If Ahmadinejad prevails, the dilemma for the West will be that it will have to deal with a regime discredited by election fraud, but still indispensable for resolving almost all of the Middle East’s important problems: Iran’s own nuclear program and the conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine. Iran is also a key player in cooling the hot spots in the Caucasus and Central Asia.
如果艾哈迈迪－内贾德获胜，西方将面临着被迫与在选举欺诈中丧失信誉的政府打交道的尴尬局面，在解决伊朗自身核计划、阿富汗、巴基斯坦、伊拉克、黎巴嫩和巴勒斯坦等中东几乎所有的重要问题中，伊朗政府的作用都不可或缺。伊朗在解决高加索和中亚热点问题时也发挥着重要作用。