Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and historian, discusses the possibility of an Obama-Rouhani meeting and a diplomatic breakthrough in US-Iran relations; why the Israel lobby’s defeat on Syria doesn’t mean their hold on Congress has slipped on Iran issues; Iran’s use of the Fordo nuclear facility as a reduced-sanctions bargaining chip; profiting from arms sales and continual low-grade war in the Middle East; and why it suddenly seems possible to bring the US war machine to a halt.
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