One international example of this is when there was the nuclear negotiations going on between Iran and the other superpowers a few years ago. While the negotiat

One international example of this is when there was the nuclear negotiations going on between Iran and the other superpowers a few years ago. While the negotiating team was working hard to come to a compromise and finalise the deal, there was severe lobbying and backstabbing going on within the country to undermine those efforts. This went as far as discrediting the negotiators and even making up criminal cases for them even though they were instructed by the top authorities to finalised the deal.