President Obama Promotes Direct Diplomacy With Iran

Even with a dose of skepticism, President Obama opened the door wider toward direct diplomacy with Iran during a talk at the United Nations. It’s  matter of Tehran backing up its friendly overtures with concrete action.

“The roadblocks may prove to be too great, but I firmly believe the diplomatic path must be tested,” Obama said during an address to the United Nations General Assembly.

However, quiet negotiations over a possible first encounter between Obama and Iranian President Hasan Rouhani on the sidelines of the U.N. meeting ended without an agreement for the two leaders to meet. It would have marked the first time a U.S. and Iranian leader had met in 36 years.

Senior Obama administration officials said the U.S. and Iran had been discussing such an encounter for days and the White House supported the idea. But they said the Iranians informed the U.S. on Tuesday that holding a meeting would be “too complicated.”

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.