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Obama's Approach To U.S. Relations With Iran President-elect Barack Obama said repeatedly during the campaign that he would seek engagement with Iran without preconditions. After Obama was elected, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent him a congratulatory letter. How is the U.S. relationship with Iran changing?

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Obama's Approach To U.S. Relations With Iran

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Obama's Approach To U.S. Relations With Iran

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President-elect Barack Obama said repeatedly during the campaign that he would seek engagement with Iran without preconditions. After Obama was elected, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sent him a congratulatory letter. How is the U.S. relationship with Iran changing?

NPR senior news analyst Ted Koppel and former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski discuss U.S.-Iranian relations and Obama's diplomatic opportunities.

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Ted Koppel, former anchor of ABC News Nightline, managing editor of the Discovery Channel, senior news analyst for NPR

Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser to President Carter from 1977-1981, professor of American foreign policy at Johns Hopkins University, counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies