Iran's "Nuclear" Presence on Syria

Israel has called Iran the world’s “greatest nuclear threat” — but is the claim valid? The U.S. seems to think so. Through research I have done with the news organization (Newsy Videos) I work for, I have discovered that Iran’s nuclear threat may have been the reason the U.S. did not intervene right away in Syria the same way it did in Libya. Let me explain.

Syria is part of what Iran calls its “Axis of Power” — thus, a U.S. military attack on Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s regime would be seen by the Iranians as a wrongful invasion of one an allied power. This would quite possibly hinder the U.S.’s attempt to convince Iran to stop its current nuclear activity, which directly violates a United Nations Security Council demand to halt it’s production of uranium (for more information about Iran’s recent enrichment of uranium please check out this story I wrote).

So essentially, it seems that Iran has tied the U.S.’s hands when it comes to the conflict in Syria. It seems the U.S. is willing to sit back and watch Syrians die everyday as long as the possibility of diplomatic solution with Iran is still attainable, but that shouldn’t be surprising. With the ties Iran has with other powers in the area (namely the Russian), crossing this country at such a pivotal time could spell disaster for Israel and the entire Middle East in general.