Turkey, Iran and Russia against the United States?

PanARMENIAN.Net - A very important and serious agreement was signed in Istanbul, an agreement on the delivery of Iranian nuclear fuel to the Turkish atomic power plant under construction. And if we also take into consideration that Turkey's first nuclear power plant is to be built by Russia, it becomes clear that very soon yet another scandal could flare up between Washington and Ankara. It is appropriate to recall here that the U.S. imposed sanctions against Iran as early as in 1996 (Iran and Libya Sanctions Act).

Under ILSA, all foreign companies that provide investments over $40 million for the development of petroleum resources in Iran will be imposed sanctions. In 2001 the U.S. Congress renewed the law for another five years. The European Commission criticized the ILSA extension and threatened to retaliate if sanctions were imposed against European companies. In 2002 the United States blocked Iran's bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). Later in the same year, under the Iran-Iraq Arms Non-Proliferation Act of 1992, the United States sanctioned nine Chinese companies and one Indian entity for selling prohibited goods to Iran. In all probability, the U.S. administration will act similarly now, when Turkey enters into an agreement with Iran on supplying gas and oil. Moreover, Ankara will try to "push" Iran into Nabucco. Most likely Ankara will succeed in her attempts, especially since the behavior of her capricious "younger brother" begins to annoy. And for some reason, the Armenian media outlets treat very seriously the Turkish opposition leaders' statements that appear in the Baku press and, what is more harmful, they circulate them in Armenia, creating a false impression of the Turkish opposition. It is true that the latter is against the Armenian-Turkish relations, but obviously not because of the "occupied territories".

However, we digress. In the Turkish-Iranian deal quite clearly is traced the Russian track. If the agreement on the nuclear power plant is implemented, Washington will not be able to exert as much pressure on Tehran's nuclear program as she does now. However, we must also admit that this pressure little affects Iran, who does whatever she finds necessary and even begins to teach, for example, the EU to "accept Turkey into the European family". This statement by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is well-founded: being a European Union member state, Turkey would be able to lift the sanctions imposed on Iran and ease the pressure of the EU on the same nuclear program. In a word, changes in the geopolitical map of the region, which we have not once discussed, are already evident: Ankara is vigorously forcing out the U.S. from the zone of her interests, including the American "presence" in Armenia. Roughly speaking, Turkey is clearing some space for Russia, in order to, in the near future, oust her and become a truly regional power. Maybe even in conjunction with Iran, the interests of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia will not play any role. If the South Caucasus countries accept the new Turkish game, they will remain unharmed, if not, the war in the region, still referred to hypothetically, could become a reality. With the second largest NATO army, it would be quite easy for Turkey to solve all her problems.