Iran wants to show regional power over Gaza crisis
Editor | Jan 06, 2009 | Comments 0
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran wants to send a message to the new U.S. administration and Arab governments that it is a power to be reckoned with in the region by championing the cause of its Palestinian ally, Hamas, in its fight with Israel. A Palestinian youth, protesting Israel’s offensive in Gaza, holds up stones behind tyres set ablaze during scuffles with Israeli troops in the West Bank town of Yatta near Hebron January 5, 2009. (REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun) President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, expected to seek re-election in June, may also have found a cause to muzzle criticism of his economic management and tumbling oil revenues, analysts say. But Tehran’s outspoken support for Hamas and criticism…
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