Cuba and Iran, Melancholy Twins

Robin Wright, The New Yorker
Both Havana and Tehran began coming to terms with their nemesis this year. Part of the policy shift is a response to advanced age, an attempt to insure more years in the political life cycle. A mix of pragmatism, reality, and necessity contributed. Neither revolution is on the cusp of collapse. But both are aware that the largest communities of Cuban exiles and Iranian exiles are in the United States—one reason there’s better Cuban food in Miami than in Havana and finer Persian cuisine in Los Angeles than in Tehran.