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Inside Story Americas – US and Iran: Can talks take place?
Video Title: Inside Story Americas – US and Iran: Can talks take place? YouTube Video Description – [Channel: AlJazeeraEnglish]:
Just days after US Vice President Joe Biden said his country was willing
to have direct talks with Iranian officials, Washington imposed more
sanctions on Iran.The economic penalties have left the country with a depreciated currency, rising unemployment, and a shortage in medicine.
Despite
the impact of the sanctions on their lives, a recent Gallup poll found
that 63 percent of Iranians surveyed want their country’s nuclear
programme to continue. And nearly half say responsibility for the
sanctions lies with the US.In a statement released this week,
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on the US to explain “what it means to
offer talks while simultaneously continuing pressure and threats”.So, can direct talks be successful amidst sanctions and “all options” remaining on the table?
To
discuss this, Inside Story Americas with presenter Shihab Rattansi is
joined by guests: Flynt Leverett, a professor of international affairs
at Penn State University, and the co- author of the book, Going to
Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic
Republic of Iran; Ali Reza Eshraghi, a media and communication
consultant at the Institute for War and Peace Reporting; and Ambassador
John Limbert, the former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
Iran.
2013-02-10 15:32:07
Source: http://disquietreservations.blogspot.com/2013/02/inside-story-americas-us-and-iran-can.html
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