VOL. XL

No. 31

4-August-1997

IRAN

Iranian-American Relations: Time To Reassess

byRichard W. Murphy

The following is the text of a paper delivered in Washington on 30 July by Mr.Richard Murphy, Senior Fellow Middle East, Council on Foreign Relations, at a conferenceon "Iran's Elections: Implications for US Policy" organized by the Middle EastInstitute. Mr. Murphy was Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South AsianAffairs from 1983 to 1989, and earlier served as US Ambassador to...