There is no doubt that for two reasons Iran has been under mounting pressure in recent months. One, Western governments, led by the European threat to stop importing Iranian oil, have begun a move designed to impose more severe sanctions on Iran in the coming months, targeting especially oil and finance. Moreover, even before these sanctions take effect, it is already clear that previous sanctions and other factors have hurt the Iranian economy. Two, there are more and more signs that Israel is considering an attack on Iran’s nuclear installations in the foreseeable future.
