Update: Britain vs Iran?
The two selected paragraphs below and probably the entire report may be the best article we have found to date on the current disagreement between Britain and Iran. It is from the Asia Times and the only reason attention is being drawn to that simple fact is the disappointment in Western news lately. It is common for people in the United States to complain about the news media. But after reviewing items on this story available from a wide variety of Western news sources, an Asian news organization appears to have the only sensible report. And that would not be the typical complaint against Western, especially American news. It is not a matter of left or right, but of content.
Maybe that is because, at least this time, they can operate from a position of detachment to the story. Other reports we read focused on the Iranian or British position or lead with headlines suggesting new developments without providing answers to the headline in the body of the report. As if to say we have nothing to report but we’ll make it appear as though we do by producing an attention seeking headline.
Stanford Matthews
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Middle East
Apr 3, 2007Iran-US: Fighting fire with fire
By Trita Parsi
…Whether the British were in Iranian waters or not - and whether the Iranians believe the British were in Iranian waters or not - Tehran seems to be using the incident to regain leverage over the West in the confrontation over its nuclear program and its rising power and influence in the Middle East.
Both Iran and the US have come to recognize that it is becoming increasingly difficult to avoid some sort of diplomatic confrontation between them. This is particularly problematic for the administration of US President George W Bush, which for several years has adamantly opposed the idea of talking to Tehran….