Tehran Visit Leaves Former U.S. Congressman 'Guardedly Optimistic'

Jim Slattery, a former congressman from Kansas, made a rare visit to Tehran last month in which he addressed a conference on extremism and held discussions with Iranian officials, including Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and President Hassan Rohani's chief of staff, Mohammad Nahavandia. Slattery told RFE/RL's Golnaz Esfandiari that his visit left him guardedly optimistic about the