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rather than later so that the parties can move toward a mutually acceptable
conclusion.
Washington must also keep in mind that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
has the last word on all matters in Iran, and that negotiations will go only
as far as he allows them to go. In years past, he issued a fatwa condemning
nuclear weapons -- Washington could take advantage of this fact by
drafting a UN Security Council resolution endorsing the fatwa. This coulde a small step toward boosting Khamenei's international profile while
simultaneously pressuring Iran to follow its own religious decree.
To be sure, regime change remains an attractive alternative on paper, and
some in Washington view it as an insurance policy. Historically, however,
regime change has not been a successful option for the United States, and
internal attempts at toppling Iran's leadership have thus far been crushed
by Stalinesque suppression, including the 2009 uprising. Despite such
failures and Washington's limited influence in Iranian domestic affairs,
U.S. policy should be to demonstratively support popular democratic
movements.

Article 4.
TIME
Spy Fail: Why Iran Is Losing Its Covert War
with Israel
Karl Vick

Feb. 13, 2013 -- Slumped in a Nairobi courtroom, suit coats rumpled and
reading glasses dangling from librarian chains, the defendants made a poor
showing for the notorious Quds Force of the elite Iranian Revolutionary
Guard Corps. Ahmad Abolafathi Mohammed and Sayed Mansour Mousa
had been caught red-handed and middle-aged. And if the latter did them a
certain credit — blandly forgettable always having been a good look for a

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