The mullahs tried to avoid sanctions by agreeing to yet another nuclear deal yesterday. But diplomats tell Michael Adler that Iran’s latest gambit will not slow the U.S. pursuit of penalties.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pose for a picture after the Islamic republic inked a nuclear fuel swap deal in Tehran on May 17, 2010. (Photo: Atta Kenar
Eight months after backing out of a U.S.-endorsed deal, Iran agreed to a slightly different one yesterday (less of its nuclear stockpile, as a percentage), with a totally different partner (Brazil and Turkey).
