Friday, October 1, 2010

Ominous signs in Iran under siege


By Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Asia Times

"An Iraq war in slow motion, the impasse between Iran and the United States has all the ingredients of a major crisis. With Washington - still angry at the Iranian president's audacity in New York - leading a concerted destabilization campaign, and oil majors adding bite to sanctions, the stage is set for more ominous developments....

With the risk scenarios many, and a poisoned climate evaporating the chances for selective cooperation on regional issues such as Ahmadinejad's offer of cooperation with the US on Afghanistan, the future of US-Iran relations looks hopelessly bleak at the moment. A familiar story since the onset of the anti-Western Islamist regime in Iran however, the new level of hostilities between the two countries may be followed by a cooling off period caused by the mere threat of an unwanted spiral toward physical confrontation......"

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