South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin writes for Al-Monitor on visits to Iran from delegations of US religious communities:
Iran is reopening the gates to delegations from the US religious community as part of a broader outreach meant to smooth the way for a nuclear agreement and improve relations with the United States.
Since March, three major faith-related US delegations have visited the Islamic Republic of Iran for meetings with senior Shiite Muslim theologians and government officials.