Column: Plan B for an Iran Nuclear Deal?

There are still nearly two months to go before the deadline for an Iran nuclear agreement, but already both sides are preparing for the possibility that talks might fail. In New York last week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told a group of U.S. media executives and senior correspondents that while, “Everything is based on the expectation — God willing — that we will reach success… [but that] doesn’t mean if we fail to reach agreement, we will go back to the past.” In Washington,...

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