The U.S. and Iran are both looking for a diplomatic off-ramp from their intensifying confrontation. France may have found a way out. President Emmanuel Macron has developed a four-point framework that looks like a plausible basis for a resumption of US-Iranian dialog.
One, Iran is in a "confrontation" with a lot more countries than America.
And two, France always has a three-phase plan for Middle East problems that broadly goes like this:
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