但外交问题同样十分突出，尽管叙利亚冲突持续不断且战火有可能蔓延至非洲萨赫勒地区，华盛顿的共识是2013年将是伊朗问题的“决策之年 ” 。
But foreign-policy issues loom large as well, and, notwithstanding the ongoing conflict in Syria and the possible spread of war across Africa’s Sahel region, the consensus in Washington is that 2013 will be the “year of decision” on Iran.