Alexander Mercouris, 6 February 2017
The
conflict between the US and Iran is not rooted in any grand plan for
Iranian control of the Middle East. It is the result of US concern
about the system of alliances Iran has built up to prevent a repeat of
the disaster of the Iran-Iraq war.
If since coming to office the new Trump administration has been
making tentative moves towards repairing the US’s fraught relations with
Russia, towards Iran it has been acting with heightened hostility.
It has blamed Iran for a missile attack on a Saudi frigate carried
out by Yemeni forces, criticised Iran for its missile tests, and slapped
more sanctions on the country. President Trump has made no secret of
his strong disagreement with the Iranian nuclear agreement Iran agreed
with the Obama administration, and he has also called Iran “the number
one terrorist state”. Read more
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