As for Mass Instruction, U.S., Iran on Same Page
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From Times Wire Reports
U.S. and Iranian officials have signed an agreement to share library materials, giving scholars in America their first access to such items from Iran since Islamic militants took over the U.S. Embassy there in 1979.
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington traveled to Iran to sign the agreement.
Political relations between the two countries are poor because of Tehran’s nuclear program, which the United States alleges is meant to develop weapons but Iran insists is solely for energy.
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