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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/06/AR2009110603072.html
Iran's "Great Satan" Addiction
[Washington Post] David Ignatius - It has been more than a month since what was touted as a breakthrough meeting with the Iranians in Geneva over their nuclear program. But the Iranians now seem to be backpedaling - disavowing the tentative agreement that their own negotiators had signaled they supported. Abbas Milani, a Stanford professor who closely follows events in Iran, says: "They clearly want to back out of the deal." As the Obama administration, which had made engagement with Iran one of its signature issues, is discovering, getting to "yes" with Tehran for now seems all but impossible. Reading the Iranian press, you get the sense that for Iran's ruling elite, engagement with America remains a bridge too far. "America is still the Great Satan. Negotiations are meaningless," thundered the hard-line weekly Ya-Lesarat.