The Anth Zone

The United States government is open to bilateral talks with both Iran and Syria if either country approaches them to discuss stabilizing or remedying the ongoing crises situated in Iraq during an Iraqi government led conference between Iran, Syria, the United States and permanent members of the United Nations Security Council in Baghdad this week.

The very thought of U.S. and Iranian Officials meeting together in person has drawn me in due my interests in the histories of Ancient and Modern Iran/Persia. While the probability of such a meeting is rather low and the rarity of such an event is once in a life time due to the frivolous relations between the two nations since the United States’ sovereignty was breached when revolutionaries of the Iran’s Islamic Revolution stormed and killed American dignitaries and U.S. Marines protecting the embassy. This event led to the demise of Pahlavi dynasty and the end of a pro-United States government of Iran.

I don’t think Iran and the United States would reach an agreement on bringing a stable westernized democracy in Iraq especially under the unconditional support from the United States. The Ahmadinejad government and their predecessors have been quite critical of the United States’ foreign policy and their interventionist policies in the Middle East since September 11th. Stating this, I believe the unlikelihood of these two nations having direct contact in close quarters behind enclosed doors will not occur.

The Bush Administration on the other hand is plotting their next point of attack in the Middle East, Iran. The U.S. State Department has been quite crucial against the Iranian government for the development of nuclear energy due to the likeliness of the pursuit of nuclear armaments which would bring the region into grave calamity.

The State Department has also blurted out that Iran is a rogue state whom actively encourages and supports acts of terrorism, harbours fugitives suspected of these heinous acts and promotes the utter destruction of Israel’s sovereignty, providing arms and explosives to insurgency groups in Iraq & Afghanistan, and the persecution of those who follow the Jewish faith to list a few.

This conference will be interesting. If there is anything to write on it in the next couple of days, expect commentary from myself. I really don’t have much to say about the Syrians.