Iran, whose influence in the Levant is not so much the cause of unresolved problems in the Middle East as the result of them, continues to defy the imposition of new sanctions by the United Nations Security Council. Iranian rulers have as little trust in the West as the West has in them, and they continue to increase international suspicion by their words and actions.
伊朗继续反抗联合国安理会施加新的制裁，这个国家在黎凡特的影响与其说是中东未决问题的原因还不如说是其所导致的结果。 伊朗统治者像西方不信任他们一样不信任西方，他们继续通过语言和行动导致国际的怀疑氛围加重。 伊朗总统马哈茂德·艾哈迈迪内贾德屡次提出以色列将会最终消失的论断恰巧落入了某些以色列人的圈套，他们声称必须以武力方式终结伊朗的核计划。