John K. Cooley Calls For A Comprehensive US-Iranian Dialogue

Veteran Middle East reporter John K. Cooley suggests the US initiate a comprehensive, formal dialogue with Iran on the issues that have divided the two countries since Iran’s 1979 revolution. The minimum objective of this dialogue should be the halt of Iranian uranium enrichment and plutonium diversion for weapons production. A four-step peace plan—including cooperation in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as the settlement of old compensation claims—would facilitate such an agreement and allow for an Iranian civil nuclear program supervised by a multinational consortium led by the World Bank and IAEA.