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looks like the United States is now ready to accept Iran, hitherto viewed by it as a vital part in the ‘axis of evil’, as a lesser evil. Why else it will make two gestures in quick succession that encourage the belief that after months of threatening Iran with military attack the US has revised its policy of unalloyed hostility towards that country. Washington sprang a sort of surprise by deciding to send a high-ranking official, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns, to Geneva where he will personally hear the Iranian response to a European offer aimed at resolving the nuclear stand-off. The importance of the occasion will be heightened by the presence of P5+1 nations Iran. More surprise came with the circulation of reports that the US was considering posting a diplomat in Tehran after a gap of nearly... [read full story]
