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Dubai: The Iranian government should tackle the sources of the country’s internal tension instead of blaming its external enemies, an academic and political analyst told Gulf News.

“Even if true, blaming the West for local problems is not going to help Iran any more,” said Dr Mohammad Saleh Sidqian of the University of Tehran

“Unless swift action is taken by the government to defuse a number of burning issues, Iran’s social stability would be at risk,” he added.

Commenting on the suicide attack last Sunday that killed five senior commanders of the elite Revolutionary Guards Corps (RGC), another political analyst said pinning the blame on the West is not working any more especially in cases of sectarian conflict between the Shiite and Sunni.

“Iran suffers from acute sectarian divide and the government has to politically take action before its too late,” Najah Mohammad Ali, a journalist who is an expert on Iranian issues told Gulf News.

A militant group from Iran’s Sunni minority, Jundallah-Soldiers of God, claimed responsibility for the attack which is being considered as the most serious terror incident in Iran in the last 10 years.

Sidiqian said the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is not weak as critics describe it following the dispute over the results of the presidential election held in June.

“The problem is the government has been handling too many issue... >>>