Understand The Times, International

Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the head of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah terrorist organization � Iran�s top ally in the Middle East � warned today that a major regional war could be coming soon if Iran and world leaders don�t make a deal. His warnings were ominously echoed by the White House and by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. It�s hard to remember when these three agreed on anything.

�To all Arab peoples in the Gulf countries of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, UAE and Oman: What is the alternative to an understanding between Iran and world leaders? It is regional war,� Nasrallah warned.

�The Obama administration Tuesday stepped up lobbying against congressional action for new sanctions on Iran, with the White House warning such a move would lead to war,� reported the Times of Israel.

�The American people justifiably and understandably prefer a peaceful solution that prevents Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, and this agreement, if it�s achieved, has the potential to do that,� White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters. �The alternative is military action.�

�The currently discussed deal between six world powers and Iran could lead to war, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday, intensifying his campaign against a possible interim agreement on Tehran�s rogue nuclear program,� reports the Times of Israel, in a separate article.

�There are not just two possibilities on the Iranian issue: A bad deal � or war. This is incorrect. There is a third possibility � and that is continuing the pressure of sanctions,� Netanyahu said in the Knesset. �I would even say that a bad deal is liable to lead to the second, undesired, result.�

November 15 - Iran�s top ally warns war could be coming.