Early Steps Need to Be Taken

IRD

SARA MASSOUMI

Some have drawn an analogy between the US and Iranian Presidents’ 15 minute phone conversation and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Meanwhile, the Arab states and the Zionist regime have felt threatened by the potential closeness of the two countries. The new Iranian president’s first trip to New York to attend the UN General Assembly along with the Iranian Foreign Minister’s interesting interviews on the sidelines of the official meetings will be the subject of the analysis of politicians for a long time. Iranian Diplomacy spoke with retired United States ambassador Thomas Pickering about Obama’s speech at the UN and that of the new Iranian president and the new and different approaches of the two countries toward each other. Mr. Pickering’s four-decade-long career in the US Foreign Service included ambassadorships in Russia, India, the United Nations, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria, and Jordan. Additionally, he served as Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs from 1997 to 2000. He holds the rank of Career Ambassador, the highest in the US Foreign Service.

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