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US Considers Offering 'More for More' to Iran

Al-Monitor's Barbara Slavin and Laura Rozen have confirmed that the Obama administration is looking for a solid bilateral channel with Iran that will augment multilateral talks and enable the two sides to bargain without five other parties in the room.
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks on the phone with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the Oval Office in this September 28, 2012 White House handout photograph. Obama and Netanyahu expressed solidarity on the goal of preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, the White House said on Friday, amid signs of easing tensions over their differences on how to confront Tehran. REUTERS/Pete Souza/The White House/Handout  (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONL

A congressman from Ohio and a Shiite cleric from Mashhad, Iran, could well determine how successful President Barack Obama’s second term will be.

On the domestic front, Obama has six weeks to negotiate a “fiscal cliff” deal with House Speaker John Boehner to avert tax increases and spending cuts that could plunge the United States back into recession.

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