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Iran and the US: Old Enemies with Shared Interests

For decades they have been sworn enemies. Now the US and Iran are finding they have shared interests: they want a stable Afghanistan and share an antipathy for Islamic State militants. Is this enough to bring about real change? Mehdi Khalaji is an Iranian political analyst.

(Image: Iranians wave banners with anti-US slogans at a rally in Tehran in February 2014. Credit: Getty Images)

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