CIAO DATE: 10/2009
September 2009
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
While the United States is concentrating on the G-20 summit and the October 1 meeting with the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Iranian attention has been focused on the potentially destabilizing protests planned for September 18, Quds Day. This critical difference of agenda -- with Iran focused more on its domestic turmoil than on simmering international issues -- will be a major complicating factor in negotiations between the international community and Iran in the coming weeks.
Resource link: Quds Day in Iran: Velvet Revolution Trumps Nuclear Negotiations [PDF] - 13K