Secretary of State Pompeo Softens Rhetoric on Iran

Mehrzad Boroujerdi, professor of political science at the Maxwell School, was quoted in The Washington Times story, “Mike Pompeo softens U.S. rhetoric on Iran: ‘Trump does not want war’.”

In the article, Boroujerdi said that “the Iranians do have an appetite for negotiating, but I think what is holding things up right now — and that’s the part that the Trump administration perhaps is not really comprehending — is they have to save face.”