Lack of Progress on Iran Is No Cause for Panic
World leaders shouldn’t be all that concerned about the possibility of a war with Iran, writes Aaron David Miller. Both the Obama administration and the mullahs share a common objective: to prevent an Israeli strike. The fact is that nobody — not the Israelis, the Iranians nor the Americans — wants a war or a deal right now.
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The failure of yet another round of P5+1 talks with Iran on the nuclear issue has once again driven nervous Nellies in a dozen world capitals to worry about the rising possibility of a war with Iran.
They shouldn’t be all that concerned.