June 17, 2014 11:47 AM
LONDON — Britain (click here) announced Tuesday it will re-open its embassy in Iran, three years after it was closed following an attack on the building by Iranian protesters. The decision is the latest move by a Western nation to improve relations with Iran as the crisis in neighboring Iraq intensifies.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague made the announcement in parliament.
“We will be reopening our embassy in Tehran. Initially, this will be with a small diplomatic team. But it is an important step forward in our bilateral relations with Iran,” he said.
Hague said Iran will also likely reopen its embassy in London....
I listen to the dialogue about Iraq from all levels of speakers and regardless
of their so called sophistication of those speaking, the Shi'ites are never
elevated to the same status as the Kurds. Somehow with Shia being
the opposition party to Sunni they are incapable of peaceful and/or reliant to
'western standards.'
When will The West stop tripping over it's own two feet to realize why the
Middle East is such a power keg? I realize this is criticism, but, it is also
helpful criticism. The Shia cannot be discounted in the Middle East. That is
how we got here in the first place. There has to be somewhere in the bowels
of USA intelligence an idiot review of the region which states Sunni is the
predominant religion. It might even be with help from the petroleum industry.
In that lies some degree of 'innocence' to USA policy, but, it also reflects
a grossly inaccurate profile of the Middle East.
In that lies some degree of 'innocence' to USA policy, but, it also reflects
a grossly inaccurate profile of the Middle East.
How large is the Sunni population? How large is it's diaspora?
How large is the Shi'ite population? How large is it's diaspora?
The same questions should be asked for all the ethnic/religious divides in the
Middle East and then USA policy needs to be assessed for causing impacts
it might not have intended.
