Iran Signals Willingness to Join U.S. in Fight Against Afghan Drug Trade

From FOX News:

U.S. and Iranian diplomats took baby steps toward thawing tensions between their countries Tuesday, at an international conference on Afghanistan put together by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

In a significant move, Iran's deputy foreign minister, while criticizing U.S. plans to send more troops into Afghanistan, said Iran is "fully prepared" to help fight the drug trade in Afghanistan -- a campaign the U.S. wants to escalate.

The U.S. is planning to send of surge of narcotics agents into Afghanistan to help stem the opium trade, which is a goal Iran shares.

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My Comment: This could be the "in" for Iranian-U.S. cooperation. There are hundreds of thousands if not a million opium addicts in Iran .... and the money that is being made is being used to fund the Taliban to fight U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan. Both Iran and the U.S. have a vested interest to stop this .... and maybe .... (and I am hoping here) .... there can be some level of cooperation between the two on this issue.