Why the UK Embassy in Iran Was Attacked: The Domestic Angle
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Viewing the attack as a response to the increasing pressure Iran is faced with may be accurate. Trying to prove to the West that it doesn't respond to pressure, Tehran might have calculated that upping the ante may make that message crystal-clear. But there is more to this picture.
Trita Parsi | Posted 02.01.2012