The Diplomat
A report
that Iran has agreed to talk one-on-one with the United States after
the November election roiled the race between Barack Obama and Mitt
Romney in its final two weeks, just one day before the two men engage in
a 90-minute debate on foreign policy on Monday night.
Since the beginning of 2012, many analysts have argued
that talks over Iran’s nuclear program wouldn’t be successful before
the election. Indeed reports citing unnamed Western officials have said
that Iran’s negotiators have told them as much themselves. That’s
because the only plausible deal between the United States and Iran would
involve significant concessions by Washington in exchange for Iran’s
decision to limit its nuclear program to low-enriched, fuel-grade
uranium and to accept much stricter oversight by inspectors with the
International Atomic Energy Agency. Among those concessions would be
allowing Iran to continue enrichment on its own soil and an end to
economic sanctions.
