Copyrighted Image? DMCA | Iran specialists who have followed the Islamic Republic for years say that many details in the alleged plot just don't add up. "This [plot] doesn't seem to serve Iran's interests in any conceivable way," says Alireza Nader, an Iran analyst at the Rand Corp. "Assassinating the Saudi ambassador would increase international pressure against Iran, could be considered an act of war ... by Saudi Arabia, it could really destabilize the government in Iran; and this is a political system that is interested in its own survival." |