[pjc50]

Don't forget the ongoing nuclear bomb standoff:

Israel believes that if the Iranians get the bomb, it will be used against Israel. Given the small size of Israel, this would be another genocide. They will therefore do _anything_ to prevent Iran getting the bomb.

Iran believes that if they _don't_ have the bomb, then they are forever at the mercy of US politics, potentially including an invasion in which millions of Iranians will die, just like the war with Iraq. If they do get it, then they can also hold Saudi Arabia hostage until their demands are met.

This isn't going anywhere until someone either takes their finger off the trigger or pulls it.

As you say, the US has no interest in a stable, free, democratic Iran unless it can be bullied into giving up on certain interests.

[fit2rule]

You missed a key point: Israel HAS the bomb, and threatens EVERYONE with it - even its so-called allies.

So thats why Iran - in stating it has no intentions of pursuing the bomb - is so infuriating to the fascist Israeli government. Because everyone knows, the most instable people in the world to have the bomb, already have it.