NIAC is a booster of the potential deal taking shape and of increasing engagement with Iran, and Reza Marashi and Trita Parsi are often well-informed on the details from the negotiations and seen as close to the Iranian negotiating team as well as to the American side. Reporters at the talks often turn to them or to other analysts who attend for a quick on-the-spot quote, and they’re easy to spot circulating in the gathering places where reporters find themselves waiting for scraps of details from the negotiations.