[ABDOLLAH GHANBARLU†
Abstract: The current mistrust long predominated over Iran-US interactions
is the outcome of the condition mostly stemmed from two sides’
heterogeneous political identities. Meanwhile, the role of Israel as a source of
tension has also been so significant, partly because neither Islamic Republic
of Iran could tolerate Israel as a regional actor, nor United States, particularly
the American Jews who control US Middle East policies as the most
influential lobby driving foreign policy decision making bodies, would stand
indifferent toward challenges posed by Iran against its longstanding ally in
the region. Today there is a very close linkage between the Israel security and
allegations raised by US against Iran including alleged Iran intentions to
stalemate Middle East peace process, development of weapons of mass
destruction, support for terrorism as well as the violation of democracy and
human rights. As such, some limited and tactical cooperation between Iran
and US seems to be possible but there is no ground for these two states'
relations to be normalized as long as the current US-Israel relations continue
to go on.


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