Iran, France Talk Of 'New Era' In Relations After Historic Nuclear Deal With World Powers

[Purveyor]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press JULY 29, 2015 — 9:35AM

TEHRAN, Iran — France sought Wednesday to relaunch diplomatic ties with Iran in the hope of boosting business in the country, following a key nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers reached earlier this month.

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called his one-day visit to Iran "an important trip" and tried to soften tensions created by France's hard line on the nuclear issue.

"It is true that in the past few years, for reasons everybody knows, ties have been weaker. But now, with the nuclear agreement, we hope that things are going to change," Fabius told reporters ahead of a series of meetings with Iranian top officials, including president Hassan Rouhani.

Iran's state news agency IRNA described the visit — the first by a French foreign minister in over a decade — as the start of a "new era" in bilateral ties. Rouhani told Fabius that the nuclear deal could "bring better relations with Europe," IRNA reported.

Read more: http://www.startribune.com/iran-france-talk-of-new-era-in-ties-after-nuclear-deal/319274541/

[Fred Sanders]

1. 99% of the world hails this agreement, only the Republicans, Israel and the Saudi dictators dissent.

That is the truth.

[cpwm17]

2. That's the real axis of evil. n/t

[pinto]

3. Well I'll be. It's not the end of the world as we know it. Kudos to both and to diplomacy.

Here's hoping for the best all around.

[McKim]

4. Other Countries Will Get the Trade While Our Congress Continues the War of Yankees vs. Cowboys

So if our Republican congress along with some Cowardly Democrats continue to fight against the agreement with Iran,, then other countries will get all the trade with Iran and build their economies. The sanctions are SO over. Those Rs. just want another opportunity to kick Obama and Kerry around. They are all bluster and no adult common sense. It looks good to their neanderthal supporters, but the whole world is laughing at us. Someday very soon the rest of the world will be moving around the US like an amoeba around a foreign object. Those sensible countries will make trade alliances and spend money on social goods for their citizens while people here go hungry.