Iran nuclear breakthrough? A temporary one, perhaps. Meantime, a strange and fascinating story from the LAT about Hezbollah loyalists raising $30 million in selling counterfeit goods in the US. Am told the MEK makes money in the US by running gas stations. Interesting, this concentration of these ideological diaspora communities in specialist economic (and sometimes criminal) pursuits.

Thursday Update: Here's the NYT headline: Day After Nuclear Deal, Iran Is Cleared to Start W.T.O. Process

Posted by Laura at May 25, 2005 11:25 PM