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...some of the Western Europeans want China to support U.N.-imposed sanctions against the rogue regime until it shuts down its uranium enrichment facility and other nuclear activities. As one of the five veto-wielding permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, China has always opposed sanctions, but White House officials insist that Bush won?t be wasting his breath...
...Whether Bush?s arguments persuade Hu probably won?t be apparent until early May, when the U.N. Security Council is expected to convene on the Iran issue. At that time, diplomats from the U.S. and like-minded European nations plan to push a tough resolution demanding that Iran abandon its nuclear ambitions or face sanctions. U.S. officials aren?t counting on the votes of China and Russia, but if the pair merely abstains rather than exercises its vetoes, the resolution is likely to pass...
...them. President Bush's opposite number in Iraq is really the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameini. Khameini makes the final decision on all matters of security and foreign policy - including and especially the nuclear issue - although he typically abides by the consensus of the National Security Council. The Council is led by Ali Larijani, appointed by and answerable to the Supreme Leader, and a man who also ran for president against Ahmadinejad...
...ites and other factions. If the Shi'ite bloc drops him, it's unlikely to choose the U.S.-favored Abdul Adel Mahdi as his replacement. Not only is there resentment created by U.S. intervention in the political process, but Adel-Mahdi is the candidate of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), the arch-rival of Jaafari's major backer, the radical cleric Moqtada Sadr. More likely is the emergence of a weak compromise candidate to preside over a fractious government facing divisive issues ranging from revising the constitution and oil revenues to dealing with the militias...
...Larijani rather than Ahmadinejad who is managing the negotiations over the nuclear program. Ahmadinejad has only one vote - out of around a dozen - on the Security Council. So as much as he rattles his saber at the West, the President is in no position to act on any of this threats. He has to lobby for his position within a power structure in which his is not the dominant voice. And while Ahmadinejad thunders against compromise, Larijani and other elements of the regime have made clear that Iran still seeks a deal, preferably in direct face-to-face talks with...