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A heated argument during nuclear negotiations between Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry turned into a full-blown shouting match.

The Washington Free Beacon reported that the disagreement between Zarif and Kerry was so intense that a Kerry aide “tip-toed into the room” to remind the two that everyone in the building could hear them shouting.

The shouting match came just hours before Iran and the P5+1 world powers again extended the deadline for a final agreement, this time from July 7 to July 10.

Zarif, who is said to have been told in the past by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to turn down the volume on his yelling, has shouted at Western negotiators on several occasions, according to the Free Beacon.

On one occasion, according to the report, the Iranian foreign minister “erupted” at EU negotiator Federica Mogherini when she spoke of Teheran’s role in destabilizing the Middle East.

“Never try to threaten the Iranians,” Zarif reportedly screamed on another occasion after P5+1 negotiators said they could simply walk away from the nuclear talks.

Zarif’s violent outbursts have even been known to cause alarm among Western bodyguards, the report said.

“ ‘Why you are yelling in negotiations? Smile and speak,’ ” Khamenei reportedly once told Zarif. “ ‘Do not quarrel on the negotiation table, reason with them.’ ”

Before the talks were extended, Kerry said Washington was ready to walk away if Iran did not make the “hard choices” necessary for a deal.

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