A countdown to confrontation
Can anything deter Iran from its nuclear ambitions?
THE streets of Iran are festooned this week with revolutionary bunting. Black and green banners commemorating the martyrdom of the third Shia imam, Hussein, still flutter from lamp-posts, even though the mournful Ashura rites of late January are over. They now hang beside flags looking forward to February 11th, when Iranians mark the anniversary of the Islamic revolution of 1979.
This article appeared in the Briefing section of the print edition under the headline “A countdown to confrontation”
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