Just three weeks ago, in the wake of the 140-strong French trade delegation’s visit to Tehran, US Secretary of State John Kerry found himself having to reiterate that which Treasury Undersecretary David Cohen claimed in mid-January: That Iran is not open for business.
Yet fast forward to this week, and his Iranian counterpart appears on a collision course with Secretary Kerry by asserting the exact opposite. (CONTINUED - 2014 WORDS)
