Where’s the deal?
Even if direct negotiations between the United States and Iran ensue, few predict a happy outcome
ON THE face of it, all that is needed at this stage of Iran’s nuclear diplomacy with the United States and other world powers is for the Iranians and the so-called P5+1 (the UN Security Council’s permanent members plus Germany) to agree on a time and a place for their next meeting. Instead, each side has been blaming the other for refusing to make any commitment. A European official has spoken of Iranian “delaying tactics”, while the press in Tehran denounces the “unpreparedness” of Iran’s Western interlocutors.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Where’s the deal?”
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