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Will Talks with West Recoup Iranian Regime's Legitimacy?

[Wall Street Journal] Gerald F. Seib - Iran, it appears, was more cooperative than many expected in its talks about its nuclear program. The classic fear about such negotiations is that they become an end in themselves - that the goal of talking becomes continued talking. That's a particularly acute concern now, because of worries that Iran may string out the process precisely so it can keep enriching uranium. There's also a risk that the embattled Iranian regime may hope to use protracted negotiations because Its leaders see talking with world powers as helping them "recoup the enormous legitimacy they've ceded domestically" because of the summer's disputed presidential election, says Karim Sadjadpour, an analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
2009-10-02 08:00:00
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