Rumors are flying that President Obama will soon announce the appointment of a U.S. Special Envoy on Iran. Both governments have welcomed an upturn in U.S.-Iran people-to-people exchanges — particularly in the fields of science and technology, religion, sports, and culture.

The events of recent months represent nothing short of historic change. The U.S.-Iran engagement taboo has been obliterated and it‘s hard to imagine going back to the way things were prior to the nuclear deal.