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Source: http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/trust-but-clarify
Trust, But Clarify
(Foreign Policy) Dennis Ross and David Makovsky - Economic pressures have given Tehran an incentive to resolve the international impasse over its nuclear program. But it cannot gain the economic relief it seeks unless it is willing to take meaningful steps. Soothing words and smiles will not provide such reassurance; only tangible steps that remove Iran's break-out capability - a verifiable method that guarantees early detection of any effort to move from reactor-grade to weapons-grade enriched uranium - can do so. Rouhani's speech at the UN gave little indication that Iran is prepared to alter its nuclear program. Dennis Ross is counselor at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and former special assistant to President Obama. David Makovsky is director of the Project on the Middle East Peace Process at the Institute.