Sometimes it takes a 2,700 year old chalice to make peace!
A Chalice toward friendship - for Iran and the U.S.! According to this CNN report : A 2,700 year-old silver chalice may be a new token of friendship between the United States and Iran. It had been in New York since 2003, when an art dealer smuggled it to New York Iran's cultural heritage chief hopes its return will mark a lively cultural exchange with the U.S. Mohammad-Ali Najafi says the ice between Washington and Tehran has thawed. "I adamantly believe in cultural diplomacy, and I believe the thing that could improve relations between US and Iran after the years and softens the harshness of this relationship is cultural diplomacy." Toward eupan ~ ~ marty alan michelson, ph.d.