Iran's offer for 'serious partnerships' can provide new levels of transparency

18th Sep 2005, 21:32 GMT

If there is any lesson that U.S. foreign policy makers ought to have learned through their dealings with Iran over the past quarter of a century, it is that America's tough stance toward the Islamic Republic has had little impact on the country's policies. In fact, U.S. sanctions and threats, including President George W. Bush's "axis-of-evil" rhetoric.