Lack of Progress on Iran Is No Cause for Panic

World leaders shouldn’t be all that concerned about the possibility of a war with Iran, writes Aaron David Miller. Both the Obama administration and the mullahs share a common objective: to prevent an Israeli strike. The fact is that nobody — not the Israelis, the Iranians nor the Americans — wants a war or a deal right now.
Iranian military personnel participate in the Velayat-90 war game in unknown location near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran December 30, 2011. REUTERS/Fars News/Hamed Jafarnejad (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Iranian military personnel participate in the Velayat-90 war game in unknown location near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran December 30, 2011. - REUTERS/Stringer

The failure of yet another round of P5+1 talks with Iran on the nuclear issue has once again driven nervous Nellies in a dozen world capitals to worry about the rising possibility of a war with Iran.

They shouldn’t be all that concerned.

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