Why Talk to Iran?
With Iran having spurned Barack Obama’s offers of compromise, it is tempting for the US administration to end dialogue. But the stakes are too high to abandon engagement: even as new sanctions are pursued, dialogue still offers the best prospect for peacefully resolving what may be the world’s most dangerous dispute.
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WASHINGTON, DC – June 12 marks the first anniversary of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election as Iran’s president. Despite the Iranian opposition’s continuing efforts to contest the outcome and advance political liberalization, Ahmadinejad and his allies have largely succeeded in consolidating their hold on power by using brute force to repress the reform movement. Hopes that a popular uprising might topple the regime have fizzled.