It is time for Iran, and for Israel and its backers, to try and break the gridlock between them and make a truce in their undeclared war,
On February 13, the wife of a senior Israeli diplomat sustained serious injuries following a car bomb attack in a high security area near the Prime Minister's residence in New Delhi. On the same day, authorities in Tbilisi, Georgia disarmed a bomb on an Israeli diplomatic vehicle. Almost at the same time, police in Thailand uncovered a botched attempt by three Iranian nationals to target Israeli diplomats in Bangkok. India has named three Iranian nationals for their involvement in the February 13 car bombing. One Indian national is in custody, allegedly for sheltering and helping the Iranians in the car bombing. Authorities in Georgia have also traced an Iranian hand in the attempted car bombing in Tbilisi. These incidents reflect a worldwide undeclared war being waged between Iran on the one hand and the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia on the other.
Iran is intensely distrusted by its Arab neighbours, who are deeply concerned by its policies towards their Shia populations and its territorial disputes with the UAE. In April 2008, Saudi Arabia's monarch, King Abdullah, told General David Petraeus and US Envoy Ryan Crocker that the US 'should cut off the head of the snake [Iran]'.
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