THE TANGLED US-IRAN KNOT, Part 4: Is a US-Iran deal on the Middle East possible?

By Gareth Porter

PART 1: Change or deja vu? Obama divides Iran
PART 2: Iran urges Obama to start talks - now
PART 3: Economy, ties with West key to polls

TEHRAN - Would a negotiated agreement between Iran and the Barack Obama administration be feasible if Obama sent the right signals? The answer one gets from Iranian officials and think-tank analysts is, "Yes, but ... "

The Iranian national security establishment has long salivated over the prospect of an agreement with Washington. But there's a big difference between Iranian and US ideas of what such an accord would look like.