If states are to be taken seriously, there should be a reasonable balance between their declared policies and their concrete actions. That is the core problem in the dispute between Iran and the West.
Iran pleads the peaceful intentions of its nuclear programme. But for years, the theocratic oligarchy in Teheran has been exposed in a game of cat and mouse with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the result of which is a conclusion that Iran has military ambitions.



























