Sanctions lifted: Lots to gain and lose in Iran deal

THERE is an apocryphal tale of a verbal joust between Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev and US president John F Kennedy during the Cuban missile crisis of October, 1962.

“We have enough nuclear weapons to destroy the world ten times over,” Kennedy is said to have told Khruschev, alluding to America’s missile superiority.

Khruschev replied: “We only need to do it once.”