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Brave new world of Iranian nuclear cooperation
By Kaveh L Afrasiabi

Iran's objective of getting its nuclear dossier out of the hands of the United Nations Security Council and back to its 'proper forum', the International Atomic Energy Agency, was leapfrogged last week by the IAEA's high-level visit to Iran that culminated in a 'serious and substantial' agreement heralding a new level of Iran-IAEA cooperation. "

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