Iran and Russia Miss Another Bushehr Deadline

Losing patience with Moscow

Stratfor.com: As another deadline for the completion of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant passes, analyst Reva Bhalla examines the complexities in the Iran-Russia relationship. Bhalla is STRATFOR's Director of Analysis and a senior analyst for the Middle East, South Asia, and Latin America region.

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amirparvizforsecularmonarchy

Iran is in a hopeless situation until we can remove ignorance

by amirparvizforsecularmonarchy on Wed Aug 31, 2011 10:26 AM PDT

and replace it with knowledge.

//iranian.com/main/blog/amirparvizforsecu...

The best we can hope for is indicated here for the wise

//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy_Index

 

 


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Bavafa

Agreed, great analysis by cousin Framarz

by Bavafa on Tue Aug 30, 2011 08:45 PM PDT

She has some good points too :)

Meanwhile, Iranian people are getting screwwwwwwed big time by ALL sides with the Mullahs as the capitan of the screwing team.

'Hambastegi' is the main key to victory 

Mehrdad


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Faramarz

Good Analysis

by Faramarz on Tue Aug 30, 2011 07:45 PM PDT

In other words, the whole situation is like a whore house (thank you Maach-o-Mooch) where everyone is trying to screw everyone else and nobody wants to pay!


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amirparvizforsecularmonarchy

Russia see's Iran as a Leverage tool in its relationship with

by amirparvizforsecularmonarchy on Tue Aug 30, 2011 04:37 PM PDT

the USA.

Very True. Iran under the IRI is like an international football that countires pass around.  Whether Turkey, Brazil, India, EU etc

China on the other hand see's Iran as the future of it's Freedom and Development so it does not use the IRI the same way.  Yet it is in no position to help the IRI right now as they are the beneficiary of US Support which is more valuable to them.  If US/China relations sour, watch how quickly the IRI will benefit for real as opposed to getting strung along by the Russians.

The USA is in an lose/lose situation, it can't cope with Russia/Iran/China relations to its advatange. Something has to give even if it takes 10 years, evetually they have a losing hand in this scenario unless they can replace IRI.


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Jahanshah Javid

Sober analysis

by Jahanshah Javid on Tue Aug 30, 2011 02:45 PM PDT

Excellent analysis on Iran-Russia developments. One thing to add is Iran's decision to stop all talks on swapping nuclear fuel, which Moscow was looking to resume, as a possible way out of the nuclear crisis. Another sign that things are going downhill, fast. The Islamic Republic is addicted to isolating itself. There's a limit to how far they can go without allies. They'll know when they hit the wall.


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