  OPINION: Compromise needed on Iran  10:51 PM, Feb. 4, 2014  | 
Comments   • Filed Under  After Iran and the major powers signed
on to an interim deal on Tehran's nuclear program, expectations
were high. Over the last week, they have fallen sharply as
Iranian officials have made tough public comments, Israel's
prime minister has reaffirmed his opposition to almost any
conceivable deal, and several influential U.S. senators have
threatened to enact new sanctions. This does not mean a final
deal with Tehran is impossible, but it does mean that both
sides, Tehran and the West, need to start thinking creatively
about how to bridge what is clearly a wide divide and how to get
around the main obstacle they will face - which is not abroad
but at home.  The Iranian statements that have attracted so much
attention came from both the foreign minister and president. The
former, Javad Zarif, explained to CNN's Jim Sciutto that,
contrary to what Washington had repeatedly claimed, Iran "did
not agree to dismantle anything