March 28, 2008 Tehran: While Iran grapples with Western powers over its nuclear programme, analysts in Iran are coming up with divergent scenarios of the situation and its possible repercussions.Their perspectives range between expecting an attack on Iran, accusing the West of arrogance, and blaming the "hostile" tone of the Iranian government for fuelling the tension towards the West.
"It is a right for every member of NPT [Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty] to have access to nuclear technology for peaceful purposes," said political science professor Herimidas Bovand.
"But as I said, they [the West] usually focus on Iranian intentions, and unfortunately enough, [President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad and some other individuals in higher positions make statements hostile to Western powers and Israel. The West uses these kind of statements to substantiate claims and accusations against Iran," he added in reference to the belligerent statements made by the Iranian president against the West and Israel, including questioning the reality of the Holocaust. More >>>
