Originally published in Sputnik

By AIC Honorary Board Member Thomas Pickering

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The successful negotiation of the Iran nuclear agreement could present an opportunity for the United States to coordinate more openly with Iran on mutual interests in Syria and Iraq, retired US career ambassador Thomas Pickering said at a Friday press conference.

"There will be, as a result of this, certainly an opportunity… to begin to talk to Iran, about two issues that constitute, in the view of many of us, potential low-hanging fruit," Pickering said at a Center on Global Interests conference on the Iran nuclear deal.