Pankaj Mishra, Columnist

Iran-Israel History Suggests a Different Future: Mishra

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Apparently, it is reckless to think that India could bring about a rapprochement between Iran and the U.S.

That, at least, is the view of some readers of my last column on India’s lenient attitude toward Iran’s nuclear program. They reprimanded me for being naive. For Iran, run by Islamic fundamentalists committed to the destruction of Israel, desires no such reconciliation with the country Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini indelibly called the “Great Satan.”