Iranian President Considering Obama's Olive Branch
Scott McLeod, Time Magazine | April 29, 2009
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may have softened his stance on Israel after saying his country would recognize the State of Israel - if Palestine signed a two-state peace deal. ++ The Obama Administration has extended an olive branch and the jailing of an Iranian-American journalist on spy charges last week may have been a maneuver by the regime to manufacture a crisis in order to test Obama's true resolve in mending relations. ++ But if future talks collapse, there could be greater international consensus for sanctions and even war.
