If we fear an Iranian bomb, we should back Hassan Rouhani | Simon Jenkins

There is no advantage for the west in treating Iran's president as a liar or imposing sanctions. He needs our full support

An old maxim holds that you trust a man by what he does, not what he says. The charm offensive in New York of the new Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, is testing the maxim to destruction. It has become a diplomatic cliffhanger, with the potential to rank with Nixon in China and Thatcher in Russia. Rouhani has released political prisoners, promised civil rights, called th...