Why a U.S.-Iran friendship is just wishful thinking

Some have speculated that a nuclear deal is just the beginning. Here's why you shouldn’t believe them.

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If Mohammad Javad Zarif had a second career, he would be in a high wire act.

Bright lights and swirling crosscurrents are nothing new for the Iranian foreign minister, who walked into the auditorium at New York University last Wednesday after nearly a month of sharp rhetoric surrounding a potential nuclear deal.

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