(JTA) Philip Gordon, the White House coordinator for the Middle East, said Saturday that a nuclear deal with Iran could start the way toward a possible resumption of ties. "A nuclear agreement could begin a multi-generational process that could lead to a new relationship between our countries," he told the National Iranian American Council. Gordon made clear that Iran had much to do in order to remove its pariah status, but his casting a nuclear deal as part of a normalization process and not an end in itself represented a shift.
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