It's not fair game. But international relations are never fair game, think about it, especially in this case where many nations are feeling very insecure at the

It's not fair game. But international relations are never fair game, think about it, especially in this case where many nations are feeling very insecure at the news that a nation partially controlled by religious extremists with an open belief in accelerating the apocalypse is developing nuclear energy. The gloves are off. The only problem is public support, which is easy enough on the right-wing, let's sort out the cavemen across the ponds collective, but the left wing, respect foreign cultures is much more difficult. And that's the only reason a government will even pretend to 'play fair'. Iran are being crafty. For all intents and purposes their internal movements and actions regarding nuclear energy have been equal to or lesser than the actions that other nations have carried out. They deny development of nuclear weapons. They allow talks. The posture in response to threats. They allow more nuclear auditing than Israel ever has. This is their veil of fairness. By playing coy they leave foreign groups to doubt their intentions and question their own governments stance, thus limiting what the government can do. Anonymously however it's all out aggression already. The assassinations, suicide bombings, drone attacks and disguised oil tankers that can only be indirectly attributed to each side have only a limited impact on the public, so the governments employ them freely. Is it slowing down Iran? I'd say no, their nuclear programme is well under way. However the acceleration of aggression from other nations is being slowed by Iran's veil of limited co-operation and claims of persecution. For now it will continue until one side oversteps the mark and can be held accountable for their actions. If America overstep they'll be set back. If Israel overstep it could ignite the beginning of even more severe conflict in the area. And if Iran overstep it will end in another mid-east invasion, only this time it's one of the big boys, a very advanced society and military, and one that is goodness knows where with its nuclear programme, perhaps already weaponising.