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The UN's comeback moment: will hope and history chime?
Should the American and Iranian presidents manage to grasp a handshake in the margins of the UN general assembly, it could prove the most important handshake since the ending of the cold war.
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President Hassan Rouhani tells world leaders at the United Nations general assembly that Iran is ready to talk about its nuclear programme, but warns against military intervention in Syria.
Should the American and Iranian presidents manage to grasp a handshake in the margins of the UN general assembly, it could prove the most important handshake since the ending of the cold war.
You’d have to go back over 15 years to find such constructive interaction between Iran and the west, and over 35 years since Iranian and American leaders last met.
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One reason why Russia opposes US intervention in Syria is that it could make a bad situation worse. And from a Russian viewpoint, instability is a far greater worry than injustice or cruelty.
We can breathe a sigh of relief that the disastrous Syrian crisis has at least brought two great powers together, who are for now prepared to lay down their mistrust in the interest of finding a diplomatic opening.
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