America’s dangerous anti-Iran posturing

All players in the Middle East must value diplomacy not conflict, writes Jeffrey D Sachs

IN RECENT weeks, US President Donald Trump and his advisers have joined Saudi Arabia in accusing Iran of being the epicentre of Middle East terrorism.

The US Congress, meanwhile, is readying yet another round of sanctions against Iran. But the caricature of Iran as “the tip of the spear” of global terrorism, in Saudi King Salman’s words, is not only wrongheaded, but could lead to yet another Middle East war.