Iran-Israel confrontation over Iran 's nuclear program reaches a deadlock

PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran-Israel confrontation over Iran 's nuclear program has reached a deadlock, which can be proved by the recent address of Iran to the UN. "Iran has asked the United Nations to call a meeting to consider banning attacks on nuclear installations. The address of the Iranian leadership can be explained by the fear that Israel might attack Iranian reactors. Earlier, Israel had said it will not tolerate a nuclear Iran and has dropped hints about taking military action against Iran's enrichment facilities if diplomatic efforts fail to halt the nuclear program," Iranian agency Fars reports. Address of Tehran to the UN is an unprecedented phenomenon, as so far the Iranian side has done no such thing. Experience shows that after such addresses the probability of war between nations increases inevitably.

However, another war in the region would cause nothing but victims and destruction, and most apparently Iran and Israel know it well. But Tel Aviv, believing that in any case she will have the support of the U.S. and Turkey , may do a "foolery", which is not true about Iran that, despite the ambiguous figure of Ahmadinejad and his statements on the intention to wipe Israel off the face of the earth, will hardly begin to bomb Jerusalem . After the scandalous presidential elections Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will need to, at any cost, show himself more civilized than he really is. And in order to do it he will, first of all, have to find common language with Israel .

Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, Armenia is the only country which holds normal and even friendly relations with Iran . Almost the same can be said about the Armenian-Israeli relations, which hardly exist but have prospects to develop. In all probability Yerevan and Tel Aviv will agree on matters of mutual interest, especially since they do not interfere with each other. The only negative point in this relationship is the presence of Azerbaijan , which very painfully reacts to Armenian diplomats' contact with any country in the world. But, as they say, this is the problem of Baku ...

Who knows, perhaps the Israeli diplomat has brought a message to Yerevan to be conveyed to Tehran . This position satisfies all parties: Israel and Iran solve their problems with the help of, so to say, Armenia . Yerevan gets some dividends from both sides. Of course, Armenia will not get a voting right in the region, but as a mediator she can be used in certain delicate situations where it is better to turn to a weak country, rather than to a powerful one. A strong country would always seek a profit in the mediation and we do not have to go far for an example: Israel , after long and unsuccessful negotiations, refused Turkey 's mediation in relations with Syria . The question is whether the Armenian Foreign Ministry will be able to take advantage of this situation. The sad experience, however, shows that Yerevan often begins to act when it is already too late. But let us hope for the best...

Meanwhile, on August 18-19, Israeli President Shimon Peres travels to Dmitry Medvedev in Sochi . The meetings will discuss issues of cooperation between Israel and Russia and expansion of the strategic dialogue. No doubt, the Iranian-Israeli confrontation is going to be one of the key topics at the meetings. In any case, next week could outline the agreement, at which Iran and Israel will (or will not) arrive with the mediation of Russia and possibly Armenia .