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The confrontation between Iran and many Western and Middle Eastern countries reflects a number of contentious issues that are unlikely to be resolved soon, or to be resolved at all by American or Israeli military attacks against Iran's nuclear facilities. It is striking how little contact there is between Americans and Iranians, let alone Israelis and Iranians.

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