Saturday
Aug112012
Iran and Syria Audio Feature: Why Tehran's Conference "Stunt" Means Little --- Scott Lucas with Monocle 24
Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 8:10 | Scott Lucas in EA Iran, EA Middle East and Turkey, Middle East and Iran
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's report on the Iran conference on Syria
In a wide-ranging interview with Monocle 24's The Daily last night, I began by discussing Iran's "international conference" on Syria on Thursday, assessing the politics of the move and what comes next.
The interview also considered Israel's own stunt this week, with Minister of Defense Ehud Barak falsely claiming that a new US National Intelligence Estimate had found Iran was close to producing nuclear weapons.
But the take-away line may be at the end of the discussion. My reply to the question, "What can the world do to halt the instability in Syria?" --- "Nothing."
The conversation begins at the 1:12.02 mark.
tagged Ehud Barak, Headline, Iran, Israel, Monocle 24, Syria, The Daily