(New York Times) Mark Landler - When President Hassan Rouhani of Iran commandeered the spotlight in Davos, Switzerland, with a message of peaceful intentions and a desire for dialogue, it was an eerie echo of 10 years ago, when Iran's last would-be change agent, Mohammad Khatami, delivered the very same message at the World Economic Forum. Then, as now, Iran agreed to halt some enrichment of uranium and submit to UN inspections, as part of an effort to negotiate a nuclear deal. But the nuclear diplomacy collapsed and Iran switched its centrifuges back on.
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