Jalali: Radicalism in the Region Hurts Iran Too (ROOZ :: English)

Jalali: Radicalism in the Region Hurts Iran Too: In article from Roozonline, which hosts Iranian dissidents in exile, explains that Iran will stay the course on its persuit of nuclear weapons. Ultimately, intervention or compromise will be a decescive fator. Jalali further explains: "Iran does the best it can in the field of diplomacy. The real issue here is not diplomacy though, but interests. We should not forget that nothing is more important than national interests when it comes to international relations. All countries are pursuing their own interests, and this applies to Russia and China as well as Iran. It should not be surprising to us that countries pursue their interests. The art of diplomacy is to use the cleavages and overlaps in interests to your own benefit."