A hopeful development with Iran

Robert Dreyfuss in Khamanei: Ties with United States? 01/03/07 at his blog calls attention to this Reuters story, Iran leader suggests U.S. ties may be possible one day 01/03/07. Dreyfuss points to what should be a set of hopeful developments in US-Iran relations:

This statement comes after (1) the U.S. intelligence estimate saying that Iran stopped its nuclear weapons program four years ago; (2) comments from David Satterfield, the top State Department official for Iraq, that Iran has apparently halted its provocations in Iraq; and (3) Ambassador Ryan Crocker's announcement in Iraq that he is re-starting talks with Iran in Baghdad.

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