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Iran could be a ‘successful regional power’ if it agrees to a nuclear deal – President Obama

Just weeks after announcing he was restoring diplomatic ties with Cuba following 50 years of estrangement, Mr Obama said he hoped a nuclear deal would lead to Iran eventually being “reintegrated into the international community”.

“If we can take that big first step, then my hope would be that that would serve as the basis for us trying to improve relations over time,” Mr Obama told National Public Radio.

Asked if he could imagine opening a US embassy in Tehran for the first time since the Iranian Revolution in 1979, the President said: “I never say never, butI think these things have to go in steps”……..

Iranian negotiators have been meeting with representatives of the P5+1 bloc in talks in Vienna for more than a year and face a July 1 deadline to reach a deal.

The talks were initially scheduled to end in November but were extended after no agreement could be reached.

A breakthrough that eventually leads to restored relations between the US and Iran would be generally welcomed in Europe. Britain announced in June that it was re-opening its embassy in Tehran……..http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/11316496/Barack-Obama-Iran-could-be-a-successful-regional-power-if-it-agrees-to-a-nuclear-deal.html

December 31, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general