Obama administration says that
economic sanctions against Iran are having an impact, and the
international community is cutting back on commercial ties with Iran.
However, another Obama official told a group of Iran experts that
the U.S. still wants badly to engage with that nation. Both events
played out against a backdrop of leaked documents quoting Arab leaders
as urging the U.S. to consider military action against Iran.
In this
piece by VOA News, Stimson president Ellen Laipson call for renewed
diplomacy over military action.
View the whole piece here.