TomPaine.com - Iran: A Crisis Of Choice
Once again the Iran issue is brought to the fore, this time by Tompaine.com.
it was clear from the beginning of the negotiation that Iran was interested in not only economic and trade concessions and peaceful nuclear technology cooperation, but also security guarantees—sometimes referred to as non-aggression commitments…
Yet the talks are structurally flawed. As long as the United States stays out of the negotiations, the security guarantee, obviously, cannot include any commitment by the United States—the country of greatest concern to Iran. So it should not be a surprise that the offer was rejected.