US shows India its iron fist

The United States and India may be allies but they have different views on the pressure Washington is exerting on New Delhi to stand on its side by voting for Iran’s referral to the United Nations Security Council at next week’s meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

The Americans have warned India that its nuclear deal signed during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s last trip to Washington

will die in Congress if it doesn’t back the US on Iran. From India’s perspective that’s bare-knuckle diplomacy at its worst. From the US vantage point this is merely a test of friendship between the two democracies.

Asia Times