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Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/08/15/iran-is-throwing-a-tantrum-but-wants-a-deal/
Iran Is Throwing a Tantrum but Wants a Deal
(Foreign Policy) Dennis Ross - On Monday, Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, declared: "I ban holding any talks with America." But history and basic political dynamics suggest Iran's defiant attitude about negotiations will soften before long, and it's entirely possible to imagine the two sides reaching an agreement. European banks and companies are pulling out of Iran. Big energy, automobile, and shipping corporations such as Total, Peugeot, and Maersk, as well as banks such as Germany's Deutsche Bank, have pulled out. Banks and multinational corporations will do what their bottom lines tell them to do. The writer is a former American envoy to the Middle East and counselor at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.