Iran Press Watch: Annapolis

Tehran Times, in a below-the-fold wire service piece, reported that Arab commentators had dismissed the process as a U.S. media event, an attempt by Bush to rescue his image after failures in Iraq and Afghanistan . The article said Abbas will return to Palestine without anything. Well, except for a few vague promises and a few extra snaps for his photo album.

According to PressTV, however, that’s more than the Syrian’s received for their trouble. Their delegation left the peace conference without even a specific promise from Israel to restart stalled talks over the Golan Heights.

The general consensus among the local media seems to be a joint “we told you so” – and unless Abbas does a Neville Chamberlain on his arrival home, waving a dog-eared document declaring “Statehood in our time,” it appears they may be proved right.

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