. Kerry warned that if they vote to disapprove the nuclear deal negotiated with Iran, Tehran will move forward toward an atomic bomb, international sanctions will crumble and the U.S. will be left without with any of the access and inspections that are part of the deal. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

WASHINGTON (AP) – The latest developments on Obama administration officials’ testimony Tuesday before Congress on the Iran nuclear deal (all times local EDT):

11:40 a.m.

In Iran, those watching state-run television are getting their first glimpse of a live U.S. Congressional hearing.

Live coverage of any event from America has been unheard of in Tehran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. However, warming ties between the two nations, capped by the July 14 nuclear deal in Vienna, has seen President Barack Obama appear live on state television twice in recent years giving speeches.

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