While commentators have charged that Britain capitulated to Iran and handed them a humiliating victory in obtaining the release of the 15 British Marines last week, it would appear that something more like the opposite is actually the case. But to understand why this is so, we have to look at the larger picture of internal Iranian politics against which the crisis played out.
当评论家们批评英国向伊朗屈服，在上周释放15名英国水兵的问题上让其赢得一场羞辱性胜利的时候，真正的情况似乎却恰恰相反。要理解为什么会是这样，我们应该从危机发展的伊朗国内政局大背景说起。