If we Have to Work with Iran to Defeat the Islamic State, So Be It

THE TELEGRAPH

BY MALCOLM RIFKIND

Has there, suddenly, emerged an American-Iranian axis? Are the ayatollahs in Tehran working hand in glove with the Great Satan?

If you look at recent developments as regards Iraq and the so-called Islamic caliphate you might be forgiven for thinking so. The United States and Iran joined forces in calling for Nouri el-Maliki, the Iraqi prime minister, to step down as a precondition for real progress in getting rid of the jihadi terrorists in Mosul and the north of Iraq. There have been no protests from the Iranians as American jets carry out bombing attacks across their border.

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