Iran: Talking is the only option
No sane person should wish for the talks that started yesterday at a villa on the shores of Lake Geneva to fail. The half-hour meeting between William Burns, the US delegate, and his Iranian counterpart, Saeed Jalili, was the first official encounter the two nations have had in over 30 years. If this meeting marks the start of a substantive dialogue which has been so woefully lacking for three decades then that is, by a long measure, the most desirable ... Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins - via Real Clear Politics, AllTop
Iran has sought normal relations with the US for years now, but the Israel lobby blocks it. Iran seeks stability in the Middle East and south Asia, and the US needs to work with Iran toward that object.