In an interview aired today, Dec. 29, US President Barack Obama said a nuclear deal with Iran is possible and could be the prelude to the gradual easing of hostilities between the two nations.
He said, however, that the situations with Iran and Cuba are not the same, as Cuba is a relatively tiny country that poses little threat to the United States, while Iran is a large country that has been a state sponsor of terrorism and has pursued nuclear weapons research. In addition, Obama said, elements in Iran oppose normalization with the United States, while other Iranian constituencies favor a rapprochement.
