Iran's ministers of foreign affairs, intelligence and defense will participate at the Sunday session of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) to discuss prevailing developments in neighboring Iraq. Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi, Information (Intelligence) Minister Ali Younessi and Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani will also examine the Islamic Republic's stance on the US-led war as coalition forces reportedly push on their invasion into the heart of Baghdad. The Islamic Republic has strongly condemned the US-led invasion of Iraq but it has taken a position of 'active neutrality' and reiterated that it will not back one side or the other in the US-led war.
I imagine this is going to be a pretty worried consultation. Iraq and Iran fought for ten years to a stand-off. We beat up Iraq the first time in 100 hours, and this time we're taking the entire country in three weeks. That doesn't bode well for a country with about the same military capabilities. |