A Commentary By Omid Nouripour Spiegel.de
With a new moderate president and increasing focus on the civil war in Syria, Iran is finally in a position to compromise on its nuclear program. The West should seize the moment and head to the negotiating table.
Everyone seems relieved to see Hassan Rohani as the new Iranian president — and there are plenty of reasons to be. His election has unleashed an unprecedented boost of energy and optimism among Iranians that has the potential to bring about change in the country — though probably only in the long run. And there is new hope for a solution to the seemingly never-ending struggle over Iran’s nuclear program. A soft-spoken diplomat compared to his predecessor, Rohani is under immense pressure to get economic sanctions lifted in order to set the fledgling Iranian economy back on track. And there are some signs that even the powerful Ayatollah Khamenei might have his back on this topic.
But just days after Rohani’s inauguration celebration in Tehran on August 4, the challenges he’ll have to confront have risen to the foreground. If the choice over which foreign head of state to meet first is any indicator of his administration’s take on foreign policy, then the scheduled visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 12 should sound some alarm bells in the capitals of the Western world.
Besides the fact that Iran’s Islamic dress code might spare us the sight of a half-naked Putin cruising through the beautiful Iranian desert, there is not much else to rejoice about. The visit confirms the growing alliance between Teheran and Moscow that is playing out in Syria. This is very bad news for the prospect of a peaceful resolution of the Syrian civil war. If it becomes a war for regional dominance, then the stakeholders in this struggle have every interest in keeping it going even if the Syrians themselves might be willing to find a compromise.
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I am amazed that many (most) commentators seem to think that the ‘democratic world’ wants peace in Iran. The West wanted (and achieved) to destabilize Iraq and Syria and they want to do the same for Iran. Mark my word: Iran can do whatever they like, the destabilization will continue.
look here Time to Talk: Syrian War Offers Bargaining Chip in Iran Conflict – The Muslim Times
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