“Madam Secretary” and the Real Iran Deal

 

In a new article for The New Yorker, Robin Wright reports that officials involved in nuclear talks say that diplomacy is further along than was indicated by the so-called blueprint for a deal, which was announced in Lausanne on April 2. “What is more striking, after eighteen months of negotiations, is the changing climate, whether in popular culture, public opinion, or diplomacy,” according to Wright. “In the case of ‘Madam Secretary,’ an American TV drama dared to build a whole season around rapprochement with Iran.”