As the U.S. continues to announce new sanctions aimed at Iran, there are some signs that indicate the U.S. policy of applying maximum pressure on Iran is working. Or is it?
Tehran released Princeton University scholar Xiyue Wang this month after holding him for more than three years as part of a prisoner swap for an Iranian scientist held by the U.S. It was an unusual sign of cooperation between the two nations locked in a dispute over Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
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