“Given the international drive to negotiate a deal between Iran and the United States and/or the P5+1 on Iran’s nuclear program (and there is no essential difference between agreements with the US or the P5+1), what follows is an outline of a possible agreement based on the components considered critical to both sides. It seems that both sides are interested in an agreement, which would neutralize the inevitable crisis liable to lead to a United States and/or Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. A viable agreement would include elements essential to each side, as well as elements that guarantee critical interests of the other side.

In addition to the nuclear issue, there are several strategic issues that have long been a source of conflict between the United States and Iran: Iran’s support and use of terrorism; human rights violations in Iran; Iran’s ambition for hegemony in the Persian Gulf and the entire Middle East; and Iran’s hostility against Israel, to the point of calling for Israel’s destruction. These issues might be more easily approached when there are actual serious discussions toward a solution to the nuclear issue.”

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