The Middle East Situation

On the eve of the United Nations Secretary General's make-or-break peace mission to the Gulf, there was considerable scepticism about the chances of success. However, that scepticism was tempered by the realization that Iran is now under greater pressure than ever before to begin along the road to a peaceful settlement. Iraq and the US are clearly in no mood to tolerate further foot dragging on Tehran's part, and the hostilities which continued to rate as...