Jaw-jaw for now
Iran and America take another small step toward a still unlikely nuclear deal
FOUR years ago, when some people still believed that a personal intervention by Barack Obama had the power to unlock foreign-policy stalemates, the American president sent a video greeting to the Iranian people offering a “new beginning” in bilateral relations—only to see his offer scorned by the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, as a “slogan”.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Jaw-jaw for now”
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