Curb your enthusiasm
A nuclear deal with Iran would be a great prize: that is a reason to keep the sanctions
IRANIAN presidents coming to New York for the United Nations’ General Assembly every year like to make news. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used to entertain the gathered phalanxes of plenipotentiaries with sneering tirades against the “Great Satan”, their host. But this year a new Iranian president has struck a very different note. A modest Hassan Rohani seemed to embrace the prospect of negotiating a deal with America over his country’s nuclear programme. To cheers from the war-weary, he signalled a possible way to smooth relations, especially as Barack Obama also called for a diplomatic solution.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “Curb your enthusiasm”
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