Iran Strengthened By War On Terror - Report
Joseph S. Mayton - All Headline News Middle East Correspondent Beirut, Lebanon (AHN) - According to a British foreign policy think tank, the United States "war on terror" has strengthened Iran's sphere of influence in the Middle East. The group said there is little doubt that Iran has been the "chief beneficiary of the war on terror" in the region. "The United States needs to take a step back and reassess its entire policy towards Iran and work out, first of all, what does it want and how is it going to achieve it," Ali Ansari of the University of St. Andrews, told BBC radio. The report by Chatham House said that this summer's conflicts between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza and the recently ended war between Hizbollah have added to the instability of the region, which Iran has taken advantage. "Iran is simply too important - for political, economic, cultural, religious and military reasons - to be treated lightly by any state in the Middle East or indeed Asia," the report said.
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