A nemzetközi hírű Irán-szakértő néhány hónapja A gombafelhő árnyékában címmel írt könyvet a perzsa állam atomprogramjának Európát érintő veszélyeiről. A Heteknek adott interjúban a professzor azt állította, hogy ha Irán megszerzi a bombát, nemcsak a Közel-Keleten rendeződnek át az erőviszonyok, hanem Teherán ellenőrzést szerez az európai ener­giaellátás forrásai felett is. Emanuele Ottolenghi szerint csak radikális külső nyomással lehet elérni azt, hogy a teheráni vezetők „kiigyák a méregpoharat”, és fel­ad­ják az évtizedes atomtörekvéseiket.

Are the Muslim clerics who control Iran heading for a split?

The post-election upheaval in Iran has triggered rumors of a growing rift within the country’s clerical establishment.

In a series of interviews leading Iranian analysts denied that the unrest poses a serious threat to the power and influence of Iran’s Islamic regime, describing the predicted fall of the Ayatollahs as ‘wishful thinking’ on the part of Western commentators.

Iran has captured the world’s attention since its illegal nuclear program was unveiled in 2002 by the Iranian opposition in exile, the National Council of Resistance in Iran. Since then, the world has been wondering how to deal with such a perilous and complicated crisis. Direct negotiations, threats of strikes on Iranian nuclear plants and UN resolutions have proven ineffective, as Tehran is adamant about pursuing its program and as debate paralyzes the international community.

Iran must be stopped in its tracks now. This stark message from two new books on Iran’s nuclear threat is bound to raise cheers in Israel and among Washington’s more hawkish Middle East watchers just as Binyamin Netanyahu paid his first visit to President Barack Obama since the two men took office.