By Arti Bali

Analysts and policy experts   are prominently arguing about  the affects that political upheavals in Mid-East may have  on the internal political dynamics  of Iran. With memories of debates  that  raged between  Mir Hossein Mousavi and former speaker Mehdi Karroubi reformists and the hardliners camps after the elections in 2009 still fresh in their minds, some are hinting about a basic change that may occur in Iran’s public mind  and society. As Iran appears ready to grasp a bigger role  in the mid –east affairs after the political upheavals  and as well as reorient its relation with some big powers like India, China  and Russia, consequent upon the changing scenario in Mid-east  and simultaneous  withdrawal of US military  presence from Afghanistan and Iraq,these conjectures appear natural .But such matters are rather perceived in an much amplified sense by the outside world . Shia-Sunni interaction proceeds normally in-between  and within various muslim countries of the mid-east, keeping in view national interests of the countries involved. Such differences look accentuated to the US that is pursuing a policy to curtail Iran’s role and stature for their own reasons. Reformists and hardliners have remained at the helms of Iran’s leadership without making any substantial change to the system  adopted by the Islamic republic   of Iran.The change may however automatically come with Iran being given bigger  engagement in the  regional and global affairs by and by with the passage of time .However Iran is constructively developing relations with India , Russia  and China  that may be conducive  to global order and in the mid east area.

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