Opportunities for US-Iran cooperation await nuclear deal
If signed, a nuclear accord might spur better relations between the United States and Iran.
![IRAN-NUCLEAR/ A security personnel asks reporters to leave a room where U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) is meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (2nd R) at a hotel in Vienna, Austria July 1, 2015. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano will be in Tehran on Thursday to discuss monitoring sensitive nuclear sites with senior officials as major powers and Iran seek a breakthrough in forging a lasting nuclear agreement. Iran and world powers gave themselves an extra week on Tu](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2015/07/RTX1ILGQ.jpg/RTX1ILGQ.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=d0pqFGiU)
VIENNA — It is premature to talk about the future of relations between the United States and Iran, but if a nuclear deal is able to be reached, there may be other opportunities for potential cooperation, an Iranian diplomat said here July 2.
“Let’s finish this job first and we can talk about other opportunities,” the senior Iranian official, speaking not for attribution, said at a rare background briefing with foreign reporters July 2 in response to a question from Al-Monitor.
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