Monday, January 24, 2011

British diplomat: ".. “Iran would be looking at what is happening to Lebanon and thinking ‘how we could use this?’”.."

"... Davies shared no assessment of what Israel "might or might not do – including reference to possible use of military force." He reiterated, however, that "it would be a bad thing," if Israel were to pursue a military strike against Iran's nuclear facility.
The Iran Coordinator at the UK Foreign Office qualified the recent developments in Tunisia as "fascinating".
He said that unlike Lebanon, where a possible war scenario could have an impact on the negotiations, the Tunisian developments are unlikely to affect the course of talks between the West and Iran.
Nor did Davies expect a similar turn of events in Iran to those that took place in Tunisia over the past few weeks: "Don't expect it in Iran; the Iranians almost did (it) two years ago but Iranian opposition is (currently) well held-down"..."

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