What Iran Wants
Washington Post / Ray Takeyeh
29-Dec-2008 (one comment)

Tehran will want to cover not just its contested nuclear program but also developments in Iraq, the conflicts of the Levant and a prospective Persian Gulf security system. To the Islamic Republic, such a broad-based platform would have the advantage of prolonging the process while signaling to its Arab competitors that the United States acknowledges Iranian centrality in stabilizing the Middle East. As a state with pretensions of preeminence, Iran will maintain that none of the region's conflicts can be resolved without its participation and consent.

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by Anonymous56 (not verified) on

What Iran really needs is a big fat nuclear bomb to scare the S**t out of Zionists, so their mercenaries won't "bolboli" again.