CNN has the story Congress gives Obama room on Iran.

Congress is giving President Barack Obama some breathing room on nuclear talks with Iran, while Obama is appealing directly to Iranians to support a deal facing a deadline at the end of the month.

After weeks of contentious maneuvering by the Senate and the White House over a bill that would force the administration to submit any deal to a congressional vote, senators pushing the measure said Thursday they would wait an additional three weeks before bringing the legislation to the floor.

CNN had a clip of the video that I will show in its entirety below.  What CNN showed wasn’t bad, but somehow I had the feeling that I wish Obama would learn the lesson of STFU sometimes.

After watching the entire video, I see that there is a little more diplomacy and tact in the thing, but there still remains a little of the feeling of STFU. What are the idiots in this country going to make of the President speaking in a language they don’t understand? I won’t even give dignity to their thoughts by quoting the words that they will probably use.

So what are we to make of the Reuters article Deadlocked Iran nuclear talks break off, to resume next week?

Iran and six world powers suspended negotiations on a nuclear agreement and were set to meet again next week to break a deadlock over sensitive atomic research and lifting of sanctions, Western officials said on Friday.

While the negotiations have made progress over the past year and both sides appear determined to push for a deal, differences on sticking points are still wide enough to potentially prevent an agreement in the end. France was demanding more stringent restrictions on the Iranians under any deal than the other Western delegations, officials said.

Maybe this is where my thought that a little STFU would be in order.

I just ran across The Washington Post article Latest round of Iran nuclear talks end abruptly, slated to resume next week.

I quote the following excerpt mainly because it plays a key part in my comment on the article. It does not give you nearly the impression of even handed coverage that is in this article.

The Iranians, however, say the onus for the tough political decisions falls on Washington and its allies.

Zarif tweeted a message in response to Obama’s Nowruz greeting, saying, “Iranians have already made their choice: Engage with dignity. It’s high time for the U.S. and its allies to choose: pressure or agreement.”

My response to the article was:

Wow, of the three stories I have read today, this is the most complete one. It seems pretty even handed. What is amazing is that the article even covers the Iranian response to US claims that Iranians have to make tough choices. Who in this country would know that Iranians have their own opinions, too, if at least one newspaper didn’t mention it?

In fact the article was not overly optimistic like the CNN article, nor overly pessimistic like the Reuters article. The Washington Post article gave more of the information you would need to make your own judgment.