Edward Peck described on Sunday the normalization of Iran-US ties as “possible and logical” and noted that such a development can be “very beneficial” to the Iranian and American nations and many countries in the world.
The veteran US diplomat argued that the resumption of Iran-US ties may not take place in the short run as there are many elements that seek to hinder the development.
On September 26, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his US counterpart John Kerry briefly met in New York, following Iran’s ministerial talks with the six world powers over Tehran’s nuclear energy program on the sidelines of the 68 Session of the UN General Assembly.
A day later, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani received a call from US President Barack Obama as he was heading to the John F. Kennedy International Airport to fly back to Tehran following the UN session.
The two presidents stressed Tehran and Washington’s political will to swiftly resolve the West’s dispute over Iran’s nuclear energy program, and exchanged viewpoints on various topics, including cooperation on different regional issues.
The phone conversation was the first direct communication between an Iranian and a US president since Iran’s Islamic Revolution in 1979.
