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One Of The Many Unresolved Storylines Of 2017 Is Iran

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Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: One of the many unresolved storylines of 2017 is Iran. Ask the Trump administration, and Iran is a threat - a country not to be trusted. But so recently, another U.S. president made a nuclear deal with them, and some U.S. allies are eager to do more business with a country that does have a moderate leader. President Hassan Rouhani was re-elected to a second term earlier this year though he's still confronting hard-liners at home. So what will 2018 bring for Iran? Let's talk that through with NPR's Peter Kenyon, who has covered just about every Iran story on this network. He joins us from Istanbul. Hi, Peter. PETER KENYON, BYLINE: Hey, David, how are you? GREENE: I'm good. Thank you. So one of the stories you covered was the presidential election of Rouhani in Tehran. He defeated a hard-line cleric. Take us back there. What did that feel like? KENYON: Well, I enjoyed that trip partly because it was an exciting time for these

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